Friday, May 15


Men’s volleyball regains focus, defeats UCSD in straight sets

It didn’t take long for UCLA men’s volleyball to bounce back from its Thursday night defeat at the hands of UC Irvine. The No. 2 Bruins (12-2, 8-2 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) demolished unranked UC San Diego (3-11, 0-10) Saturday night in the John Wooden Center in a sweep (25-16, 25-17, 25-18). Read more...

Photo: Saturday night’s blowout of UC San Diego gave freshman setter/hitter Micah Ma’a and the UCLA men’s volleyball team their 12th win of the 2016 season. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)


Bruins’ win against Cougars lacked concentration, effort

When sophomore forward Monique Billings received the ball from sophomore guard Jordin Canada halfway through the fourth quarter, UCLA was already well ahead. That didn’t stop her from quickly pulling the trigger and draining the jumper. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore forward Monique Billings had 16 points and nine rebounds in Friday night’s victory over Washington State. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA swim and dive seniors finish strong, fall to USC in final meet

Katie Kinnear came off the last wall in the 200 yard butterfly knowing that she had a little bit extra to give. The senior swimmer, who had trailed USC freshman Madison Wright up until that point, propelled herself forward with one final push, finishing with a winning time of 1:56.60 – .22 milliseconds faster than the rival Trojan. Read more...

Photo: Senior swimmer Katie Kinnear set a personal best in the 200 yard butterfly, but UCLA swimming and diving lost to USC in its final regular season meet. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Arizona claws back in 81-75 nail-biter against UCLA men’s basketball

TUCSON, Ariz. – This one was hard to swallow for coach Steve Alford. After a game that he thought UCLA played as well as it could have, Alford was fixated on just two numbers: 45 and 16. Read more...

Photo: Arizona center Kaleb Tarczewski helped the Wildcats fuel a comeback after UCLA senior forward/center Tony Parker and sophomore center Thomas Welsh fouled out. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)