UGA softball heads to LA for NCAA Super Regional

The University of Georgia’s softball team will travel to Los Angeles for an NCAA tournament super regional, opening play Thursday against UCLA. The Bulldog softball team won three straight games out of the elimination bracket to win the NCAA Athens Regional on Sunday.

From Sean Stevenson, UGA Sports Communications…

The number 11 national seed University of Georgia softball team will travel to Los Angeles to take on sixth-seeded UCLA in the NCAA Super Regional round. The best-of-three series will begin Thursday, May 23 at 9:30 p.m. ET, airing live on ESPN2 from Easton Stadium.

Game two is the series will be Friday at 10 p.m. ET and will air on ***. If necessary, Saturday’s game three will begin at * p.m. ET.

This will be the third all-time meeting between the Bulldogs and Bruins in the Super Regional. Georgia and UCLA squared off in Supers in 2005. Georgia won game one, but UCLA won back-to-back one-run games to advance to OKC. The Bruins swept the Super Regional in LA in 2008. Georgia is 1-6 all-time against the Bruins in the postseason.

The Bulldogs and Bruins squared off earlier this season in Clearwater, Florida. Georgia won the matchup 7-2.

Georgia won three straight games out of the elimination bracket to win the NCAA Athens Regional on Sunday. Georgia will make its 13th program appearance in the Super Regionals.