Monday, May 18

Bruins look to improve postseason prospects following Pac-12 title win

With less than a week left to play in the regular season, UCLA baseball and UC Irvine are going in opposite directions. No. 2 UCLA (40-12, 21-6 Pac-12) is surging, fresh off a three-game sweep of Arizona which won the Bruins their first Pac-12 title since 2012. Read more...

Photo: The No. 2 UCLA baseball team will face UC Irvine, the Bruins’ last non-conference opponent for the season. The UCI matchup will give UCLA one of its final chances to boost its NCAA RPI rankings and claim a stake as the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)





Softball turns mistakes into successes in three-game regional sweep

For a team that was favored going into the NCAA Regional, No. 7 seed UCLA softball did not disappoint. UCLA swept its three opponents, Cal State Northridge, Texas and San Diego State, to win the Los Angeles regional in decided fashion, outscoring the competition 21-2 over the weekend and advancing to the NCAA Super Regional. Read more...

Photo: With UCLA clinging to a 2-0 lead in the second inning against Texas on Saturday, senior pitcher Ally Carda tags out Texas third baseman Randel Leahy at home plate. The Bruins went on to win the game 4-1 and won the NCAA regional round by defeating the San Diego State Aztecs on Sunday. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA extends streak of individual Pac-12 championship wins to 51 years

Nicholas Scarvelis stepped onto the first-place podium after winning the shot put for the second consecutive season in the Pac-12 championship meet, defending his title but also searching to improve on his 64-5.25 showing. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior thrower Nicholas Scarvelis finished seventh in the discus but first in the shot put competition at this weekend’s Pac-12 championship. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)