Sunday was a great day of baseball for USC fans. For starters, the Trojans won not one, but two games at the College Station Regional, both in dominant fashion. USC scored a combined 29 runs in victories over Texas State and Texas A&M as the Trojans moved to within one game of advancing to their first super regional in 21 years.
However, that was not the only good news. While USC was dominating in Texas, back in Los Angeles, crosstown rival UCLA choked in historic fashion. The Bruins lost to No. 4 seed Saint Mary’s for the second time in three days, failing to even make a regional final as the No. 1 overall seed.
This UCLA team made history for all of the wrong reasons. Two days prior, they became the first top overall seed to ever drop their tournament opener. Then, with Sunday’s loss, the Bruins became the first No. 1 overall seed to ever get walked off on their home field.
Naturally, USC fans enjoyed seeing their hated foes collapse in epic fashion—especially after the heartbreak that UCLA dealt USC just a week prior. For it to happen on the same day that the Trojans scored 29 runs just made things even sweeter.
But it gets even better—UCLA’s softball team was also eliminated on Sunday. When the Bruins’ extra innings loss to Texas Tech finished, ESPN immediately cut to College Station, where the Trojans were dominating Texas A&M. Surely, that must not have been a very pleasant sight for UCLA fans after a brutal sports day for them.
For the last few months, USC fans have had to constantly hear about how good UCLA’s baseball and softball teams were. But when the dust settled Sunday evening, there was only one Los Angeles team remaining in the postseason, and it was one wearing Cardinal and Gold.
Oh, how sweet it is.
This article originally appeared on Trojans Wire: USC baseball dominates while UCLA gets eliminated