Checking in on UCLA's College World Series Teams

The Bruins entered the College World Series with two teams in their respective brackets: the men's baseball team as a 1-seed and the women's softball team as an 8-seed.

Both teams were expected to do great things in the playoffs: the men's team was expected to make it out of the first couple of games into the Super Regional no matter what, and the women's softball team looked to have sky-high potential.

They would lose the next game to Texas Tech in a very tight game that ended 8-7, and even if they did perform better than the men's team in a sense with their blowout against the Razorbacks, they still had to face disappointment at the end of the day.

When it's all said and done, the Bruins baseball and softball clubs were not able to string together a memorable postseason storyline.

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This story was originally published June 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM.