The 2022 UCLA Bruins softball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bruins were coached by Kelly Inouye-Perez, in her sixteenth season. The Bruins played their home games at Easton Stadium and competed in the Pac-12 Conference.

Personnel

Roster 2022 UCLA Bruins roster Pitchers 4 – Holly Azevedo – Senior 8 – Megan Faraimo – Junior 12 – Lexi Sosa – Sophomore 88 – Lauren Shaw – Graduate Catchers 18 – Sara Rusconi Vicinanza – Sophomore 19 – Alyssa Garcia – Sophomore 25 – Taylor Sullivan – Junior 26 – Jayla Castro – FreshmanInfielders 3 – Briana Perez – Senior 24 – Thessa Malau'ulu – Sophomore 37 – Kinsley Washington – Senior 97 – Delanie Wisz – Senior Utility 5 – Savannah Pola – Freshman 7 – Maya Brady – Sophomore 11 – Seneca Curo – Sophomore 20 – Anna Vines – Junior 22 – Taylor Stephens – Freshman 44 – Kate Blunt – Freshman Outfielders 14 – Kelli Godin – Sophomore 21 – Grace Guzman – Sophomore 23 – Aaliyah Jordan – Senior 30 – Lauren Hatch – Freshman 94 – Lauryn Carter – Sophomore

Coaches 2022 UCLA Bruins softball coaching staff Kelly Inouye-Perez – Head coach – 16th season Lisa Fernandez – Assistant coach – 24th season Kirk Walker – Assistant coach – 21st season Don Slaught – Volunteer assistant coach – 4th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule

! colspan=2 style=""| Regular Season: 43–8 |- valign="top" | February: 12–3 Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 1 February 10 No. 3 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 22–0 (5) Azevedo (1–0) Gardiner (0–1) — 1,058 1–0 — 2 February 11 No. 3 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 5–0 Faraimo (1–0) Williams (0–1) — 407 2–0 — 3 February 11 No. 3 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 12–0 (5) Shaw (1–0) Clary (0–1) — 624 3–0 — 4 February 12 No. 3 vs. Bill Barber ParkIrvine, California 8–0 (5) Faraimo (2–0) Willis (0–1) — 951 4–0 — 5 February 12 No. 3 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Bill Barber ParkIrvine, California 1–4 Bahl (2–0) Shaw (1–1) — 1,000 4–1 — 6 February 18 No. 3 vs. Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, Florida 4–6 (8) Williams (3–0) Faraimo (2–1) — 4,864 4–2 — 7 February 19 No. 3 vs. Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, Florida 9–0 (6) Azevedo (2–0) Lowe (5–1) — 4,853 5–2 — 8 February 19 No. 3 vs. No. 11 Texas Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, Florida 2–1 Faraimo (3–1) Simpson (1–1) — 4,853 6–2 — 9 February 20 No. 3 vs. Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, Florida 5–1 Azevedo (3–0) Justman (1–4) — 4,724 7–2 — 10 February 20 No. 3 vs. No. 5 Eddie C. Moore ComplexClearwater, Florida 3–4 (8) Sandercock (5–0) Azevedo (3–1) — 4,724 7–3 — 11 February 25 No. 6 vs. Big League Dreams ComplexCathedral City, California 3–0 Azevedo (4–1) Spelhaug (2–2) — – 8–3 — 12 February 25 No. 6 vs. Big League Dreams ComplexCathedral City, California 2–1 Faraimo (4–1) Fritz (3–3) — – 9–3 — 13 February 26 No. 6 vs. No. 17 Big League Dreams ComplexCathedral City, California 2–1 (8) Faraimo (5–1) Rogers (3–3) — – 10–3 — 14 February 26 No. 6 vs. Big League Dreams ComplexCathedral City, California 7–4 Azevedo (5–1) Orme (3–2) Shaw (1) — 11–3 — 15 February 27 No. 6 vs. No. 16 Big League Dreams ComplexCathedral City, California 7–5 Faraimo (6–1) Krings (5–2) Azevedo (1) — 12–3 —

March: 16–0 Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 16 March 3 No. 5 vs. Anderson Family FieldFullerton, California 9–0 (5) Azevedo (6–1) Allman (0–4) — 175 13–3 — 17 March 3 No. 5 vs. Anderson Family FieldFullerton, California 12–0 (5) Faraimo (7–1) Lung (1–4) — 300 14–3 — 18 March 4 No. 5 vs. Anderson Family FieldFullerton, California 4–1 Faraimo (8–1) Hamilton (2–5) — 300 15–3 — 19 March 4 No. 5 vs. Anderson Family FieldFullerton, California 9–1 (6) Azevedo (7–1) Ramirez (5–3) — 350 16–3 — 20 March 5 No. 5 vs. Anderson Family FieldFullerton, California 14–2 (5) Azevedo (8–1) Ackerman (2–2) — 800 17–3 — 21 March 10 No. 5 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 13–0 (5) Shaw (2–1) Longo (1–5) Faraimo (1) 593 18–3 — 22 March 11 No. 5 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 14–0 (5) Faraimo (9–1) Kennedy (1–2) — 660 19–3 — 23 March 11 No. 5 * Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 8–2 Azevedo (9–1) Hanlon (0–2) — 660 20–3 — 24 March 11 No. 5 Fresno State* Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 12–0 (5) Shaw (3–1) West (1–10) — 1,050 21–3 — 25 March 11 No. 5 Cal State Bakersfield* Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 17–1 (5) Azevedo (10–1) Castillo (1–4) — 1,050 22–3 — 26 March 19 No. 4 No. 9 Arizona Easton StadiumLos Angeles, CA 5–0 Faraimo (10–1) Netz (8–2) — 1,328 23–3 1–0 27 March 20 No. 4 No. 9 Arizona Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 3–0 Azevedo (11–1) Elish (4–2) — 1,328 24–3 2–0 28 March 21 No. 4 No. 9 Arizona Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 7–0 Faraimo (11–1) Netz (8–3) Shaw (2) 556 25–3 3–0 29 March 25 No. 3 at No. 9 Washington Husky Softball StadiumSeattle, Washington 3–2 Faraimo (12–1) Plain (9–4) — 1,430 26–3 4–0 30 March 26 No. 3 at No. 9 Washington Husky Softball StadiumSeattle, Washington 4–0 Azevedo (12–1) Lynch (3–3) Faraimo (2) 1,696 27–3 5–0 31 March 27 No. 3 at No. 9 Washington Husky Softball StadiumSeattle, Washington 5–4 Faraimo (13–1) Willis (1–2) — 1,734 28–3 6–0

April: 11–2 Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 32 April 1 No. 3 No. 12 Oregon Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 3–1 Faraimo (14–1) Hansen (8–1) — 1,328 29–3 7–0 33 April 2 No. 3 No. 12 Oregon Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 5–2 Azevedo (13–1) Dail (7–4) — 1,328 30–3 8–0 34 April 3 No. 3 No. 12 Oregon Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 4–2 Shaw (4–1) Hansen (8–2) Faraimo (3) 1,328 31–3 9–0 35 April 8 No. 3 at Boyd & Jill Smith Family StadiumStanford, California 3–1 (8) Faraimo (15–1) Vawter (15–5) — 1,046 32–3 10–0 36 April 9 No. 3 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family StadiumStanford, California 0–1 Krause (7–3) Azevedo (13–2) — 1,002 32–4 10–1 37 April 10 No. 3 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family StadiumStanford, California 0–1 Vawter (16–5) Shaw (4–2) — 1,015 32–5 10–2 38 April 19 No. 4 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 8–1 Shaw (5–2) Earnshaw (9–7) Sosa (1) 425 33–5 – 39 April 22 No. 4 at Oregon State Oregon State Softball ComplexCorvallis, Oregon 6–5 Azevedo (14–2) Mazon (12–6) Faraimo (4) 503 34–5 11–2 40 April 23 No. 4 at Oregon State Oregon State Softball ComplexCorvallis, Oregon 3–2 Azevedo (15–2) Haendiges (10–5) Faraimo (5) 848 35–5 12–2 41 April 24 No. 4 at Oregon State Oregon State Softball ComplexCorvallis, Oregon 4–3 Faraimo (16–1) Mazon (12–7) — 662 36–5 13–2 42 April 29 No. 3 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 13–0 (5) Shaw (6–2) Chambers (3–3) — 780 37–5 – 43 April 29 No. 3 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 1–0 Faraimo (17–1) Sandez (8–9) — 1,035 38–5 14–2 44 April 30 No. 3 Utah Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 2–0 Azevedo (16–2) Lopez (5–5) Faraimo (6) 1,112 39–5 15–2

May: 4–3 Game Date Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 45 May 1 No. 3 Utah Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 0–8 (5) Smith (9–6) Faraimo (17–2) — 1,025 39–6 15–3 46 May 6 No. 4 at No. 12 Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, Arizona 1–6 Lopez (10–2) Faraimo (17–3) — 1,851 39–7 15–4 47 May 7 No. 4 at No. 12 Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, Arizona 9–3 Faraimo (18–3) Morgan (15–3) — 1,888 40–7 16–4 48 May 8 No. 4 at No. 12 Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball StadiumTempe, Arizona 3–6 Lopez (11–2) Faraimo (18–4) — 1,680 40–8 16–5 49 May 12 No. 6 Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 8–0 (6) Azevedo (17–2) Halajian (18–9) — 922 41–8 17–5 50 May 13 No. 6 California Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 10–4 Faraimo (19–4) Archer (6–11) — 1,002 42–8 18–5 51 May 14 No. 6 California Easton StadiumLos Angeles, California 5–0 Faraimo (20–4) Halajian (18–10) — 1,108 43–8 19–5 |- ! colspan=2 style="" | Post-Season (8–2)

(3–0) Date Rank/Seed Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord RegionalRecordMay 20 No. 5 (1) (4) Easton Stadium 12–1 (5) Azevedo (18–2) Thompson (20–6) — 1,328 44–8 1–0May 21 No. 5 (1) (3) Easton Stadium 7–1 Faraimo (21–4) Perez (18–7) — 1,328 45–8 2–0May 22 No. 5 (1) (2) Ole Miss Easton Stadium 9–1 (5) Azevedo (19–2) Borgen (7–11) — 1,328 46–8 3–0 (2–0) Date Rank/Seed Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Super RegionalRecordMay 27 No. 5 (2) No. 9 (12) Easton Stadium 3–2 Faraimo (22–4) Wright (13–5) — 1,242 47–8 1–0May 28 No. 5 (2) No. 9 (12) Duke Easton Stadium 8–2 Azevedo (20–2) St. George (22–4) Faraimo (7) 1,305 48–8 2–0 (3–2) Date Rank/Seed Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord WCWSRecordJune 2 No. 5 (2) vs. No. 16 Texas Devon ParkOklahoma City, Oklahoma 2–7 Dolcini (23–10) Faraimo (22–5) — — 48–9 0–1June 3 No. 5 (2) vs. No. 10 (9) Northwestern Devon Park 6–1 Faraimo (23–5) Williams (31–6) — — 49–9 1–1June 5 No. 5 (2) vs. No. 12 (14) Devon Park 8–0 (6) Azevedo (21–2) Hightower (17–9) — — 50–9 2–1June 6 No. 5 (2) vs. No. 1 (1) Oklahoma Devon Park 7–3 Faraimo (24–5) May (15–1) Azevedo (2) — 51–9 3–1June 6 No. 5 (2) vs. No. 1 (1) Oklahoma Devon Park 0–15 (5) Trautwein (21–1) Azevedo (21–3) — 11,836 51–10 3–2 |- |- style="text-align:center;"

Rankings

Awards and honors

All-tournament Team

The following players were members of the Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team. Megan Faraimo Delanie Wisz Maya Brady

References