Back to the UCLA Bruins Newsfeed

UCLA's bumpy ride gets smoother with 8-2 defeat of Texas A&M

assistant coach Lisa Fernandez might have made the play of the day for the Bruins.

Fernandez was ejected in the sixth inning after protesting a play at home plate involving UCLA's Gabrielle Maurice and Texas A&M catcher Ashley Walters. A throw home led Walters to tag Maurice in the face. Fernandez argued there should have been an obstruction call, and she bumped the home plate umpire.

The fired-up Bruins scored five runs in the seventh and beat Texas A&M 8-2 on Saturday in the Women's College World Series elimination game.

UCLA will play Washington in an elimination game Saturday night without Fernandez.