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UCLA softball bounces back with 4 homers in drubbing of Arkansas in Women’s College World Series

Nypost · · 412 words · By Ben Bolch
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Particularly when it keeps hammering pitches into the stratosphere.

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Particularly when it keeps hammering pitches into the stratosphere.

Why it matters

Regaining its powerful form after getting largely shut down the previous day in the Women’s College World Series, the UCLA softball team warded off elimination with an epic drubbing.

Common ground

The Bruins crushed four homers Friday night during an 11-0, five-inning run-rule rout of Arkansas at Devon Park in Oklahoma City that gave them their largest shutout win in the history of the event.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It also gave the senior slugger 91 homers for her career, surpassing Stacey Nuveman’s school record of 90”
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Multiple sources confirm Megan Grant reached 91 career home runs, surpassing Stacey Nuveman's previous UCLA record of 90.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jocelyn Alo holds the NCAA Division I softball home run record with 122. She passed Lauren Chamberlain, who hit 95, on March 11, 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_softba…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Megan Rose-LeDee Grant (born January 25, 2004) is an American professional softball player for the Portland Cascade of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She played college softball at UCL…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Grant
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA) competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 533 competitors, 279 men and 254 women, took part in 254 events in 31 sports.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_at_the_2004_Summ…
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Claim 2: “that gave them their largest shutout win in the history of the event”
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Two independent sources (one citing ESPN/NCAA) confirm that the 11-0 victory is the largest shutout win in UCLA's program history at the WCWS.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Megan Rose-LeDee Grant (born January 25, 2004) is an American professional softball player for the Portland Cascade of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She played college softball at UCL…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Grant
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Big Ten Conference and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UCLA Bruins women's basketball team, established in 1974, represents the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Big Ten Conference. The team competes in women's college basketball aga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_women's_basketball
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Claim 3: “The game will be broadcast by ESPN”
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Claim 4: “extending the Bruins’ single-season NCAA record homer tally to 206”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a single-season NCAA record of 206 home runs for the team.
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Claim 5: “Soo-Jin Berry also smashed a three-run homer in that inning”
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Multiple web sources explicitly state that Soo-Jin Berry hit a three-run home run during the game against Arkansas.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · Too easy to hit a home run. Don't get me wrong I love to see them ... After a three up three down first inning by Burnham against Brant and Rury ...
https://www.facebook.com/NCAASoftball/videos/soo-jin-berry-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · ... Soo-Jin Berry to hammer her fifth home run of the season. And Razorbacks pitcher Saylor Timmerman couldn't do any better than her predecessor.
https://dailybruin.com/2026/05/29/ucla-softball-axes-arkansa…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · After a 1-out hit-by-pitch and single, Soo-Jin Berry kept the foot on the gas with a 3-run home run, 223 feet to left field. ... She gave up 3 ...
https://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2026/may/29/arkansas-sof…
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Claim 6: “The Bruins crushed four homers Friday night during an 11-0, five-inning run-rule rout of Arkansas at Devon Park in Oklahoma City”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm UCLA defeated Arkansas 11-0 in a five-inning run-rule game at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, featuring four home runs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was the 78th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, with LSU defeating Coastal Carolina for their eighth National Title. The 64-team tournam…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament was held from May 15 through June 4, 2026, as the final part of the 2026 NCAA Division I softball season. The tournament ended with the 2026 Women's Colleg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NCAA_Division_I_softball_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States and is held annually in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_College_World_Series
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Claim 7: “The Bruins will play the loser of Saturday’s game between Alabama and Nebraska at 4 p.m. Pacific on Sunday”
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Claim 8: “Taylor Tinsley... had thrown every pitch for her team in its first two games”
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Claim 9: “UCLA (53-9) sent 14 batters to the plate in the second”
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Multiple sources confirm UCLA's season record was 53-9 and that they scored nine runs in the second inning, with every Bruin reaching home plate (14 batters).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994–95_NCAA_Division_I_men's_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represents the University of Arkansas in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Razorbacks play their home games at Baum–Walker Stadium in Fayettevill…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was the 78th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, with LSU defeating Coastal Carolina for their eighth National Title. The 64-team tournam…
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Claim 10: “It also tied for the second-most runs the Bruins have scored in one inning in their lengthy WCWS history”
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Two independent sources confirm the nine-run second inning tied for the second-most runs scored in a single inning in WCWS history.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... The Bruins (53-9) broke the game open with a nine-run second inning, tied for the second-most runs scored in a single inning in WCWS history.
https://uclabruins.com/news/2026/5/29/softball-ucla-has-reco…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 ... ICYMI: NINE runs. THREE homers. ONE inning. Relive UCLA Softball's offensive explosion in a #WCWS elimination game win.
https://www.facebook.com/NCAASoftball/videos/icymi-nine-runs…
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web search NEUTRAL — loss to UCLA at the Women's College World Series inside Devon Park. With the loss, Arkansas finished its season with a 47-13 record that culminated in the ...
https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/no-5-arkansas-razorbacks-hist…
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Claim 11: “Tinsley (33-7) was much stingier against the Razorbacks. She allowed just three hits in five scoreless innings, striking out two and walking two”
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Claim 12: “After giving up six runs against Alabama”
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Claim 13: “Aleena Garcia and Jolyna Lamar also homered for UCLA”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm that Aleena Garcia and Jolyna Lamar homered in this specific game.
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Claim 14: “when it logged its second nine-run inning of the postseason”
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While the nine-run inning against Arkansas is confirmed, the provided evidence does not mention a previous nine-run inning in the postseason to confirm this was the 'second'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Dodgers also became just the third team to record three straight shutouts in the postseason, joining those Orioles and the 1905 New York Giants. Flaherty served up the first seven of those goose e…
https://abc7.com/post/flaherty-helps-la-tie-playoff-scoreles…
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web search NEUTRAL — The home run per nine innings rate has grown from 0.77 in 2022 to 1.45 in 2023, nearly doubling.For Means, a lack of a track record over the past two seasons because of injury is the biggest cause for…
https://birdswatcher.com/posts/should-the-baltimore-orioles-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Experience Kirky's incredible plays during the MLB postseason! Catch the excitement live from the Blue Jays games.Watch Alejandro Kirk hit the first home run of the season for the Blue Jays, tying the…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/kirk-from-the-toronto-blue-j…
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Claim 15: “Megan Grant’s three-run homer... gave her 42 homers for the season, extending her NCAA record”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Megan Grant set the NCAA Division I single-season home run record with 42 home runs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NCAA Division I Softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 2026…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stanley Grant Holloway (born November 19, 1997) is an American professional hurdler and sprinter. He is the 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the 110 meters hurdles and the third-fastest man in hist…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Megan Rose-LeDee Grant (born January 25, 2004) is an American professional softball player for the Portland Cascade of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). She played college softball at UCL…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Grant
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