UCLA baseball caught a break this weekend when Cal ace Daulton Jefferies was scratched from his Friday night start with a leg injury. Not that it mattered. Read more...
Photo: UCLA baseball dropped all three of its games to Cal, but junior third baseman Luke Persico notched a pair of three-hit games to raise his average to .306. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
His teammates were calling him “the comeback kid” – for good reason. It was during No. 5 UCLA men’s tennis last dual match of the weekend against No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Logan Staggs almost completed what his coach called one of the best comebacks in a long time, fighting off eight match points before the match went unfinished.
No. 20 UCLA women’s rowing continued to struggle this past weekend at the San Diego Crew Classic at Mission Bay, failing to finish first and placing second only twice in their nine races. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA women’s rowing team continued its struggles at the San Diego Crew Classic, with its varsity eight boat placing last in Sunday’s grand final.
After only adding two goals to its lead in the third quarter, UCLA women’s water polo was looking to regain momentum going into the final eight minutes against Redlands. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Louise Hazell was one of many younger players to get significant playing time in the Bruins’ Sunday doubleheader, scoring goals in both matches.
For a team on the rise, the first week of spring quarter has closely followed the theme of getting better and better. After starting the week with a successful takedown of the No. Read more...
Photo: Freshmen Nicole McNamara (right) and her sister, Megan McNamara (left), clinched the winning points against Pepperdine and Hawai’i over the past week. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin)
The legends really did show up this weekend at the Bruin Legends of Track and Field Invitational. On Saturday, the long jump world record holder and former UCLA athlete Mike Powell walked around the green Drake Stadium field, and other acclaimed track and fielders drew applause from a sizable crowd the day before. Read more...
Photo: Junior sprinter Darnell Roberson competed in the long jump for the first time in his collegiate career, finishing in third place. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
Fidgeting with her chalky handgrips, Peng-Peng Lee walked up to the uneven bars, the redshirt junior’s first competition since mid-February. The pressure was on. No. 8 UCLA gymnastics (13-5) needed to total just 48.275 – .80 less than its season average – on its last event, the bars, to move past No. Read more...
Photo: Senior Danusia Francis tied for the beam title with a 9.9 at Saturday’s Salt Lake City NCAA Regional. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
