UCLA pitcher Rachel Garcia followed a marathon start with a shutdown finish.
A night after throwing a whopping 232 pitches in 11 innings for a complete-game win, the redshirt freshman came back Friday with four hitless innings of relief to put the Bruins softball team into the Women’s College World Series with a 1-0 win over Mississippi.
Garcia opened the best-of-three NCAA super regional by going the distance in an 8-7 win over the Rebels on Thursday.
She then followed Selina Ta'amilo and threw 50 pitches for the victory in the clincher for UCLA (47-13).