For the first five innings of Tuesday night’s game, UCLA baseball’s offense looked like the lifeless iteration of yesteryear. Long Beach State junior pitcher Ryan Cruz had a no-hitter for the first 5.1 innings of the game. Read more...
Photo: Coach John Savage said that freshman pitcher Griffin Canning showed all the makings of a good pitcher Tuesday night. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
It’s easy to be pessimistic about UCLA basketball right now. The Bruins are losers of two straight contests, their NCAA tournament hopes are hanging by a thread and their junior center/forward just put together two of his worst games of the season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman forward Kevon Looney became a major contributor to UCLA’s zone defense after having to adjust to the 3-2 spacing from playing very little zone in high school, resulting in an uptick in Bruin defense. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA officially announced several football coaching personnel moves Tuesday, including the hiring of new defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, after ESPN reported Monday that he was hired. Read more...
Andrew Erickson and Kevin Bowman break down a winless weekend in Arizona for the UCLA men’s basketball team and how it impacts the Bruins’ NCAA tournament chances. Read more...
Photo: Photo by Heidy Cadena
Coach Brandon Brooks said the atmosphere during the final seconds of the UC Irvine Invitational championship game was tense. Sitting on the edge of his seat, Brooks watched as the clock slowly ran down and his team captured a 7-6 double-overtime victory over No.1 Stanford. Read more...
Photo: Coach Brandon Brooks said that the defense of No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo was crucial in allowing them to reach overtime and subsequently beat No. 1 Stanford 7-6 in the finals of the UCI Invitational. Redshirt goalkeeper Sami Hill (right) made eight saves in contest. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Billy Martin didn’t mince words. “I’m tired of talking about positives,” said the UCLA men’s tennis coach. “The positive is that we got to start playing better and winning. Read more...
Photo: Dennis Mkrtchian has been on a roll against opponents from No. 5 Baylor. The senior defeated three Baylor Bears – Diego Galeano, Max Tchoutakian and No. 10 Julian Lenz – in the Sherwood Collegiate Cup in January. Mkrtchian was two sets away from defeating his fourth Baylor opponent, No. 27 Tony Lupieri, before the match had to be abandoned since the Bears had accumulated a 4-0 victory through their other matches. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
Long Beach State and UCLA were, statistically speaking, nearly identical last year. Both teams opted for pitching-oriented, small-ball approaches, and each yielded similar results. They tied for No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore infielder Luke Persico enters UCLA’s game against Long Beach State Tuesday as the Bruins’ leading run producer. (Daily Bruin file photo)
