UGA-UCLA in NCAA softball super regional

The No. 11 national seed Georgia softball team will travel to Los Angeles to take on sixth-seeded UCLA in the NCAA Super Regional round. The best-of-three series will begin Thursday, May 23 at 9:30 p.m. ET, airing live on ESPN2 from Easton Stadium.

Game two is the series will be Friday at 10 p.m. ET. Saturday’s if necessary game will be announced later.

Follow the Bulldogs

- All games of the Los Angeles Super Regional will air or stream live on the networks of ESPN and ESPN+. Courtney Lyle (play-by-play) and Danielle Lawrie (analyst) will be on the call.

- Live stat links for each game can be found on the interactive bracket on the NCAA website.

- Live Twitter updates will be available on the official Twitter page of Georgia softball, @UGAsoftball.

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Series History

- Georgia trails the all-time series 3-15

- The Bulldogs are 1-6 against UCLA in the postseason and 1-4 against the Bruins in Los Angeles

- UGA has only played UCLA on its home field in the Super Regionals

- Georgia’s postseason history with UCLA dates back to 2002, Georgia’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament; but the teams haven’t squared off in the postseason since 2010 in OKC

- Georgia and UCLA squared off in Clearwater, Florida on Feb. 16; Georgia won the game 7-2, beating the Bruins for the first time since 2012

- The Bulldogs and Bruins had previously met in Clearwater in 2020; UCLA won 8-3

- 13 of the 18 all-times meetings have been on a neutral field; Georgia is 2-11 against UCLA at neutral sites

NCAA Tournament Tidbits

- 2024 wis Georgia’s 22nd-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance

- Georgia’s stellar track record in the postseason puts it as one of eight teams in the nation to appear in a regional for 22 or more straight years (Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, UCLA, Washington). Within that realm, Georgia is one of three Southeastern Conference teams to produce such success.

- Georgia’s all-time record in postseason play is 84-46 including 65-22 in regional play

- As a team, Georgia has advanced to 13 Super Regionals, including 2024, and five Women’s College World Series, most recently 2021

- Georgia’s Super Regional record is 13-14

- The Bulldogs’ record in Los Angeles in the NCAA Tournament is 1-4, all in Super Regional action

- Georgia and UCLA have squared off seven times in the postseason, first in 2002 and last in 2010; UCLA leads the series 6-1

- Athens and Jack Turner Stadium has hosted 13 NCAA Regionals (2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024)

- This is the first back-to-back regional host for Georgia since the Bulldogs hosted three straight regionals from 2014-2016

- The Bulldogs are 50-12 all-time in NCAA Tournament games in Athens

- When Athens has hosted the Regional round, Georgia has advanced to the Supers 11 of 13 times (2004, 2006 being the only times Georgia did not advance out of Athens)

- This will be the 11th time Georgia has been a national seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs have never been the 11 seed. Georgia’s record as a national seed is 48-23.

Georgia in the Polls

Georgia in the Poll: Week 14

- USA Today/NFCA: 14

- ESPN/USA Softball: 13

- D1Softball: 13

- Softball America: 14

- RPI: 9

Recapping Action

Georgia won the NCAA Athens Regional at Jack Turner Stadium over the weekend. Georgia opened NCAA Tournament play with an 8-0, five-inning run rule of UNCW. A Sara Mosley grand slam highlighted the offense. The Bulldogs fell to Liberty in their second game, falling into the elimination bracket. After shutting out Charlotte to reach the Regional final, the bats came alive, hitting six home runs and scoring 14 runs against the Flames to force a Game 7. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh in the winner-take-all game, Georgia rallied for two runs to walk off the Flames and punch its ticket to the Super Regional.

A Look at What’s Ahead

The winner of the Los Angeles Super Regional will advance to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. Georgia will look to make its sixth program appearance in OKC.

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