Arizona opened up its biggest series of the season against UCLA on Saturday.
With Arizona and UCLA at No. 17 and No. 15 respectively, the series is important to both teams in the conference, as well as the national rankings. The winner of the series will likely solidify themselves within the top 16 of the rankings, ensuring home field advantage in at least the regionals, and would likely move up in the Pac-12 Conference standings.
In a back-and-forth battle in game one, UCLA managed to break through late and earn an opening game victory.
Redshirt junior Danielle O’Toole started game one for Arizona moved to (18-7) on the season.