UCLA belts 4 homers to rout Arkansas in WCWS

Field Level Media
30 May 2026, 09:49 GMT+10

(Photo credit: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

UCLA blasted four home runs en route to an 11-0, five-inning run rule victory over Arkansas in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.

The Bruins blasted the game open with a nine-run second to quickly move into position for the run rule.

Three of their home runs came during that inning, including Megan Grant extending her NCAA record with her 42nd home run of the season.

Aleena Garcia led off the second with a homer to center on the first pitch she saw from Payton Burnham.

After an out, a hit-by-pitch and a single, Soo-Jin Berry delivered her fifth home run of the season to make it 4-0 and drive Burnham from the game.

Grant blasted a three-run shot on the first pitch she saw in her second-inning at-bat after Jolyna Lamar and Rylee Slimp drew back-to-back walks.

Kaniya Bragg later delivered a two-run double to cap the massive inning in which UCLA sent 14 batters to the plate.

UCLA added a run in the third on a wild pitch, then another in the fifth on Lama's solo shot.

The Bruins now have 206 home runs on the season, extending their NCAA record. Before this season, the NCAA record for home runs in a season was 161.

Taylor Tinsley went the distance for UCLA, allowing just three hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

UCLA (53-9) will take on the loser of Saturday's Texas Tech-Tennessee game in an elimination game Sunday.

--Field Level Media

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