UCLA to Host NCAA Regionals as No. 6 National Seed
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA softball team was selected as the No. 6 national seed for the 2024 NCAA Tournament and will host Regionals at Easton Stadium for the tenth straight season from May 17-19.
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The Bruins (37-10, 17-4 Pac-12) are making their tournament-record 39th appearance. Competing against UCLA in the Los Angeles Regional are Virginia Tech (2), San Diego State (3) and Grand Canyon (4). All-session tickets for the Los Angeles Regional go on sale Sunday, May 12 at 8 p.m. (PT). Gates will open 90 minutes prior to the first pitch each day.
The first match up for the Bruins will be on Friday, May 17 against Grand Canyon at 5:30 p.m. (PT) on ESPN+. All games will be available for viewing on the ESPN Family of Networks.
UCLA owns a 233-66 (.779) NCAA postseason record dating back to 1982. The Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez guided the Bruins to their 12th and 13th national championships in 2010 and 2019 and owns an 80-32 postseason record across the last 17 seasons.
Seeding to 16 in the NCAA Division I Softball Tournament began in 2005. This marks the seventh straight postseason UCLA has been seeded in the top 8 and 14th overall across the last 19 years.
2024 NCAA Los Angeles Regional Schedule
Friday, May 17
Game 1: Virginia Tech vs. San Diego State at 3 p.m. (PT) – ESPNU
Game 2: UCLA vs. Grand Canyon at 5:30 p.m. (PT) – ESPN+
Saturday, May 18
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 at 2 p.m. (PT) (Broadcast TBD)
Game 4: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) (Broadcast TBD)
Game 5: Winner of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 3 at 7 p.m. (PT) (Broadcast TBD)
Sunday, May 19
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 5 (Time & Broadcast TBD)
Game 7: Winner of Game 6 vs. Loser of Game 6 (if necessary) (Time & Broadcast TBD)
UCLA is fresh off winning the Pac-12 Tournament Championship on Saturday, defeating Arizona State, Arizona and Utah en route to the title. The Bruins also won their 13th Pac-12 regular-season championship with a 17-4 conference record.
The Bruins are led by back-to-back Pac-12 Player of the Year Maya Brady and Pac-12 Tournament MVP Sharlize Palacios – the top two hitters in the conference in terms of slugging percentage.
UCLA is anchored in the circle by its star underclassmen duo of Taylor Tinsley and Kaitlyn Terry. Terry, a native of Glendale, Ariz., was awarded the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, bringing in the honor for the Bruins the second year in a row. Inouye-Perez picked up her fourth and second consecutive Pac-12 Coach of the Year of her career this year. Inouye-Perez guided UCLA to a sweep of the Pac-12 championships after her squad did not receive a single first-place vote.
Six total UCLA student-athletes were named to the All-Pac-12 First Team which led the conference. Those players are Maya Brady, Megan Grant, Sharlize Palacios, Kaitlyn Terry, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery. Additionally, graduate transfer Jadelyn Allchin was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team, marking the first All-Pac-12 recognition of her career after spending the previous four seasons at Washington.