Friday, May 8

Swim and dive honors senior teammates whose careers draw to a close

The Bruins have been led by their seniors throughout the season, and they honored those seniors during Friday’s meet. UCLA swimming and diving (5-5-1, 2-4-1 Pac-12) tied with No. Read more...

Photo: The seniors of UCLA swimming and diving have consistently finished in scoring position this season. The Bruins honored their seniors at the beginning of their last meet of the season Friday. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)


Freshman Bruins help lead softball to 5-0 opening weekend

UCLA’s fresh faces made a significant impact in the Bruins’ dominant opening weekend. Freshman pitcher Holly Azevedo notched her first three career wins in as many days, including two complete games in which the No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman pitcher Holly Azevedo and the No. 4 UCLA Bruins logged five wins during their undefeated opening weekend. Azevedo logged her first three collegiate wins over three days. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA gymnastics shows increases in roster size, diversity in lineup

UCLA gymnastics has a large roster, and it’s showed its strength this past week with its fourth straight score above 197 – while competing with more gymnasts than many schools have on their roster. Read more...

Photo: The No. 2 Bruins traveled to Berkeley to nab their second-best score this season against No. 23 California. UCLA boasts the biggest roster of the top five teams in the country. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)


Surging Bruins look to limit fouls, turnovers in upcoming Oregon series

The Bruins are inching up in the rankings. Because then-No. 7 South Carolina (20-5) fell to the top two teams in the nation last week, UCLA women’s basketball (21-4, 12-2 Pac-12) has leapt ahead of South Carolina to the No. Read more...

Photo: Despite UCLA women’s basketball being on a ten-game win streak, coach Cori Close wants see more from her seniors. Early foul trouble has forced them to sit in a handful of recent match-ups. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)


Women’s tennis suffers two losses at ITA championships, but nabs one win

The UCLA women’s tennis team suffered back-to-back losses this weekend, snapping its undefeated record this season. The No. 13 Bruins (5-2) fell 4-2 to No. 8 Texas Tech Red Raiders (5-2) in the opening round of the ITA Division I National Women’s Team Indoor Championship in Madison, Wisconsin. Read more...

Photo: Senior Terri Fleming and redshirt sophomore Jada Hart fell 7-6 (6) to Texas Tech’s No. 16 senior duo of Sabrina Federici and Sarah Dvorak this weekend, as the Bruins logged back-to-back losses at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)


Men’s volleyball defeats Grand Canyon, maintained lead throughout

UCLA men’s volleyball swept its opponent for the second time in three days with a victory over Grand Canyon. The No. 2 Bruins (13-1, 2-0 MPSF) won three sets against the No. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s volleyball completed its second consecutive league sweep Saturday against Grand Canyon. Senior opposite Christian Hessenauer led the Bruins with 14 kills and was followed by sophomore middle blocker Daenan Gyimah and junior outside hitter Dylan Missry, with nine each. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)


Softball sweeps set of unranked opponents on opening weekend

Five games, five wins. The first weekend of competition at the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament for No. 4 UCLA softball (5-0) had runs and hits aplenty this weekend, racking up 49 in total over their first five games. Read more...

Photo: Senior pitcher Johanna Grauer started for the Bruins in their season opener against Maryland. She pitched six innings and logged four strikeouts in UCLA’s first game of 2018. (Jenna Smith/Daily Bruin)