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UCLA's Grant launches NCAA-record 38th homer
Key takeaways
- COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- UCLA slugger Megan Grant set the single-season home run record for Division I softball when she hit her 38th of the season on Saturday.
- Grant drove an 0-2 pitch from Nebraska's Jordy Frahm deep to left-center field for a solo home run, giving UCLA a 2-0 lead in the third inning of the Big Ten Championship Game.
- Grant had tied the record on Friday with a solo shot in the second inning of a 19-5 win over Wisconsin in a semifinal.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- UCLA slugger Megan Grant set the single-season home run record for Division I softball when she hit her 38th of the season on Saturday.
Grant drove an 0-2 pitch from Nebraska's Jordy Frahm deep to left-center field for a solo home run, giving UCLA a 2-0 lead in the third inning of the Big Ten Championship Game. The senior broke the record she shared for one day with Arizona's Laura Espinoza, who hit 37 home runs in 1995.
Grant had tied the record on Friday with a solo shot in the second inning of a 19-5 win over Wisconsin in a semifinal.
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