Monday, May 18

Women’s water polo defeats Cal to take MPSF title, clinches NCAA bid

In the fourth quarter of the championship game against California, with a little less than five minutes to play, coach Brandon Brooks shouted across the pool to his team, “You have a lot of time.” With a fresh shot clock and leading by two goals, Brooks kept reassuring his team to protect the ball. Read more...

Photo: Junior attacker Kodi Hill said her team’s ability to stay calm in stressful situations was what helped it maintain a competitive defense throughout the MPSF tournament. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Spring Showcase presents tough starting QB decision for UCLA football

A trio of teammates delayed freshman quarterback Josh Rosen’s first opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl. The first two were fellow quarterbacks who were given the chance to lead off UCLA football’s Spring Showcase. Read more...

Photo: Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen took his first snaps in the Rose Bowl Saturday during UCLA’s Spring Showcase. The highly-touted recruit finished the day 13 for 17 during 11-on-11 scrimmage play. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)


UCLA football’s decision to eschew spring game signals potential trend

Spring football games are about as undefined as any event on a college team’s calendar. The scoring format can be flexible, as evidenced by Arizona’s choice to allocate points to not only touchdowns and field goals, but also to big plays and defensive stops. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football’s Spring Showcase did not feature an official intrasquad game, instead serving as a practice with tempered tackling. On this play, redshirt junior cornerback Marcus Rios (left) and junior linebacker Myles Jack (right) abstain from making contact with redshirt junior quarterback Jerry Neuheisel (middle). (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin)


Bruins pitch different strategy, strengths into Cardinal territory

When the UCLA baseball team begins its series against Stanford on Friday at 7 p.m. at Sunken Diamond, two very different pitching staffs will collide. The Cardinal structures its pitching staff on a by-committee basis, with 11 different pitchers logging more than 15 innings and only its main starter, sophomore right-handed pitcher Brett Hanewich, eclipsing 40 innings. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior outfielder Christoph Bono sprints toward third base during UCLA’s four-run fifth inning against UC Irvine Tuesday. Bono attributes the Bruins’ recent offensive surge to the coaching staff’s emphasis on hitting the ball up the middle and to the opposite field. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s tennis keeps cool against Washington after 90-minute delay

A 90-minute delay in the match didn’t cause a misstep for the UCLA men’s tennis team in Ojai on Thursday. Instead, the No. 15 Bruins were fresh and focused enough to blank the Washington Huskies 4-0 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. Read more...

Photo: Senior co-captain Dennis Mkrtchian redeemed himself from the USC match by winning in straight sets against Washington’s Jake Douglas. Mkrtchian’s 6-3, 6-1 win marked the Bruins’ first singles point of the day. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Sand volleyball aims high for bragging rights in final matchups

The news came in Monday, five days before UCLA was scheduled to play its last regular season meet at the Aloha Invitational in Waikiki, Hawaii. It turned out that would be the Bruins’ last meet of the season. Read more...

Photo: This weekend’s Aloha Invitational will mark the end of UCLA sand volleyball’s team season and the end of Madie Smith’s five-year career. The fifth-year senior played for both the women’s indoor volleyball team and the sand volleyball team during her time in Westwood. (Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin)


Pac-12 race tightens as softball hits the road to play Oregon State

Entering the weekend, UCLA softball is two and a half games back of Oregon for first place in the Pac-12. With only three series left before the NCAA Regional, UCLA will put its seven-game win streak on the line against the other Oregon team: Oregon State. Read more...

Photo: Junior catcher/first baseman Brittany Moeai and UCLA face the Pac-12’s second-worst pitching team this weekend in Oregon State. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)