Tuesday, May 12

Men’s basketball set to push tempo against weak transition defense

This post was updated Feb. 23 at 5:40 p.m. If you – like most people – enjoy watching the Bruins’ offense, you may want to save your blinking for the commercial breaks during No. Read more...

Photo: Back in January, senior guard Bryce Alford and the No. 5 UCLA men’s basketball team put up triple digits against Arizona State. The Bruins will be facing them on the road Thursday evening. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Women’s water polo to face biggest challenge yet at Irvine tournament

Women’s water polo coach Brandon Brooks said that the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championship is the most competitive tournament of the year. “The depth there is unmatched,” Brooks said. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore attacker Lizette Rozeboom had a hat trick in Friday’s home opener against No. 6 UC Irvine. She and the rest of the No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo team will be traveling to Anteater territory this weekend for the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA baseball falls to UC Riverside despite dominant outing

Tuesday night, UCLA baseball saw the Justin Hooper that they have been waiting for. The sophomore lefty entered the game in the fourth and struck out 10 of the first 13 batters he faced. Read more...

Photo: Justin Hooper was supposed to start Tuesday’s game, but the rotation got moved around due to rain. Nevertheless, the sophomore lefty came on in relief and pitched 4 1/3 hitless innings with 10 strikeouts. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Rai Benjamin beats foot fracture, leads UCLA men’s sprints in 2017

Halfway through his first collegiate track and field season, one of the top sprinters in the country found himself hobbling around campus with a boot on his right foot. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore sprinter Rai Benjamin was one of the top sprint recruits in the nation two years ago, but an injury-plagued first year at UCLA placed him on the sideline for most of the season. He was cleared to run with less than a week to go until the qualifying cutoff for the NCAA championship, and rather than redshirting the season, he became a first-team All-American. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Swimming and diving heads to Washington for Pac-12 championship

Sophomore Eloise Belanger won her first senior title in the 1-meter springboard at the Winter Senior National Diving Championship in Canada last Friday but will not have the chance to repeat the feat in the upcoming Pac-12 swimming and diving championship for UCLA. Read more...

Photo: UCLA swimming and diving will head to Federal Way, Washington, to compete in the Pac-12 championship. However, the Bruins’ diving squad will be a bit stunted due to injuries and midterms. (Rohan Kumar/Daily Bruin)