Saturday, July 25

Angus’ Beef: Men’s volleyball falls to unranked USC, jeopardizes NCAA tournament entry

Micah Ma’a sprinted past the antenna to the other side of the court to chase down a ball shanked by senior opposite Christian Hessenauer and fell just short, giving USC the point it needed to win the match. Read more...

Photo: To qualify for the NCAA tournament, UCLA will have to either win the MPSF tournament or secure an at-large bid. After falling to USC this past weekend, the Bruins’ chance at securing the bid was hurt and it seems likely UCLA will have to vie for an at-large bid. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)


Track and field has strong performance in first home meet

The Bruins avoided the pitfalls of finals week and spring break to put on a strong showing at UCLA’s first home track meet, comprised of the Bob Larsen Distance Carnival and Jim Bush Legends Invitational. Read more...

Photo: UCLA track and field had its first home meet of the year this weekend. The Bruins logged a third-place finish or better in a majority of the events they entered over the two-day weekend. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)


Softball continues strong season despite weekend of errors and injuries

After dropping its first Pac-12 series against No. 5 Oregon, No. 3 UCLA softball has swept past then-No. 24 Oregon State and now Utah. The Bruins (31-2, 7-2 Pac-12) defeated the Utes (17-15, 2-7) over the weekend with scores of 9-5, 7-3 and 9-4 to push their winning streak to six, doing so with an injury that limited redshirt sophomore Rachel Garcia to designated player duties. Read more...

Photo: The No. 3 UCLA have their feet back beneath them after suffering a two-loss weekend to No. 5 Oregon in their Pac-12 opening weekend. Now, UCLA has swept two conference opponents in a row behind both strong hitting and pitching. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


Women’s water polo sees 6-3 triumph over Arizona State

Despite a failure to score in the first quarter, UCLA women’s water polo’s strong second quarter led the team to victory. The No. 4 Bruins (21-3, 2-1 MPSF) took down the No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore attacker Bronte Halligan led No. 4 UCLA in scoring with two goals in its 6-3 victory over No. 4 Arizona State on Saturday. Four other Bruins added a goal apiece in the victory, which was their second win over the Sun Devils this season. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)


Men’s tennis beats Stanford, Cal to remain undefeated in conference play

The Bruins stand alone at the top of the Pac-12. No. 4 UCLA men’s tennis (19-2, 4-0 Pac-12) swept No. 3 Stanford (16-2, 3-1) and California (8-6, 1-2) this weekend to remain the only undefeated team in conference play. Read more...

Photo: Maxime Cressy clinched the upset for UCLA against No. 3 Stanford on Friday with a singles win. The junior and his partner, freshman Bryce Pereira, also took home a doubles win against the Cardinal. The duo holds a 12-6 doubles record on the season. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)


Men’s volleyball upset by unranked USC in five-setter

UCLA men’s volleyball had not lost to an unranked team since 2014. On Saturday, USC broke that streak. The Trojans (7-17, 3-7 MPSF) took down the No. Read more...

Photo: Christian Hessenauer led the Bruins with a career-high 22 kills. Despite the senior opposite’s performance, No. 3 UCLA fell to unranked USC on Saturday night. (Jenna Smith/Daily Bruin)


Baseball loses series for first time in season, falls to Golden Bears

In an unassuming, low-scoring weekend, the Bruins had the final game and the series in the bag with two frames remaining. Then it all fell apart. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Garrett Mitchell made his return to the lineup this weekend against California. The right fielder went 3-for-11 in three games, including a 2-for-4 performance on Saturday, but the Bruins dropped the series to the Golden Bears. (Abraham Ramirez/Daily Bruin)