UCLA Athletics | April 21, 2018 UCLA shuts out No. 1 Washington to take first place in Pac-12 Redshirt freshman Aaliyah Jordan scored first for the Bruins with a solo home run. Share LOS ANGELES - Redshirt freshman Aaliyah Jordan had two hits, including a solo home run to jumpstart the Bruins' offense, while redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia was dominant in the circle with 10 strikeouts in a complete-game shutout, as the third-ranked Bruins moved into first place in the Pac-12 Conference with a 3-0 victory over No. 1 Washington on Friday at Easton Stadium. The Bruins improved to 38-3 overall and 13-3 in Pac-12 play, while the Huskies fell to 41-3 and 12-3 in league. For your National Freshman of the Year consideration ... Aaliyah Jordan!!!! 1-0 Bruins to the fifth. #GoBruins Watch now: https://t.co/AV3ZdOXwsG pic.twitter.com/Ou6YgYJonh — UCLA Softball (@UCLASoftball) April 21, 2018 Garcia, who moved to 14-1, had 1-2-3 innings in her first two and last two frames, striking out at least one in every inning, including two in the first, second and fourth. The Bruins had six hits from five different players. Garcia got out of a huge jam in the fourth inning after Sis Bates reached on a leadoff single, Julia DePonte walked and Emma Helm was hit by a pitch. But the redshirt sophomore fanned Amirah Milloy and Taryn Atlee looking to end the threat. Nine strikeouts for Garcia in another 1-2-3 inning. 1-0 Bruins, B6. Briana Perez, Kylee Perez, Jordan coming up. pic.twitter.com/1iCwDhCFLd — UCLA Softball (@UCLASoftball) April 21, 2018 With the momentum swinging the Bruins' way, Jordan put the home team on the scoreboard, crushing her team-lead tying eighth homer of the season to right-center to put UCLA up 1-0. The Huskies had just one baserunner for the rest of the game, an infield single by Trysten Melhart in the fifth, which was quickly erased on a caught stealing by junior catcher Paige Halstead. YOU'RE OUT! Halstead throws out a would-be base stealer to keep it a 1-0 lead for UCLA. Jelenicki, Halstead and Washington in the bottom of the fifth. pic.twitter.com/x4J2Lm1KHs — UCLA Softball (@UCLASoftball) April 21, 2018 In the sixth, the Bruins added some insurance. Freshman Briana Perez reached on a leadoff bunt single and scored on a double to left-center by senior Kylee Perez to make it 2-0. Three batters later, a bloop single to right off the bat of sophomore Bubba Nickles brought home Kylee to give the Bruins a 3-0 lead. The Bruins and the Huskies continue their three-game series on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Easton Stadium. The game will be televised on ESPN2. UCLA eliminates Northwestern from Women's College World Series behind Faraimo's big game UCLA survived elimination with a big 6-1 win over Northwestern on Friday. READ MORE College softball's all-time home run leaders Here's a look at the ten college softball players who have slugged 83 or more home runs in their illustrious NCAA careers. READ MORE UCLA baseball scores 9 runs in ninth, hits walk-off bomb in absolutely INSANE 25-22 finish UCLA outlasted Oregon State 25-22 Saturday night in one of the wildest college baseball games you'll hear about all year. READ MORE