Sunday, May 10

Softball builds on momentum for postseason, celebrates senior weekend

UCLA softball celebrated seniors shortstop Delaney Spaulding, outfielder Gabrielle Maurice and pitcher Paige McDuffee this past weekend during senior weekend. They did it both with a ceremony and with winning a pivotal series against Arizona, building on the successes of previous weeks and putting themselves in a better position for a higher postseason seed. Read more...

Photo: Gabrielle Maurice helped UCLA beat Arizona in the final regular season home-series of her career. Maurice and the Bruins will have one more series against Arizona State before the postseason begins. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Baseball aims to improve RPI in road matchup with Cal State Fullerton

UCLA baseball is in the middle of a seven-game road stretch. But at this point in the season, that’s a good thing. “RPI-wise it’s what we want,” said coach John Savage. Read more...

Photo: Coach John Savage will call on sophomore lefty Justin Hooper to start Tuesday’s game. Savage said Hooper was inconsistent last time out, when he gave up four runs in 4 1/3 innings pitched. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Beach volleyball to draw on season’s experience, improvements next year

This year was different. Until it wasn’t. UCLA beach volleyball became the first team in NCAA history to down the juggernauts at USC, as well as achieving a 24-straight dual-victories school record. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Megan McNamara anchored court one for the Bruins with her twin sister Nicole. The McNamaras, who earned first team All-Pac-12 accolades, will be back for their junior years after the best season in program history. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


The Dam Truth: Coaches, schools must better protect student-athletes from harassment

As cliche as it is, you can almost always expect athletes at the postgame press conference to blame themselves for the loss. The more heartbreaking the defeat, the more they’ll usually talk about how they could’ve executed a play differently, how it wasn’t anyone else’s fault and how they could’ve done more. Read more...

Photo: Former University of Arizona coach Craig Carter was arrested after threatening one of his former athletes. In ESPN’s article on Carter and his accuser Baillie Gibson, the authors question whether the school could have done more to investigate. (Creative Commons photo by Steve548 via Pixabay)


Around the League: Pac-12 teams deliver strong showings in softball, women’s golf, baseball

While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12 and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Read more...

Photo: Arizona only took one game off UCLA in the weekend’s series at Easton Stadium, but it was enough for the Wildcats to clinch their first Pac-12 regular season title since 2007. The Wildcats will now wait for the postseason while the Bruins have one more series left. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)


Three Bruins to compete at NCAA regional for men’s golf

Though the UCLA men’s golf team’s season came to an end April 30, a few Bruin golfers still have some competing to do. Three members will be participating in the NCAA regional, the first time in the program’s history that three individuals will be participating in the regional round. Read more...

Photo: Junior Tyler Collier will be the only Bruin to compete at the NCAA regional in Tennessee. Two of his teammates – sophomore Cole Madey and freshman Hidetoshi Yoshihara – will travel to Washington to compete in another regional. (Courtesy of Cliff Grassmick)


Heptathletes take home three top-10 spots at multi-events championship

It wasn’t first, second and third, but the UCLA track and field heptathletes that competed at the Pac-12 Combined Events Championships at Oregon State still finished sequentially over the weekend. Read more...

Photo: Christina Chenault took fourth place at the Pac-12 Combined Events Championships over the weekend in Corvallis, Oregon. The sophomore was one of three heptathletes UCLA sent to compete, and the women now have 12 points heading into the conference championship meet next weekend. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)