With Palacios’ leadership and bat, UCLA has turned around early season struggles and has a big postseason opportunity at home beginning Thursday.
Sharlize Palacios of UCLA celebrates after hitting a three-run home run in the first inning against Grand Canyon in the NCAA Women’s College World Series, Los Angeles Regional on May 19, 2024 in Westwood, CA. LOS ANGELES — Sharlize Palacios gauges the demeanor of each pitcher she catches, judging their readiness as they enter a ballgame. Their facial expression, she explains, says it all.
For a brief moment, it reminded UCLA of its experience in the 2023 Los Angeles regional. As the No. 2 seed in the tournament, UCLA lost to Grand Canyon and Liberty and was done. That further educated Inouye-Perez, who says, what should be and what actually is doesn’t always match up. Teams that, at the beginning of the season appear as Women’s College World Series shoe-ins, sometimes fall flat; and teams that struggle early can get hot at the right time.
A tournament. The start of conference play. Weekend and midweek series against Pac-12 foes. The Pac-12 Tournament. Regionals. Super Regionals. So on and so forth.“I get it. I get it’s hard. I get it’s emotional. I get we’re hurting. I get we’re embarrassed. I get it all. No one feels sorry for us outside this room. So either get to work and understand we have time or this is going to be our reality.
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