Sunday, August 9

In the news:


UCLA women’s tennis falls 4-3 to Cal in close sets

Close sets fell both ways for the No. 4 UCLA women’s tennis team (7-2) in the Bay Area. After notching a 6-1 victory against the St. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Kristin Wiley (pictured) and her doubles partner, freshman Terri Fleming, were able to claw back from a 1-5 deficit against their Cal opponents to force a tiebreak and eventually win 8-6 to clinch the doubles point. UCLA, however, was unable to take advantage of the lead, eventually falling to Cal 4-3. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA gymnastics sticks landing in final rotation to win quad meet

It came down to the last round of UCLA’s final rotation on floor to decide the winner of the gymnastics quad meet Saturday. The Bruins’ two leaders in the floor exercise – redshirt junior Sadiqua Bynum and junior Danusia Francis – rose to the occasion, posting career highs and leading UCLA to its first win over a top-10 team this year. Read more...

Photo: Junior Danusia Francis scored a career-best 9.950 on the floor exercise, leading UCLA to a quad meet win Saturday. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)




Men’s tennis crumbles 4-0 to Baylor in fifth indoor loss of season

The UCLA men’s tennis team was hoping to get back to playing outdoors again, but those hopes were washed away by the rain. At practice Thursday, senior Dennis Mkrtchian said he and the rest of the team were looking forward to finally playing outdoors for their dual match against No. Read more...

Photo: Junior Karue Sell was one of three UCLA singles players to lose to Baylor singles players Sunday. The Bruins were swept 4-0 by the Bears. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s volleyball drubs Trojans in conference upset victory

Sophomore outside hitter Michael Fisher made it seem simple following UCLA men’s volleyball’s sweep of struggling California Baptist on Tuesday. “We’re just gonna try to put some pressure on the (USC) Trojans,” he said. Read more...

Photo: Freshman outside hitter Jake Arnitz recorded a game-high 16 kills and a team-high .333 hitting percentage in UCLA’s 3-1 victory over USC Sunday. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)