As her feet pressed into the mat below her, Samantha Peszek took just a small stutter step backward. For a short moment, she raised her arms, signaling the end of her routine on uneven bars and somberly forced her eyes toward the Olympic judges. Read more...
Photo: (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
One of the UCLA baseball team’s sayings, according to junior catcher Shane Zeile, is “passing the baton and (getting) the next guy up to the plate.” This weekend, the team did just that, as the Bruins set up play after play to advance their teammates. Read more...
Photo: Junior catcher Shane Zeile knocked an RBI double to left field in the bottom of the 11th to give UCLA a 4-3 victory over Portland Sunday. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
One score is not like the other, or at least the story behind the score means more than the number itself. The UCLA women’s gymnastics team defeated the Washington Huskies 196.675-195.650 Sunday afternoon in Seattle. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore Sadiqua Bynum improved on her vault and floor scores from last week, scoring a 9.90 in both events. (Tim Bradbury/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For one afternoon, it looked like the roles were reversed. The UCLA women’s basketball team spent the President’s Day holiday in the Matthew Knight Arena facing off against the nation’s No. Read more...
Photo: Nirra Fields was one of three UCLA players to score more than 20 points in the Bruins’ 103-83 win over the Oregon Ducks. The sophomore guard finished with 26 points on 8-17 shooting. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
For the second straight weekend, the UCLA softball team swept a tournament field that did not feature a single ranked opponent. And for the second straight weekend, the Bruins needed extra innings to complete the task. Read more...
Photo: Junior utility player Stephany LaRosa has nine RBIs on the year, including Friday’s game-tying single in the seventh inning against Robert Morris University. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA men’s golf team ended the long weekend with a trip to the desert to participate in The Prestige tournament at PGA West in La Quinta. Read more...
Marcos Giron’s serves answered the call each time after he fell behind 1-4 in his third set. But the junior never broke Yannick Hanfmann’s serve and his final, backhanded return flew into the right alley to send UCLA men’s tennis to its first loss of the year and second straight 3-4 semifinal loss to USC on Sunday at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. Read more...
Photo: Though Marcos Giron was able to stretch his match against USC’s Yannick Hanfmann to three sets, the junior fell short in UCLA’s 3-4 loss to USC in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
