UCLA junior Maggie Boyd (Flower Mound, TX) and freshman Sally Perez (Apex, NC) went 4-0 to help the Bruins win all four duals and capture the Center of Effort Challenge crown in San Luis Obispo, Calif. (April 11-12). UCLA opened with a 3-2 win over No. 4 LMU with Boyd and Perez winning in straight sets, before the duo defeated No. 12 Arizona State. Day two began with the Bruins knocking off No. 1 TCU, 3-2, with Boyd and Perez rallying for a three-set win after dropping the first set, which handed Daniela Alvarez and Hailey Hamlett their first loss of the year. The top pair concluded the tournament with a straight-set win over No. 5 Stanford. This is the second MPSF award for Boyd and Perez.