Like she does on every home run,Megan Grantput her head down and ran as hard as she could to first base.
Only this wasno ordinary homer.
Grant’s solo homer in the third inning against Nebraska on Saturday in theBig Ten Tournamenttitle game made the UCLA slugger the NCAA single-season home run champion.
Grant’s 38th homer of the season broke the 31-year-old record of 37 set by Arizona’s Laura Espinoza in 1995.
“It’s surreal,” Grant told reporters afterward. “I’m just so grateful for the opportunity that I was blessed with and just to follow the people that were before me, it’s just an honor.”
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Grant’s homer — on an 0-2 pitch off Cornhuskers ace Jordy Frahm — gave the Bruins a 2-0 lead in the top of the third.
Everything else went Nebraska’s way.
The Cornhuskers scored the next seven runs en route to a 7-2 victory at College Park, Md., in a battle between elite pitching and epic power.
UCLA’s big momentcame on Grant’s homer, which sparked a wild celebration with teammates.
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