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LOS ANGELES \u2014 With a chance to send fans home early Sunday, and save relievers\u2019 arms for the postseason, Jordan Woolery came through. She stayed back on a pitch that Oregon\u2019s Lyndsey Grein threw on the inside of the strike zone, swinging through it and lifting it the opposite way, over the right-field fence.<\/p>\n

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Woolery\u2019s home run, a two-run shot, increased the UCLA softball team\u2019s lead to 11-3 in the bottom of fourth inning, setting up a run-rule victory over the Ducks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was surreal,\u201d Woolery said of her home run after the game.<\/p>\n

Bruins coach Kelly Inouye-Perez described the moment as \u201cmagical.\u201d It was certainly a fitting way to end Senior Night at Easton Stadium, and close out a regular season that\u2019s been defined by UCLA\u2019s historical power.<\/p>\n

For 27 years, Stacy Nuveman\u2019s epic 1999 season, with 31 home runs, 91 RBIs and 187 total bases, held unreachable standards for Bruins batters.<\/p>\n

Woolery has broken the total bases mark with 196 and the RBI record with 106, 33 of which have come on home runs. Megan Grant has reset the program\u2019s home run record with 35 blasts. It doesn\u2019t stop there for the Bruins, as eight players have totaled double-digit home runs, and Sofia Mujica has eight in just 26 games.<\/p>\n

Woolery\u2019s game-ending home run Sunday brought UCLA\u2019s total to 173 this season, a tie with top-ranked Oklahoma, which has played three more games. For context, the most homers the Bruins had previously hit in a season was 108 in 2010.<\/p>\n

The impressive power is a result of improved plate discipline throughout the roster. With each hitter adopting this approach, the Bruins mashed their way to a 45-7 season, finishing tied for second place in the Big Ten with Oregon after Sunday\u2019s victory. To keep the momentum going into the conference tournament \u2013 where the third-seeded Bruins will face the winner of No. 6 Northwestern and No. 11 Penn State on Thursday \u2013 UCLA must remain focused, primarily at the plate.<\/p>\n

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Last season, Woolery and Grant were UCLA\u2019s only players to hit more than 10 home runs as the Bruins accumulated 101. It\u2019s a respectable number, but minimal in comparison to the Bruins\u2019 achievement this season.<\/p>\n

The Bruins\u2019 course started in the offseason. Coaches emphasized plate discipline, presenting players with film of their at-bats, identifying the pitches they should look and wait for.<\/p>\n

The players listened, developing a patience for their pitch, trusting the batter behind them, rather than being the hero and swinging at pitches outside of the zone.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiscipline is the biggest part,\u201d Inouye-Perez said. \u201cIf you give yourself a simple saying, \u2018You swing at strikes,\u2019 you give yourself a better chance at being able to put a good cut on the ball. So that plate discipline has really allowed them to put the barrel on the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more UCLA\u2019s Megan Grant breaks NCAA HR record as Bruins lose Big Ten title game<\/a><\/p>\n

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UCLA isn\u2019t going out of its way, Inouye-Perez said, to manufacture home runs, rather pairing quality swings with a selective approach.<\/p>\n

In the past, the Bruins\u2019 greatest power hitters had paired that force with a high strikeout rate. Over the past two seasons, Woolery dropped from striking out on 8% of at-bats to 7%. Mujica went from 30% in 2025 to 20% this season, and Kaniya Bragg decreased her rate from 12% to 11%.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at my stats, you can see the improvement,\u201d Woolery said. \u201cSwinging at good pitches gets better results.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like sometimes you get caught up in ego hitting,\u201d Woolery added. \u201cWe can always get a better pitch to drive for maybe a double or a home run.\u201d<\/p>\n

She and Grant have led this charge of increased patience, and the senior sluggers\u2019 example has resonated throughout the roster. That was on display in Sunday\u2019s fourth inning, when Grant worked a walk, putting a runner on base for Woolery to drive in with that home run and enforce the run-rule win.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe could definitely go for some pitches and try to extend it, but she\u2019s disciplined, and she\u2019s taking the walks that lead to the two-run home for Jordan, instead of an out, and then a solo home run,\u201d Inouye-Perez said.<\/p>\n

Leadoff hitter Rylee Slimp has especially followed the lead of the seniors and heeded coaches\u2019 words to stay disciplined. It resulted in an increase from two home runs in 2025 to 13 this season.<\/p>\n

Woolery felt Sunday\u2019s 11-run performance was a \u201cstep in the right direction\u201d for UCLA\u2019s offense to gain momentum before the Big Ten Tournament run and Women\u2019s College World Series. For the offense to remain hot, Grant said, UCLA must \u201crely on each other\u201d and maintain that collective patience.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a team, we are contagious,\u201d she said. \u201cKeep doing those little things, because at the end, it\u2019s gonna matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

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