College softball has never seen a team have power like the 2026 UCLA Bruins. The team became the first college team to ever connect for 200 home runs in a single season in their win over UCF in the Super Regional.
UCLA slugged four home runs on Saturday, which is above their pace of 3.33 home runs per game. Senior Megan Grant has led the way for the Bruins, hitting 40 of those home runs herself while setting the single-season home run record.
It’s far from a one person show in the UCLA batting order, Jordan Woolery is batting an even .500 while crushing 34 home runs, Bri Alejandre set a Big Ten freshman record by hitting her 24th of the season on Saturday and another freshman, Aleena Garcia, has added 21 more home runs for the Bruins.
Rutgers assistant coach Nick French tweeted on Saturday that only nine MLB teams hit 200 or more home runs over the course of their 162 game regular season in 2025. French added that UCLA is on pace for 540 homers over 162 gamers, which would crush the single-season record of 307 that’s held by the 2023 Atlanta Braves and the 2019 Minnesota Twins.
Of course, hitting home runs in MLB isn’t quite the same as college softball, but UCLA’s power production has been outlandish in 2025 and it hasn’t slowed down in the postseason. So far the Bruins have played five NCAA tournament games and they’ve already left the ballpark 18 times.
We’ll see if UCLA’s historic power production carries over in the Women’s College World Series, which will begin on Thursday against Alabama in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA’s power hasn’t slowed down a bit in the NCAA tournament
Reporting by Dylan McNeill, UCLA Wire / UCLA Wire
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