The 2019 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2019 college softball season. The Bruins were coached by Kelly Inouye-Perez, in her thirteenth season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and finished with a record of 56–6. They competed in the Pac-12 Conference, where they finished tied for first with a 20–4 record.

The Bruins were invited to the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they swept the Los Angeles Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run through the Women's College World Series to claim their eleventh Women's College World Series Championship. The Bruins had earlier claimed an AIAW title in 1978 and NCAA titles in 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2004, and 2010. The 1995 championship was vacated by the NCAA.

Personnel

Roster 2019 UCLA Bruins roster Pitchers 00 – Rachel Garcia – Junior 4 – Holly Azevedo – sophomore 8 – Megan Faraimo – freshman

Catchers 19 – Colleen Sullivan – freshman 21 – Taylor Pack – senior 24 – Shea Moreno – freshman 25 – Paige Halstead – senior 52 – Maddie Skibitzki – seniorInfielders 3 – Briana Perez – sophomore 10 – Malia Quarles – sophomore 33 – Brianna Tautalafua – senior

Utility 14 – Kelli Godin – freshman 15 – Lauren Brzykcy – sophomore 20 – Anna Vines – freshman 32 – Alana Snow – sophomore 37 – Kinsley Washington – sophomore 46 – Zoe Shaw – senior 48 – Bubba Nickles – junior Outfielders 5 – Julie Rodriguez – sophomore 11 – Zia Norris – sophomore 12 – Stevie Wisz – senior 22 – Danae Blodgett – senior 23 – Aaliyah Jordan – Sophomore 27 – Jacqui Prober – junior

Coaches 2019 UCLA Bruins softball coaching staff Kelly Inouye-Perez – Head coach – 4th season Lisa Fernandez – Assistant coach – 21st season Kirk Walker – Assistant coach – 7th season Kylee Perez – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st season

Schedule Legend UCLA win UCLA loss * Non-Conference game

2019 UCLA Bruins softball game logRegular season (46–5)February (15–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-12 record Feb 7 vs * Rainbow Wahine Softball StadiumHonolulu, HI 2–1 Faraimo (1–0) Phillips (0–1) Garcia (1) 537 1–0 – Feb 7 vs * Rainbow Wahine Softball StadiumHonolulu, HI 8–2 Azevedo (1–0) East (0–1) — 537 2–0 – Feb 8 at * Rainbow Wahine Softball StadiumHonolulu, HI 7–0 Garcia (1–0) Hitchcock (1–1) — 720 3–0 – Feb 9 vs * Rainbow Wahine Softball StadiumHonolulu, HI 9–1 Azevedo (2–0) Freeman (0–1) — 549 4–0 – Feb 9 vs * Rainbow Wahine Softball StadiumHonolulu, HI 13–1 5 Garcia (2–0) Perez (0–2) — 549 5–0 – Feb 16 Ole Miss* Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 4–0 Garcia (3–0) Finney (2–1) — 1,328 6–0 – Feb 16 Fresno State* Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 8–0 5 Faraimo (2–0) Lung (0–1) — 1,328 7–0 – Feb 17 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 17–3 5 Azevedo (3–0) Casper (0–2) — 889 8–0 – Feb 17 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 3–1 Garcia (4–0) Bandimere (4–1) — 889 9–0 – Feb 22 vs Oklahoma* Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 7–1 Garcia (5–0) Lopez (5–1) — 1,004 10–0 – Feb 22 vs * Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 11–3 6 Faraimo (3–0) Norman (4–2) — 129 11–0 – Feb 23 vs * Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 9–1 6 Azevedo (4–0) Mergele (1–2) — 942 12–0 – Feb 23 vs * Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 12–4 6 Garcia (6–0) Humes (2–4) — 487 13–0 – Feb 24 vs * Big League Dreams Sports ParkCathedral City, CA 3–0 Faraimo (4–0) Hutton (3–2) — 669 14–0 – Feb 27 vs * Anderson Family FieldFullerton, CA 7–1 Azevedo (5–0) Barnhill (9–1) — 1,227 15–0 – March (17–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-12 record Mar 1 vs Florida* Anderson Family FieldFullerton, CA 4–0 Garcia (7–0) Lugo (6–1) — 1,634 16–0 – Mar 1 vs * Anderson Family FieldFullerton, CA 1–3 Beaubien (3–3) Faraimo (4–1) — 1,634 16–1 – Mar 3 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 4–0 Azevedo (6–0) Stockley (1–6) Garcia (2) 991 17–1 – Mar 8 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 11–0 5 Faraimo (5–1) Vatakis (2–4) — 805 18–1 – Mar 9 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 8–2 Garcia (8–0) Moffat (5–5) — 1,255 19–1 – Mar 9 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 4–3 Garcia (9–0) Cooper (1–2) — 1,255 20–1 – Mar 10 vs * 49er Softball ComplexLong Beach, CA 12–0 Faraimo (6–1) DuBois (8–2) — 1,046 21–1 – Mar 10 at * 49er Softball ComplexLong Beach, CA 5–3 8 Garcia (10–0) White (2–6) — 1,046 22–1 – Mar 15 at Husky Softball StadiumSeattle, WA 3–0 Garcia (11–0) Alvelo (11–3) — 1,086 23–1 1–0 Mar 16 at Washington Husky Softball StadiumSeattle, WA 4–2 8 Garcia (12–0) Plain (9–1) — 1,491 24–1 2–0 Mar 17 at Washington Husky Softball StadiumSeattle, WA 15–6 5 Faraimo (7–1) Alvelo (11–4) — 1,459 25–1 3–0 Mar 24 vs Saint Mary's* Matador DiamondNorthridge, CA 9–1 5 Faraimo (8–1) Earle (3–6) — 300 26–1 – Mar 24 at * Matador DiamondNorthridge, CA 6–0 Garcia (13–0) Jamerson (5–4) — 629 27–1 – Mar 25 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 6–0 Azevedo (7–0) Noriega (5–10) — 767 28–1 – Mar 26 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 5–1 Faraimo (9–1) Dockins (2–5) — 378 29–1 – Mar 29 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 3–2 8 Garcia (14–0) Conley (6–8) — 533 30–1 4–0 Mar 30 California Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 1–0 Faraimo (10–1) Dung (8–6) — 1,040 31–1 5–0 Mar 31 California Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 6–0 Faraimo (11–1) Conley (6–9) — 1,003 32–1 6–0 April (11–1) Date– Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-12 record Apr 5 at Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 10–0 5 Faraimo (12–1) Mejia (12–6) — 1,813 33–1 7–0 Apr 6 at Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 9–0 6 Garcia (15–0) Anderson (9–6) — 1,813 34–1 8–0 Apr 7 at Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, AZ 16–5 5 Azevedo (8–0) Mejia (12–7) — 1,835 35–1 9–0 Apr 12 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 3–4 Dail (14–8) Faraimo (12–2) — 940 35–2 9–1 Apr 13 Oregon Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 8–3 Garcia (16–0) Dail (14–9) — 1,237 36–2 10–1 Apr 14 Oregon Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 8–1 Garcia (17–0) Dail (14–10) — 1,156 37–2 11–1 Apr 18 at Oregon State Softball ComplexCorvallis, OR 8–1 Garcia (18–0) Mazon (12–11) — 425 38–2 12–1 Apr 19 at Oregon State Oregon State Softball ComplexCorvallis, OR 10–2 5 Faraimo (13–2) Nelson (6–5) — 399 39–2 13–1 Apr 20 at Oregon State Oregon State Softball ComplexCorvallis, OR 7–0 Azevedo (9–0) Mazon (12–12) — 771 40–2 14–1 Apr 26 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 3–0 Garcia (19–0) Hilburn (5–12) — 1,010 41–2 15–1 Apr 27 Utah Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 9–1 5 Faraimo (14–2) Sandez (7–8) — 1,327 42–2 16–1 Apr 28 Utah Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 10–0 5 Azevedo (10–0) Hilburn (5–13) — 1,281 43–2 17–1May (3–3) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Pac-12 record May 3 at Boyd & Jill Smith Family StadiumStanford, CA 1–2 Lee (11–6) Faraimo (14–3) — 643 43–3 17–2 May 4 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family StadiumStanford, CA 7–4 Garcia (20–0) Millar (0–1) — 844 44–3 18–2 May 5 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family StadiumStanford, CA 4–0 Faraimo (15–3) Lee (11–7) Azevedo (1) 899 45–3 19–2 May 9 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 3–5 McQuillin (20–7) Garcia (20–1) — 1,150 45–4 19–3 May 10 Arizona Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 5–4 Azevedo (11–0) Denham (11–5) Garcia (3) 1,187 46–4 20–3 May 11 Arizona Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 1–3 Snyder (5–0) Azevedo (11–1) Denham (1) 1,328 46–5 20–4Postseason (10–1) (3–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 17 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 6–0 Garcia (21–1) Jensen (9–3) — 985 47–5 1–0 May 18 Missouri Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 9–1 5 Garcia (22–1) Norman (18–11) — 48–5 2–0 May 19 Missouri Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 1–5 Norman (19–11) Faraimo (15–4) Daniel (11) 48–6 2–1 May 19 Missouri Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 13–1 5 Garcia (23–1) Daniel (2–5) — 872 49–6 3–1 (2–0) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SR record May 24 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 6–1 Garcia (24–1) Good (21–7) — 1,328 50–6 1–0 May 25 James Madison Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 7–2 Faraimo (16–4) Good (21–8) Garcia (4) 1,328 51–6 2–0 (5–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCWS record May 30 (7) (2) ASA Hall of Fame StadiumOklahoma City, OK 7–2 Garcia (25–1) Fiser (31–8) — 8,439 52–6 1–0 May 31 (6) Arizona (2) ASA Hall of Fame StadiumOklahoma City, OK 6–2 Garcia (26–1) McQuillin (24–8) — 53–6 2–0 June 1 (3) Washington (2) ASA Hall of Fame StadiumOklahoma City, OK 3–0 10 Garcia (27–1) Alvelo (26–5) — 54–6 3–0 June 2 (1) Oklahoma (2) ASA Hall of Fame StadiumOklahoma City, OK 16–3 Garcia (28–1) Juarez (28–3) — 8,486 55–6 4–0 June 3 (1) Oklahoma (2) ASA Hall of Fame StadiumOklahoma City, OK 5–4 Garcia (29–1) Juarez (28–4) — 8,373 56–6 5–0

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