Monday, May 18

No UCLA players selected in first round of 2015 NFL draft

2015 NFL Draft – First Round Pac-12 Players Selected Pick NFL team Player name Position School 2 Tennessee Titans Marcus Mariota QB Oregon 6 New York Jets Leonard Williams DT USC 12 Cleveland Browns Danny Shelton DT Washington 13 New Orleans Saints Andrus Peat OT Stanford 17 San Francisco 49ers Arik Armstead DE Oregon 18 Kansas City Chiefs Marcus Peters CB Washington 20 Philadelphia Eagles Nelson Agholor WR USC 25 Carolina Panthers Shaq Thompson OLB Washington 30 Green Bay Packers Damarious Randall FS Arizona State For the first time in three years, no Bruins were selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Read more...

Photo: Quarterback Marcus Mariota jogs onto the field at the Rose Bowl before Oregon’s game vs. UCLA on Oct. 11. The former Duck was chosen second overall by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft on Thursday. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)



The Aubserver: Women’s tennis would benefit from a Pac-12 team tournament

For the third consecutive year, a UCLA player has won the Pac-12 championship singles title. Another championship for UCLA’s already packed trophy case. Well, not quite. Read more...

Photo: UCLA coach Stella Sampras Webster (right) hugged junior Catherine Harrison (left) after the latter won the Pac-12 singles championship. Sampras Webster said one of the reasons she’s in favor of the current format over a team competition format is that it gives players like Harrison the opportunity to face higher-ranked opponents. (Pac-12)


UCLA baseball to face standout hitter, unfamiliar opponent in Gonzaga

It’s that time of year again for UCLA baseball: the bye week in the Pac-12 conference schedule. It’s a time of year when coach John Savage has to mix and match to find a nonconference team to fill the void. Read more...

Photo: Junior pitcher James Kaprielian ranks No. 24 in the country in strikeout average heading into UCLA’s series against Gonzaga this weekend. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)


UCLA to counter USC’s speed with strength in distance, field events

Track and field is often labeled an individual sport. “It’s always an individual sport. People think, ‘Well, (it’s) track,’” said redshirt senior javelin thrower Derek Eager. Read more...

Photo: Thrower Alec Faldermeyer is part of a UCLA men’s team that has dominated USC in the field events during recent years. The redshirt senior enters Sunday’s meet looking to finish his career 4-0 against the Trojans. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)