Saturday, August 1

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)


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)


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)


UCLA softball comes back to clinch Oregon series, advances to WCWS

This post was updated on May 29 at 11:40 p.m. The Bruins were two outs away from the end of their season Sunday evening when Gabrielle Maurice stepped to the plate. Read more...

Photo: Down by a run, UCLA softball needed to score to keep its season alive. Junior left fielder Gabrielle Maurice gave her team what it needed, launching a solo shot to keep the series alive. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


NCAA chances disappear as UCLA ends season with OSU series loss

The Bruins couldn’t scratch a run across all weekend long and dropped their final three games of the season. UCLA baseball (25-31, 12-18 Pac-12) never got any offensive momentum going as Oregon State (35-19, 16-14) outscored the Bruins 10-0 over the course of the weekend set in Corvallis, Oregon. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior Grant Dyer finished off his NCAA career with a quality start on Saturday. In his final four outings, the righty averaged more than eight innings and seven strikeouts per start. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)


Softball to face elimination after 8-1 super regional loss to Oregon

UCLA softball’s nine-game winning streak came to a screeching halt Saturday evening. The No.12 Bruins (38-14-1, 16-5-1 Pac-12) were hit hard in the first game of the super regional series against the No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior pitcher Paige McDuffee, who came in during the second inning to relieve sophomore pitcher Johanna Grauer, pitched only one inning in Saturday’s loss to Oregon. McDuffee posted a stat line of five hits, six earned runs, a walk, a home run allowed and only one strikeout. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Battle of the Editors: Rookie of the year

Battle of the Editors: Next year’s Daily Bruin Sports editors square off in their first co-publication ever. The new kids at the helm argue who they think should be UCLA’s rookie of the year. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Jose Hernandez powered the Bruin offense this season. The Pac-12 Freshman of the Year scored 11 goals and had four assists, leading the team with 26 points. (Daily Bruin file photo)