Monday, May 11

Men’s water polo alumni face off in National League championship game

For the second year in a row, UCLA men’s water polo alumni dominated the stat lines in the USA Water Polo National League championship game. 2016 scoring leader Patrick Fellner and Paul Reynolds, the fourth-most scoring Bruin in program history, suited up for the Olympic Club against the reigning champion, the New York Athletic Club. Read more...

Photo: Recent men’s water polo alumnus Chancellor Ramirez led all scorers in the USA Water Polo National League Championship game with four goals, as the New York Athletic Club won its second consecutive title. (Wesley Hardin/Daily Bruin)


Women’s tennis defeats Washington and Washington State over weekend

Two conference matches, two more wins for No. 20 UCLA women’s tennis (10-5, 4-1 Pac-12). The Bruins nearly swept both the Washington Huskies (14-5, 3-2) and the Washington State Cougars (9-10, 0-5) – 4-1 and 6-1 respectively – to clinch their third and fourth straight victories of the season, dropping just two points in two games. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Ena Shibahara swept both of her singles matches against Washington and Washington State this weekend, dropping only eight games combined. She also teamed with junior Kristin Wiley for doubles wins in both dual matches. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)



Men’s tennis wins Pac-12 openers in close matchups

The final score in NCAA tennis can be very misleading. No. 10 UCLA men’s tennis (13-4, 2-0 Pac-12) defeated Washington and No. 23 Oregon 4-0 and 4-3, respectively, on back-to-back days to open their Pac-12 conference schedule. Read more...

Photo: Logan Staggs clinched both of No. 10 UCLA men’s tennis wins this weekend, as the junior defeated Washington’s Gal Hakak 6-3, 6-2 Friday and Oregon’s Jayson Amos 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 6-4 on Saturday. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)



Women’s water polo nets three dominant victories in Hawaii

The next time UCLA women’s water polo will compete as often as it did this past week, it will be for a seed in the NCAA championship. Read more...

Photo: No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo’s scoring leader, freshman attacker Maddie Musselman, led all Bruins over the team’s trip to Hawaii, where UCLA posted 53 goals over three games – tied for the most UCLA has scored over any three-game stretch thus far this season. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Gymnastics takes home first place at NCAA regional meet

No. 5 UCLA gymnastics needed one more victory to get to St. Louis, the site of the 2017 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships. Despite score-killing miscues on the balance beam to open the meet, the team navigated the tricky NCAA regional waters on Saturday, scoring a 196.800 and claiming a spot in national semifinals with a first-place finish. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Madison Kocian scored a meet-leading 9.95 on the uneven bars and finished second in the all-around with a 39.375, as UCLA gymnastics won its NCAA regional with a score of 196.800. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)