2022 UCLA Bruins softball team

2022 UCLA Bruins softball
2022 UCLA Bruins softball
Women’s College World Series, 3rd (tie)
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
Record	50–9 (19–5 Pac-12)
Head coach	Kelly Inouye-Perez (16th season);
Home stadium	Easton Stadium
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

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.

2022 Pac-12 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 8 Arizona State ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	4	–	0	.833	43	–	11	–	0	.796
No. 5 UCLA ‍‍‍^y	19	–	5	–	0	.792	51	–	10	–	0	.836
No. 11 Washington ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	–	0	.583	38	–	17	–	0	.691
Stanford ‍‍‍^y	11	–	13	–	0	.458	39	–	22	–	0	.639
No. 23 Oregon ‍‍‍^y	10	–	14	–	0	.417	33	–	19	–	0	.635
Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	9	–	15	–	0	.375	39	–	22	–	0	.639
Utah ‍‍‍	9	–	15	–	0	.375	27	–	27	–	0	.500
Arizona ‍‍‍^y	8	–	16	–	0	.333	39	–	21	–	0	.650
California ‍‍‍	8	–	16	–	0	.333	28	–	27	–	1	.509

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2022^[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Personnel

Roster

2022 UCLA Bruins roster^[2]

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 – Freshman

Infielders

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^[2]

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

2022 UCLA Bruins game log (36–5)

Regular Season: 36–5

February: 12–3
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
1	February 10	No. 3	Cal State Northridge	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	22–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Azevedo (1–0)	Gardiner (0–1)	—	1,058	1–0	—
2	February 11	No. 3	UC San Diego	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	5–0	Faraimo (1–0)	Williams (0–1)	—	407	2–0	—
3	February 11	No. 3	Nevada	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	12–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Shaw (1–0)	Clary (0–1)	—	624	3–0	—
4	February 12	No. 3	vs. Mississippi State	Bill Barber Park Irvine, California	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Faraimo (2–0)	Willis (0–1)	—	951	4–0	—
5	February 12	No. 3	vs. No. 1 Oklahoma	Bill Barber Park Irvine, California	1–4	Bahl (2–0)	Shaw (1–1)	—	1,000	4–1	—
6	February 18	No. 3	vs. Northwestern	Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, Florida	4–6 ⁽⁸⁾	Williams (3–0)	Faraimo (2–1)	—	4,864	4–2	—
7	February 19	No. 3	vs. Auburn	Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, 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 Complex Clearwater, Florida	2–1	Faraimo (3–1)	Simpson (1–1)	—	4,853	6–2	—
9	February 20	No. 3	vs. Wisconsin	Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, Florida	5–1	Azevedo (3–0)	Justman (1–4)	—	4,724	7–2	—
10	February 20	No. 3	vs. No. 5 Florida State	Eddie C. Moore Complex Clearwater, Florida	3–4 ⁽⁸⁾	Sandercock (5–0)	Azevedo (3–1)	—	4,724	7–3	—
11	February 25	No. 6	vs. Iowa State	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	3–0	Azevedo (4–1)	Spelhaug (2–2)	—	–	8–3	—
12	February 25	No. 6	vs. Texas Tech	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	2–1	Faraimo (4–1)	Fritz (3–3)	—	–	9–3	—
13	February 26	No. 6	vs. No. 17 Tennessee	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	2–1 ⁽⁸⁾	Faraimo (5–1)	Rogers (3–3)	—	–	10–3	—
14	February 26	No. 6	vs. Baylor	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, California	7–4	Azevedo (5–1)	Orme (3–2)	Shaw (1)	—	11–3	—
15	February 27	No. 6	vs. No. 16 Missouri	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral 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. Cal Poly	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, California	9–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Azevedo (6–1)	Allman (0–4)	—	175	13–3	—
17	March 3	No. 5	vs. Fresno State	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, California	12–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Faraimo (7–1)	Lung (1–4)	—	300	14–3	—
18	March 4	No. 5	vs. Kansas	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, California	4–1	Faraimo (8–1)	Hamilton (2–5)	—	300	15–3	—
19	March 4	No. 5	vs. Weber State	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, California	9–1 ⁽⁶⁾	Azevedo (7–1)	Ramirez (5–3)	—	350	16–3	—
20	March 5	No. 5	vs. Texas A&M	Anderson Family Field Fullerton, California	14–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Azevedo (8–1)	Ackerman (2–2)	—	800	17–3	—
21	March 10	No. 5	Pennsylvania	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	13–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Shaw (2–1)	Longo (1–5)	Faraimo (1)	593	18–3	—
22	March 11	No. 5	Cal State Bakersfield	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	14–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Faraimo (9–1)	Kennedy (1–2)	—	660	19–3	—
23	March 11	No. 5	Fresno State*	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	8–2	Azevedo (9–1)	Hanlon (0–2)	—	660	20–3	—
24	March 11	No. 5	Fresno State*	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	12–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Shaw (3–1)	West (1–10)	—	1,050	21–3	—
25	March 11	No. 5	Cal State Bakersfield*	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	17–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Azevedo (10–1)	Castillo (1–4)	—	1,050	22–3	—
26	March 19	No. 4	No. 9 Arizona	Easton Stadium Los 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 Stadium Los 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 Stadium Los 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 Stadium Seattle, 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 Stadium Seattle, 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 Stadium Seattle, Washington	5–4	Faraimo (13–1)	Willis (1–2)	—	1,734	28–3	6–0

April: 8–2
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
32	April 1	No. 3	No. 12 Oregon	Easton Stadium Los 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 Stadium Los 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 Stadium Los Angeles, California	4–2	Shaw (4–1)	Hansen (8–2)	Faraimo (3)	1,328	31–3	9–0
35	April 8	No. 3	at Stanford	Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium Stanford, 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 Stadium Stanford, 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 Stadium Stanford, California	0–1	Vawter (16–5)	Shaw (4–2)	—	1,015	32–5	10–2
38	April 19	No. 4	San Diego	Easton Stadium Los 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 Complex Corvallis, 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 Complex Corvallis, 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 Complex Corvallis, Oregon	4–3	Faraimo (16–1)	Mazon (12–7)	—	662	36–5	13–2
42	April 29		Cal State Fullerton	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California						—	–
43	April 29		Utah	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California						—	–
44	April 30		Utah	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California						—	–

May: 0–0
Game	Date	Rank	Opponent	Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Pac-12
45	May 1		Utah	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	—					—	–
46	May 6		at Arizona State	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, Arizona	—					—	–
47	May 7		at Arizona State	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, Arizona	—					—	–
48	May 8		at Arizona State	Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium Tempe, Arizona	—					—	–
49	May 12		California	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	—					—	–
50	May 13		California	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	—					—	–
51	May 14		California	Easton Stadium Los Angeles, California	—					—	–

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Bruins team member

Rankings from NFCA.
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
NFCA / USA Today	3	3	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	5	4						3
Softball America	4	3	6	5	5	3	3	3	3	5	5
ESPN.com/USA Softball	3	3	6	5	5 (1)	3 (1)	2 (1)	2 (1)	2 (2)	5	4
D1Softball	4	4	6	5	5	3	2	2	2	5	5	4

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

^ "Softball Standings". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2022 Softball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

[1] "Softball Standings". Pac-12.com. Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

[roster-2] "2022 Softball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

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