Jaylen Hands and Kris Wilkes are getting ready for the next step. The two guards both elected to forgo their final two years of NCAA eligibility in favor of the 2019 NBA Draft earlier this offseason. Read more...
Photo: Guard Jaylen Hands announced he was entering the 2019 NBA Draft on April 7 on Twitter. Hands led the Pac-12 in assists with 6.1 per game. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruin rotation has to work around another injury. No. 1 UCLA baseball (35-7, 14-4 Pac-12) lost sophomore right-hander Zack Pettway to a forearm strain last week, the third starting pitcher to suffer an injury this season. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Zach Pettway suffered a flexor strain ahead of his scheduled start last Friday. He joined junior Ryan Garcia and freshman Nick Nastrini as Bruin starters who have missed time in 2019. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins win twice as often when they pick up the doubles point. No. 9 UCLA women’s tennis (18-7, 8-2 Pac-12) is .400 when it loses the doubles point, but .800 when it is the first team to put a point on the scoreboard. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Abi Altick played alongside freshman Taylor Johnson at the Pac-12 championship and won all three of their matches to help UCLA women’s tennis reach the finals before falling to Stanford. (Tess Horowitz/Daily Bruin)
It was a joint effort on the mound for the Bruins. No. 1 UCLA baseball (35-7, 14-4 Pac-12) took down Pepperdine (19-18, 10-8 West Coast Conference) 8-5 on Tuesday, using seven pitchers along the way. Read more...
Photo: Junior third baseman Ryan Kreidler notched two hits in UCLA baseball’s win over Pepperdine on Tuesday. Kreidler has recorded a hit in 34 of the Bruins’ 42 games this season, already setting career highs in runs, hits, extra-base hits and stolen bases. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As they await the start of the NCAA championship, the Bruins have collected their final regular season accolades. No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo (23-6, 4-2 MPSF) had five players selected to the All-MPSF teams last week before its eventual third-place finish in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship. Read more...
Photo: Senior goalkeeper Carlee Kapana was selected to the All-MPSF Honorable Mention team. Kapana has logged 208 saves so far this season heading into the NCAA championships.(Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
Last May, the Bruins became the first collegiate team to win the NCAA title through the elimination bracket. Last weekend, UCLA beach volleyball (31-3) entered the elimination bracket in the Pac-12 championship after losing to USC (28-4), and won the elimination bracket final – but lost to the Trojans again in the championship final. Read more...
Photo: Senior Sarah Sponcil said that experience playing through the contender’s bracket in both the this year’s Pac-12 championship and last year’s NCAA championship will help UCLA beach volleyball. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
In the second inning UCLA’s 10-0 win over Utah on Sunday, freshman catcher Colleen Sullivan called timeout and visited sophomore pitcher Holly Azevedo in the circle. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball has imitated UCLA gymnastics’ uneven bars and floor routines during and before home games this season. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
