UCLA Baseball's Walk-Off Against USC; Softball Advances to College World Series
UCLA’s baseball and softball teams had pretty momentous Saturday nights.
The No. 1-ranked baseball team’s Mulivai Levu delivered a walk-off, three-run homerun in the bottom of the ninth of the Big Ten Tournament semifinal game to advance the Bruins to the tournament championship.
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It was even sweeter since the dramatic win came against USC, with the Bruins completing a come-from-behind win, 7-5, bouncing the Trojans from the tournament.
Amazingly, it was Levu’s second walk-off heroics in as many days. On Friday, the junior first baseman delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth to beat Purdue, 4-3, in the tournament quarte-final.
UCLA is now 50-6 and is the first team in the country to reach 50 wins.
Also on Saturday night, the softball team punched its ticket to the Women’s College World Series by beating UCF, 14-4, in the NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional at UCLA’s Easton Stadium.
It’s UCLA’s NCAA-record 34th trip to the College World Series, the program’s 10th in the last 11 tournaments and third in a row.
The No. 8-seeded Bruins were led by freshman Aleena Garcia, who powered a pair of homeruns in UCLA’s win.
UCLA baseball will play No. 3-seed Oregon in the Big Ten championship game Sunday at 12:00 p.m. PT (Big Ten Network).
The Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla., will begin Thursday, May 28th, with the Bruins taking on Alabama in their first game.