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UCLA fell behind twice, but came back and crushed Washington to take the series from a good Pac-12 team.

UCLA blew a 10-5 ninth inning lead to Purdue, who scored 10 in the frame to avoid the sweep.

Bruins Nation gets the week started with the Monday morning edition of the Bruin Bites round-up of bits and pieces of news from around the UCLA-iverse.

UCLA got their offense going and the bullpen stepped it up as they defeated Maryland, 6-5.

Adam Plutko pitch magnificently, but it wasn't enough as UCLA fell to Maryland, 2-1.

UCLA's offense let them down in 2011, but they have the talent to turn it around in 2012.

While Pepperdine was giving away eight unearned runs, UCLA was keeping it's eight shut out of the season as they took down the Waves 10-0 in non-conference action on Tuesday.

USC defeated UCLA 6-2 in the series finale between the crosstown rivals, but the Bruins claimed the series two games to one.

After taking a step forward in 2010, UCLA will need their offense to take another step forward in 2011 if they want to make a return trip to Omaha for the College World Series.

After 11 Bruins were taken in the 2010 MLB Draft, tied for the most in the country, UCLA knew that they were going to have a lot to replace from the 2010 College World Series team and as soon as...