Thursday, May 7

Relievers offer promising performances after baseball loses starters to injuries

The Bruins’ pitching staff was plagued with injuries all season, forcing inexperienced pitchers into major roles from the bullpen. No. 19 UCLA baseball (36-19, 19-11 Pac-12) lost three potential starting pitchers over the course of the season, leading coach John Savage to reach into his bullpen to find three new starters in freshman Zach Pettway, sophomore Ryan Garcia and redshirt sophomore Jack Ralston. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore reliever Kyle Mora has stepped up for the Bruins in 2018. The right-hander had just four appearances as a freshman last year, but this season, he came out of the bullpen and pitched in 18 games, recording a 1.69 ERA with a 0.154 batting average against. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)


UCLA softball to play Florida State at Women’s College World Series

For the 28th time in program history, the Bruins have made it to the Women’s College World Series. The first opponent for No. 3 seed UCLA softball (56-5) will be No. Read more...

Photo: Junior infielder Brianna Tautalafua has eight home runs and 35 RBIs this season. She will make her third consecutive appearance in the Women’s College World Series on Thursday. (Liz Ketchman/Daily Bruin)


Hands, Riley pull out of NBA Draft, follow Wilkes back to UCLA men’s basketball

It’s all hands on deck for the Bruins next season. One day after rising sophomore guard Kris Wilkes announced his return to UCLA men’s basketball, rising sophomores guard Jaylen Hands and forward Cody Riley followed suit and withdrew from the 2018 NBA Draft. Read more...

Photo: With Jaylen Hands’ and Cody Riley’s announcements to withdraw from the NBA Draft, the Bruins will bring back five of their six 2017 recruits for next season. The deadline to withdraw is Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)


UCLA softball makes fourth appearance as Pac-12 set to dominate this year’s WCWS

The Pac-12 is well represented in this year’s edition of the Women’s College World Series, as half of the field is made up of teams from the Conference of Champions. Read more...

Photo: The Bruins will make their fourth consecutive appearance in the Women’s College World Series this year, but they won’t be the only team to represent the Pac-12. In fact, four teams from the conference of champions make up the WCWS field. (Grant Mooney/Daily Bruin)



UCLA beach and women’s volleyball stack teams for next season

The Bruins will see many familiar faces next season. UCLA beach volleyball and women’s volleyball are losing only three seniors total from their starting lineups – Elise Zappia on the beach, outside hitter Reily Buechler and setter Sarah Sponcil for indoor. Read more...

Photo: Women’s volleyball coach Michael Sealy will begin his ninth season with the Bruins in 2018. Sealy is bringing in six new recruits this season, including Hawley Harrer, who will play for both the indoor and beach teams. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)