Saturday, August 8


UCLA track and field breaks records through collaboration

Throughout the individual competitions at the historic Mt. SAC Relays this weekend, a number of UCLA track and field athletes worked together to achieve success. Among a field of various seniors and professionals, freshman multievent athlete Steele Wasik said he initially felt overwhelmed by the competition. Read more...

Photo: Competing against various seniors and professionals, freshman multievent athlete Steele Wasik finished seventh in the decathlon in the Mt. SAC Relays. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)


Sand volleyball weathered down to 1-2 at Pac-12 Invitational

The Bruins travelled west of campus to their old stomping grounds at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica on Sunday for the Pac-12 Invitational, but any chance of a happy homecoming was gone with the wind. Read more...

Photo: Fifth-year senior Madie Smith (right) said she and her partner freshman Elise Zappia let fatigue get the better of them in their 21-17, 21-18 loss to ASU’s Jordy Checkal and Bethany Jorgensen. A revitalized Smith and Zappia were able to pick up the win in a rematch in the pairs tournament on the next day, winning 22-20, 21-17. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA uproots Stanford, clinches playoff spot in regular season finale

UCLA men’s volleyball traveled to Stanford on Friday night in a last-ditch effort to sneak into the 2015 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament. There was nothing sneaky, however, about the visiting Bruins’ 3-0 sweep of the Cardinal. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Eric Matheis (left) sets the ball to redshirt junior middle blocker Trent Kersten for one of his 45 assists in the Bruins 3-0 sweep of the Cardinal to clinch the eighth and final spot of the conference tournament. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)


Gymnastics edged out of NCAAs despite individual all-round, beam title

When Samantha Peszek walked towards the balance beam on Sunday afternoon in Fort Worth, Texas, the redshirt senior knew it was her last chance to perform on her favorite apparatus in front of a crowd. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior Samantha Peszek finished her UCLA career by winning the 2015 NCAA beam championship and tying for the national all-around title. (Courtesy of Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)


UCLA women’s water polo crushes USC, maintains perfect home record

USC women’s water polo coach Jovan Vavic screamed a slew of inaudible words in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, as he had been during every intermission in Saturday’s game. Read more...

Photo: Attacker Rachel Fattal, UCLA’s leading scorer this season, proved to be just as much in the Bruins’ 9-5 win over the Trojans Saturday. The junior led UCLA with four goals. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Baseball clinches Cal series with close comeback win

Senior closer David Berg looked on from the UCLA dugout in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday, the Bruins trailing 1-0 to the Cal Bears. Read more...

Photo: After grounding into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the sixth inning, junior left fielder Ty Moore found redemption in the bottom of the eighth inning with a game-tying grounder just beyond the glove of the Cal second baseman. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)