Thursday, May 14

Sports

Men's Volleyball, Sports

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June 2, 2:21 am

John Speraw extends contract to coach Team USA through 2020 Olympics

It’s tough enough coaching one big volleyball program, but John Speraw will be pulling double duty for another four years. USA Volleyball announced Wednesday that Speraw agreed to a four-year contract extension that runs through the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw was an assistant coach for team USA when it won gold at the Beijing Olympics. In 2013, he was promoted to head coach of the entire U.S. men’s national team program. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)

Sports, Track and Field

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June 2, 2:20 am

Track and field record-holder Steele Wasik to leave UCLA

One of the brightest young stars on the UCLA track and field team has seen his last days as a Bruin. According to the Medina Gazette, a newspaper based in Medina, Ohio, sophomore multi Steele Wasik will leave UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore multi Steele Wasik, who set a UCLA and MPSF heptathlon record earlier this season, will be leaving Westwood after the spring quarter according to the Medina Gazette. Wasik is currently recovering from a stress fracture in his femur. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Softball, Sports

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June 2, 2:19 am

UCLA softball to open WCWS double-elimination play against Auburn

After bumps along the way, No. 12 UCLA softball finds itself back in Oklahoma City for its second-straight Women’s College World Series. Although they won 14 of their last 16 games, the Bruins hardly looked like a championship contender over the first couple months of the season. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore second baseman Kylee Perez ranks second on the Bruins with a .383 batting average. UCLA softball’s hitting and pitching will be key against No. 4 Auburn when the two face off in game one of the Women’s College World Series Thursday. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

Men's Tennis, Sports

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May 31, 12:26 am

McDonald first Bruin to claim singles, doubles titles in the same year

Junior Mackenzie McDonald lifted his fist in the air, tilting his head back after two resounding victories. McDonald claimed both the singles and doubles championship titles at the 2016 Division I Men’s Tennis Championship Monday afternoon in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Read more...

Photo: Junior Mackie McDonald became the first player in UCLA history to win both the tennis singles and doubles championships in the same year after upsetting Ohio State’s No. 1-ranked Mikael Torpegaard. (Courtesy of NCAA)

Men's Tennis, Sports

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May 30, 4:48 pm

UCLA takes both doubles and singles titles in NCAA championship

Two titles are a fitting end to a dominant display by UCLA men’s tennis. Four hours after Mackie McDonald won the NCAA Division I singles championship, the junior teamed up with sophomore Martin Redlicki to defeat Texas A&M’s Arthur Rinderknech and Jackson Withrow 6-4, 6-1 to win the NCAA Division I doubles championship. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Martin Redlicki (left) and junior Mackie McDonald (right) captured UCLA men’s tennis’ 11th doubles championship Monday, defeating Texas A&M’s Arthur Rinderknech and Jackson Withrow in straight sets. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)

Sports, Track and Field

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May 30, 2:39 pm

Vigorous showing at regionals earns Bruins spots in NCAA championship

The thunder and lightning weren’t the only things to make impressions on the NCAA track and field Western Regional championship this weekend. Eleven of the 37 Bruins who went to Kansas are moving on to the NCAA national championship meet in a week and a half, despite the weather subjecting them to an unfavorable reorganization of events. Read more...

Photo: Junior long jumper Austin Hazel qualified for his first NCAA national championship in Kansas last weekend by taking 10th out of the 48 competitors. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

Men's Tennis, Sports

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May 30, 11:57 am

Mackie McDonald wins 2016 NCAA Division I men’s singles championship

UCLA’s Mackie McDonald is the 2016 NCAA singles champion. The No. 6 standout junior took down Ohio State’s No. 1 Mikael Torpegaard 6-3, 6-3 in the 2016 NCAA Division I men’s singles championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma to claim the title. Read more...

Photo: Junior Mackie McDonald won the NCAA singles championship in straight sets over Ohio State’s Mikael Torpegaard. It is UCLA men’s tennis’ first individual title since 2014. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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