2025 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 2025 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by head coach John Savage, in his 21st season at UCLA. In their first season in the new conference, the Bruins captured a share of the Big-10 Championship with fellow former Pac-12 member Oregon.^[2][3]

2025 UCLA Bruins baseball
Big Ten Conference regular season co-champions NCAA Los Angeles Regional champions Los Angeles Super Regional champions
College World Series
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
D1Baseball.com	No. 13
Record	48–18 (22–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Savage (21st season)
Hitting coach	Bryant Ward (11th season)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 5 Oregon ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			42	–	16	–	0		.724
No. 13 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			48	–	16	–	0		.750
Iowa ‍‍‍	21	–	9	–	0		.700			33	–	22	–	1		.598
USC  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Washington  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Indiana ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Michigan  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Nebraska ‍‍‡‍y	15	–	15	–	0		.500			33	–	29	–	0		.532
Penn State ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Rutgers ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Illinois ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			30	–	24	–	0		.556
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			25	–	27	–	0		.481
Maryland ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Purdue ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			24	–	28	–	0		.462
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	5	–	25	–	0		.167			13	–	37	–	0		.260
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 2, 2025[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The Bruins advanced to the championship game of the 2025 Big Ten baseball tournament, where they lost to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.^[4] The Bruins received an at-large bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The hosted a Los Angeles Regional, and then a super-regional. The Bruins advanced to the 2025 Men's College World Series by defeating UT San Antonio.^[5] They defeated the Murray State Racers in the first series game. The Racers were a rare #4 seed that advanced to the College World series. The Bruins' first loss came to the eventual national champions, the LSU Tigers, 5-9. That game that started Monday night June 16 and ended early Tuesday afternoon June 17, 2025, because it was suspended due to severe weather and resumed the following morning.^[6] That afternoon, UCLA was eliminated by the Arkansas Razorbacks.^[7][8]

Previous season

Main article: 2024 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The Bruins finished with a record of 19–33, and 9–21 in conference play.

Personnel

Roster

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2025 UCLA Bruins roster
	Pitchers 2 - Cody Delvencchio - Junior 26 - Rex Solle - Freshman 37 - Will Goldberg - Sophomore 10 - Ian May - Junior 25 - CJ Bott - Freshman 30 - August Souza - Graduate Student 31 - Chris Aldrich - Senior 38 - Justin Cuellar - Freshman 47 - Kaena Kiakona - Sophomore 14 - Landon Stump - Sophomore 16 - Jack O'Connor - Junior 18 - Wylan Moss - Freshman 20 - Justin Lee - Sophomore 21 - Josh Alger - Junior 27 - Easton Hawk - Freshman 45 - Chris Grothues - Sophomore 50 - Nate Leibold - Senior 51 - Ryan Rissas - Graduate Student 28 - Cal Randall - Sophomore 34 - Luke Rodriguez - Sophomore 55 - Michael Barnett - Junior 29 - Finn Mcllroy - Junior 32 - James Hepp - Junior	Catchers 33 - Blake Balsz - Sophomore 8 - Kasen Khansarinia - Freshman 40 - Cashel Dugger - Sophomore Infielders 19 - David Mysza - Freshman 4 - Phoenix Call - Sophomore 39 - Mulivai Levu - Sophomore 1 - Roch Cholowsky - Sophomore 7 - Roman Martin - Sophomore 9 - Cameron Kim - Sophomore 6 - Grant Gray - Sophomore		Outfielders 15 - Jarrod Hocking - Junior 36 - Dean West - Sophomore 5 - Aidan Espinoza - Freshman 44 - Toussaint Bythewood - Junior 11 - Payton Brennan - Sophomore 35 - Logan de Groot - Freshman	Two Way Players 24 - AJ Salgado - Senior

Coaches

^[9]

2025 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff
John Savage – head coach – 21st season Bryant Ward – assistant coach – 10th season Niko Gallego – assistant coach – 11th season Griffin Barnes – assistant coach – 1st season Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule and results

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2025 UCLA Bruins baseball game log (48–18)
Regular season (39–15)
February (7–3) (Home; 5–2; Away: 0-0; Neutral: 2–1) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record February 14th 5:00 p.m. vs Cal Poly BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 3-2 Justin Lee (1-0) Jaccob Torres (0-1) Wylan Moss (1) 503 1-0 -- February 15th 2:00 p.m. vs Cal Poly* BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 18-2 Ian May (1-0) Josh Volmerding (0-1) — 661 2-0 -- February 16th 1:00 p.m. vs Cal Poly* BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 16-0 Landon Stump (1-0) Ethan Marmie (0-1) — 851 3-0 -- February 18th 5:00 p.m. BYU BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 15-4 Michael Bernett (1-0) Carter Foss (0-1) — 396 4-0 -- Kleberg Bank Classic February 21st 4:00 p.m. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* FloSports Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas L 3–4 Zach Garcia (1–0) Cody Delvecchio (0–1) Cam Soliz (1) 765 4–1 -- February 22nd 12:00 p.m. Washington State* FloSports Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas W 7–6 Justin Lee (2–0) Jake Tedesco (0–2) — 5–1 -- -- February 23rd 8:30 a.m. Michigan State* FloSports Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas W 15–9 Michael Barnett (2–0) Tyler Horvath (0–1) — 50 6–1 -- February 25th 5:00 p.m. vs Arizona State* BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 8–4 Jack O'Connor (1–0) Easton Barrett (0–1) — 385 7–1 -- February 26th 2:00 p.m. vs Arizona State* BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 0–2 Carlon Cole (1–0) Ryan Rissas (0–1) Sean Fitzpatrick (1) 392 7–2 -- Southern California College Baseball Classic February 28th 5:00 p.m. vs No. 14 Vanderbilt* BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 3–8 JD Thompson (1–0) Cody Delvecchio (0–2) Alex Kranzler (1) 1,095 7–3 --
March (15–2) (Home; 10–1; Away: 5–1) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big Ten record March 1st 2:00 p.m. vs UConn* BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 8–6 CJ Bott (1–0) Ian Cooke (0–3) Wylan Moss (1) 427 8–3 -- March 2nd 2:00 p.m. USC* Rivalry BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 5–1 Michael Barnett (3–0) Michael Ebner (0–1) — 1,597 9–3 -- March 4th 5:00 p.m. vs Michigan BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 22–5 Luke Rodriguez (1–0) Kurt Barr (0–2) — 453 10–3 -- March 7th 1:00 p.m. at Maryland BTN+ Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 12–6 Wylan Moss (1–0) Ryan Van Buren (1–2) — 1,086 11–3 1–0 March 8th 11:00 a.m. at Maryland BTN+ Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland L 3–13 Logan Hastings (1–0) Ian May (1–1) — 1,241 11–4 1–1 March 9th 9:00 a.m. at Maryland BTN+ Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 11–5 Michael Barnett (4–0) Joey McMannis (0–1) — 1,215 12–4 2–1 March 11th 6:00 p.m. vs No. 18 UC Irvine* BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 11–4 Ian May (2–1) Ryan Kysar (0–1) — 317 13–4 -- March 14th 6:00 p.m. vs Nebraska BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 5–2 Ian May (3–1) Will Walsh (2–3) Justin Lee (1) 370 14–4 3–1 March 15th 2:00 p.m. vs Nebraska BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 11–3 Michael Barnett (5–0) Ty Horn (0–3) — 629 15–4 4–1 March 16th 1:00 p.m. vs Nebraska BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 5–3 Jack O'Connor (2–0) Caleb Clark (0–1) Justin Lee (2) 623 16–4 5–1 March 21st 6:00 p.m. vs Indiana BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 1–5 Cole Gilley (3–1) Cody Delvecchio (0–3) — 517 16–5 5–2 March 22nd 2:00 p.m. vs Indiana BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 7–4 Michael Barnett (6–0) Ben Grable (3–1) Justin Lee (3) 573 17–5 6–2 March 23rd 1:00 p.m. vs Indiana BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 6–3 Landon Stump (2–0) Deron Swanson (1–1) — 747 18–5 7–2 March 25th 6:00 p.m. vs LMU* No. 24 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 9–8 Luke Rodriguez (2–0) Jacob Hughes (0–2) — 391 19–5 -- March 28th 3:00 p.m. at Purdue No. 24 BTN+ Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana W 8–5 Cody Delvecchio (1–3) Carter Doorn (4–2) Justin Lee (4) 1,444 20–5 8–2 March 29th 11:00 a.m. at Purdue No. 24 BTN+ Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana W 13–12 Ian May (4–1) Isaac Milburn (2–2) Jack O'Connor (1) 1,350 21–5 9–2 March 30th 9:00 a.m. at Purdue No. 24 BTN+ Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana W 16–38 Landon Stump (3–0) Cole Van Assen (2–2) – None 22–5 10–2
April (11–6) (Home; 9–2; Away: 2–4) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big Ten record April 1st 6:00 p.m. vs Pepperdine* No. 14 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 10–8 CJ Bott (2–0) Kam Croghan (0–2) 313 23–5 -- April 4th 6:00 p.m. vs San Diego* No. 14 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 15–27 Ian May (5–1) Austin Smith (1–4) 318 24–5 -- April 5th 2:00 p.m. vs San Diego* No. 14 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 7–6 Cal Randall (1–0) Andrew Mosiello (1–4) Justin Lee (5) 562 25–5 -- April 6th 1:00 p.m. vs San Diego* No. 14 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 3–414 Dallin Harrison (1–0) CJ Bott (2–1) None 779 25–6 -- April 8th 6:00 p.m. vs Long Beach State* No. 10 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 12–17 Josh Alger (1–0) Alex Ramos (0–2) None 341 26–6 -- April 11th 6:00 p.m. vs Washington No. 10 BTN+ Jackies Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 2–5 Max Banks (4–2) Cal Randall (1–1) Isaac Yeager (1) 509 26–7 10–3 April 12th 2:00 p.m. vs Washington No. 10 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 7–3 Michael Barnett (7–0) Thomas (3–3) None 603 27–7 11–3 April 13th 1:00 p.m. vs Washington No. 10 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 13–9 Chris Grothues (1–0) Josh Emanuels (0–1) None 598 28–7 12–3 April 15th 6:00 p.m. vs No. 6 Oregon State* No. 10 BTN Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 1–7 James DeCremer (2–0) Ian May (5–2) Laif Palmer (2) 716 28–8 -- April 18th 5:05 p.m. at No. 16 Oregon No. 10 BTN+ PK Park • Eugene, Oregon L 1–2 Grayson Grinsell (6–1) Wylan Moss (1–1) None 3,524 28–9 12–4 April 19th 2:05 p.m. at No. 16 Oregon No. 10 BTN+ PK Park • Eugene, Oregon W 14–48 Ian May (6–2) Will Sanford (2–2) None 3,973 29–9 13–4 April 20th 12:05 p.m. at No. 16 Oregon No. 10 BTN PK Park • Eugene, Oregon L 6–10 Seth Mattox (2–0) Easton Hawk (0–1) None 3,005 29–10 13–5 April 22nd 6:00 p.m. at No. 12 UC Irvine* No. 15 ESPN+ Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, California L 3–5 Ricky Ojeda (9–0) James Hepp (0–1) None 1,727 29–11 -- April 25th 6:00 p.m. vs Penn State No. 15 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 7–6 Easton Hawk (1–1) Ben Demell (4–2) None 725 30–11 14–5 April 26th 2:00 p.m. vs Penn State No. 15 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 9–1 Michael Barnett (8–0) Mason Horwat (4–4) None 657 31–11 15–5 April 27th 1:00 p.m. vs Penn State No. 15 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 6–3 Landon Stump (4–0) Logan Olson (0–3) Easton Hawk (1) 1,158 32–11 16–5 April 29th 6:00 p.m. at LMU* No. 14 ESPN+ Page Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 7–2 Cal Randall (1–2) Behrens (3–1) None 433 33–11 --
May (5–4) (Home; 2–1; Away: 3–3) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big Ten record May 2nd 6:30 p.m. at USC Rivalry No. 14 BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 7–6 Wylan Moss (2–1) Caden Hunter (6–3) Easton Hawk (2) 1,649 34–11 17–5 May 3rd 2:00 p.m. at USC Rivalry No. 14 BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California L 5–7 Caden Aoki (5–2) Michael Barnett (8–1) Ethan Hedges (9) 1,588 34–12 17–6 May 4th 1:00 p.m. at USC Rivalry No. 14 BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California L 5–11 Andrew Johnson (3–0) Chris Grothues (1–1) None 2,873 34–13 17–7 May 6th 6:00 p.m. at Long Beach State* No. 18 ESPN+ Blair Field • Long Beach, California L 2–4 Van Larson (1–0) Ryan Rissas (0–2) Josh Donegan (1) 2,208 34–14 -- May 9th 4:00 p.m. at Illinois No. 18 BTN+ Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois W 10–9 Justin Lee (3–0) Zach Bates (1–1) Easton Hawk (3) 1,852 35–14 18–7 May 10th 1:00 p.m. at Illinois No. 18 BTN+ Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois W 9–1 Michael Barnett (9–1) Regan Hall (6–4) None 1,386 36–14 19–7 May 11th 10:00 a.m. at Illinois No. 18 BTN+ Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois W 8–4 Landon Stump (5–0) Payton Hutchings (2–2) Easton Hawk (4) 1,074 37–14 20–7 May 15th 6:00 p.m. vs Northwestern No. 14 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 4–9 Sam Hliboki (4–3) Ian May (6–3) Crawford Wade (5) 390 37–15 20–8 May 16th 2:00 p.m. vs Northwestern No. 14 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 8–2 Michael Barnett (10–1) Matthew Kouser (4–6) None 911 38–15 21–8 May 17th 1:00 p.m. vs Northwestern No. 14 BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 11–17 Landon Stump (6–0) Blake MacMillan (5–3) None 885 39–15 22–8
Postseason (9–3)
Big Ten Tournament (3–1) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 21 10:00 a.m. vs (11) Illinois (2) No. 13 BTN Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska W 8–6 Jack O'Connor (3–0) Mitch Dye (0–2) Easton Hawk (5) 40–15 1–0 May 22 10:00 a.m. vs (7) Michigan (2) No. 13 BTN Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska W 7–5 Ryan Rissas (1–2) Preston Barr (1–1) August Souza (1) 41–15 2–0 May 24 2:00 p.m. vs (3) Iowa (2) No. 13 BTN Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska W 9–3 Michael Barnett (11–1) Aaron Savary (7–2) None 42–15 3–0 May 25 2:00 p.m. vs (8) Nebraska (2) No. 13 BTN Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska L 0–5 Ty Horn (3–4) Landon Stump (6–1) None 15,139 42–16 3–1
NCAA Los Angeles Regional (3–0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 30 1:00 p.m. vs (4) Fresno State (1) No. 13 ESPN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 19–4 Chris Grothues (2–1) Jack Anker (9–5) None 1,245 43–16 1–0 May 31 6:00 p.m. vs (3) Arizona State (1) No. 13 ESPN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 11–5 Ian May (7–3) Jack Martinez (6–4) None 1,185 44–16 2–0 June 1 7:00 p.m. Regional Final vs (2) No. 23 UC Irvine (1) No. 13 ESPN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 8–5 Cris Grothues (3–1) Finnegan Wall (0–1) Easton Hawk (6) 1,070 45-16 3-0
NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional (2–0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 7 4:00 p.m vs UTSA (15) No. 13 ESPNU Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 5–2 Michael Barnett (12-1) Zach Royse (9-5) Easton Hawk (7) 1,392 46-16 4–0 June 8 12:00 p.m. vs UTSA (15) No. 13 ESPN2 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 7–0 Cris Grothues (4–1) Conor Myles (5–2) None 1,793 47–16 5–0
College World Series (1–2) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 14 11:00 a.m. vs Murray State (15) No. 13 ESPN Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska W 6–4 Ian May (8–3) Nic Schutte (8–5) Easton Hawk (8) 24,346 48—16 6—0 June 16 4:00 p.m. vs (6) No. 3 LSU (15) No. 13 ESPN ESPN2 Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska L 5–9 Casan Evans (5–1) Landon Stump (6–2) Chase Shores (1) 24,623 48—17 6—1 June 17 4:00 p.m. vs (3) No. 6 Arkansas (15) No. 13 ESPN Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska L 3–7 Zach Root (9–8) Cody Delvecchio (1–4) None 24,171 48—18 6—2
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.   = Win,   = Loss,   = Canceled/Postponed Bold = UCLA Bruins team member * = Non-Conference Game
Schedule Source: [10]

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'[11]	—	—*				RV	RV	15	11	12	15	14	17	15	13	13
Baseball America[12]	—					—	25	17	17	14	18	20	24	20	15	15*
NCBWA†[13]	—					RV	25	14	12	11	14	15	17	18	16	14
D1Baseball[14]	—					—	24	14	10	10	15	14	18	14	13	13
Perfect Game[15]	—				—	24	23	10	9	9	17	15	19	17	16	16*

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

• May 20, 2025 – Roch Cholowsky was named Big Ten Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year
• June 6, 2025 – Roch Cholowsky was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) District 9 Player of the Year
• June 10, 2025 – Roch Cholowsky was named the Perfect Game College Player of the Year
• June 12, 2025 – Roch Cholowsky was named to the NCBWA Second Team All-America
• Junw 13, 2025 – Roch Cholowsky was the winner of the 2025 Brooks Wallace Award^[16]
• June 13, 2025 – Roch Cholowsky was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) First Team All-America
• June 18, 2025 – Mulivai Levu was named the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Awards winner
• June 18, 2025 – Roch Cholowsky was named the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Awards winner