A huge Top 10 matchup happened in college softball on Friday night and it had fans and others buzzing.
8th-ranked Washington pulled off a massive victory over 3rd-ranked UCLA in Los Angeles. The Huskies didn’t care that they weren’t in their usual home dwelling of Seattle. They went down to LA and took down the mighty Bruins, 4-3.
Game one ➡️ won!#MightyAreTheWomen pic.twitter.com/iyOju8xckN
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) March 18, 2023
The Huskies stung the Bruins with a big blow late in the game. Star infielder Baylee Klingler belted a solo home run in the top of the 6th inning. The homer swelled the lead up to 4-1, which proved pivotal as UCLA got two of those runs back but not all three.
No. 7️⃣ for Baylee Klingler‼
🐶 4 🔵 1
📺 Pac-12 Network
📲 https://t.co/A87X7B8vtS
📊 https://t.co/bQO1uLhDcv#MightyAreTheWomen pic.twitter.com/e11iTukgyv— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) March 18, 2023
Rachel Cid was responsible for one of those two runs. She drilled a pitch to the left side to bring a run in to make it 4-3 in the bottom stanza. But the UCLA rally was ultimately cut short.
It's rally time! Rachel Cid cuts the Huskies' lead to two! 💥
📺: Pac-12 Network
📲: https://t.co/w5EgCu1cbb#GoBruins pic.twitter.com/j1qZN5Xj3O— UCLA Softball (@UCLASoftball) March 18, 2023
The college softball world buzzed about this epic clash after the final results were posted.
Washington Baseball gave their pals some encouragement on Twitter.
Let's go! https://t.co/zW3rgzToSV
— Washington Baseball (@UW_Baseball) March 18, 2023
Josh Kirshenbaum sounded delighted that softball season was around at UW now.
It's really cool that it's just softball season now, ending a brutal three-month stretch after football ended where there just weren't any college sports https://t.co/RIqOwRYNDu
— Josh Kirshenbaum (@J_Kirshenbaum) March 18, 2023
One fan was super hyped about Baylee Klingler’s homer.
Baylee Klingler RAKES https://t.co/EmR0myNwd9
— brittany anne (@bwisner08) March 18, 2023
Another fan was thrilled to see how things went down.
Let’s goooooo! 💜 @UWSoftball I’m so sad I couldn’t watch this one! But am so proud to be a UW fan! https://t.co/6JwBqQJqCH
— Megan Ruppert (@ruppertmegan13) March 18, 2023
This college softball series will continue this weekend and should bring plenty more excitement to the table.
