Garcia was dominant on the rubber. She opened the game with a 1-2-3 first inning, gave up one hit, struck out eight, walked one and exited amid a swarm of teammates and high-fives following her blast to straightaway center field.
"A pitcher like that, you've got to hit her mistakes," said Arizona coach Mike Candrea, whose team is 43-15. "We didn't."
Arizona second baseman Reyna Carranco smothered it and fired to first, but her throw was too late to beat UCLA's Kylee Perez. Perez's sister, Briana, moved her to second with a sacrifice bunt and Aaliya Jordan doubled into the left-center-field gap to drive her home and give UCLA its first run.