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Top-Seeded UCLA Eliminated at Home on 10th-Inning Walk-Off

Late-inning bullpen failures plus the absence of ace Logan Reddemann leave the program facing roster turnover, with top prospect Roch Cholowsky’s draft status in doubt.

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Overview

  • UCLA’s season ended Sunday at Jackie Robinson Stadium when Saint Mary’s Makoa Sniffen delivered a 10th-inning walk-off single that made the final score 6-5.
  • The Bruins stranded 10 baserunners and went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position in the elimination game, costing them chances to add insurance runs.
  • Closer Easton Hawk had struggled in late innings down the stretch and yielded the decisive run in extras, a problem coaches linked to overuse after the loss of starter Logan Reddemann to arm fatigue on April 17.
  • UCLA projects significant roster change next season with pitchers Angel Cervantes, Wylan Moss and Easton Hawk expected to return while right-handed transfers Fabio Bundi and Colin Huston join the staff; shortstop Roch Cholowsky may enter the 2026 MLB draft after a late-season slump.
  • The defeat makes UCLA only the fifth No. 1 overall seed in the modern regional format to fail to advance from a regional and ends a 52-8 campaign that now shifts the program into a rebuilding phase.