Last home game for UCLA softball icon

Team USA ended a 27-game road trip with an 8-2 exhibition win over UCLA on Tuesday night, but the real victory lap was for a Bruin.

Former UCLA hurler Lisa Fernandez was wearing red, white and blue as she pitched her final game in Easton Stadium. She received multiple standing ovations over the course of the 2-hour-and-24-minute event, and left her cleats on the mound before leaving the field for the the last time.

UCLA announced that a Lisa Fernandez Day would be held during opening week of every season. For a good read about Fernandez' impact on the sport, check out this article.

Fernandez said one of the best parts of her career was having the opportunity to play with her best friend, Kelly Inouye-Perez, throughout the years. Today, they both coach the Bruins. "We talk about UCLA being a family," she said. "It truly is a family."

Love and let live

Kevin Love went to the UCLA softball game against the U.S. National Team on Tuesday night.

At the end of the fourth inning, the public address announcer had to ask the crowd to leave the basketball superstar alone. A lot of people laughed as the 6-foot-10 center hadn't made himself inconspicuous by sitting in the front row behind home plate. Love quickly relocated to another section.

Love seems to be really enjoying (what would appear to be) his last days before heading to the NBA, smiling and cheering loudly for some of the players.

Posted by: Adam Rose