South Carolina ace Sam Gress kept UCLA off the scoreboard early in her outing in the pitcher’s circle. Gress allowed two hits in four innings, and the one time she got in a jam she forced UCLA into pop-outs and slammed the door with a strikeout.

For the first time in program history, the South Carolina Gamecocks hosted an NCAA Super Regional. They played against the UCLA Bruins in the first game of their best of three series. In the bottom of the first inning,