With consecutive top-ranked recruiting classes bookending the roster this year, Bruins’ softball coach Kelly Inouye-Perez will have a plethora of highly rated players at her disposal when the 2018 season gets underway Friday. Read more...
Photo: Senior catcher Madeline Jelenicki is used to having talent surround her. As a freshman she was part of the first-ranked recruiting class in the country, just as this year’s freshman class is. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins will face the two newest additions to their conference this weekend. No. 2 UCLA men’s volleyball (11-1) will travel to Concordia (3-2) on Thursday and No. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter JT Hatch and UCLA will play in two entirely new gyms this week, facing Concordia on Thursday and Grand Canyon on Saturday. The two teams were recently added to the MPSF after six teams left the conference to start the Big West Conference. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
Some collegiate gymnasts get their start in elite clubs when they first start to walk. Others have parents who were gymnasts, so they grow up around the sport. Read more...
Photo: Senior JaNay Honest’s journey of joining UCLA gymnastics started on a playground in her elementary school years and included some stops in Westwood along the way. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
There were nearly more UCLA fans than USC fans in Monday’s rematch at the Galen Center. After cutting into a 14-point deficit, the Trojans had trimmed it to a 1-point game midway through the final frame. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior forward Lajahna Drummer added 6 points in the Bruins’ home game against USC, but scored nearly twice as many points when the Bruins traveled across town and took on the Trojans at the Galen Center. (Axel Lopez, Daily Bruin)
Be quick but don’t hurry. The John Wooden quip that UCLA football coach Chip Kelly dropped during his introductory press conference also fittingly applied to his first recruiting class. Read more...
Photo: Chip Kelly addressed the media Wednesday afternoon to answer questions about the new Bruin football coach’s first UCLA recruiting class.(Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Track and field is one of the longest-running sports on the collegiate calendar, spanning from the middle of January to early June. The sport is broken up into two distinct seasons, however. Read more...
Photo: The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center in New York and Madison Square Garden – when used for track meets – both elevate the curves of the track. The banked track is unique to indoor events and is one of many differences between indoor and outdoor track. (Creative Commons photo by Ty Law via flickr)
The Bruins limited the top-serving team in the country to just one ace Tuesday. No. 2 UCLA (11-1) trounced No. 12 CSUN (6-4) in four sets, avenging last season’s upset against the Matadors. Read more...
Photo: Junior setter Micah Ma’a earned 47 assists and eight digs on No. 2 UCLA’s way to a four-set victory Tuesday night. Ma’a said he believes this year’s team has been better at winning “ugly games,” getting out of holes emotionally and staying consistent. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
