No. 1 UCLA baseball (48-6, 28-2 Big Ten) became the first team to ever spend every week of the regular season at the very top of the top 25. Read more...
Photo: Coach John Savage shakes hands with Oregon coach Mark Wasikowski. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 21 at 10:07 p.m. No. 8 seed UCLA softball (50-8, 20-4 Big Ten) will face UCF (41-17-1, 14-9-1 Big 12) in the NCAA tournament super regional at Easton Stadium from Friday to Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman infielder Aleena Garcia celebrates with her teammates after blasting a home run. Garcia has hammered 19 home runs, which is the fourth most on the Bruin roster, and 31 extra-base hits throughout the 2026 campaign.(William Gauvin/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 21 at 10:15 p.m. One outing does not define a pitcher. And despite posting a performance to forget last Friday, allowing nine runs in just one inning against Cal Baptist, senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley responded in the subsequent two games to help UCLA softball clinch a super regional berth. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Taylor Tinsley (right) and senior first baseman Jordan Woolery (left) share a laugh after receiving their Golden Tickets on April 18. Both were selected to the Utah Talons on May 4, a team led by Talons general manager and UCLA softball associate head coach Lisa Fernandez. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin staff)
It takes just one moment to become a star. One chance. One opportunity. And Soo-Jin Berry has made the most of it. The junior utility, who transferred from Iowa ahead of the 2026 season, has been a late bloomer in her first Westwood campaign. Read more...
Photo: Junior utility Soo-Jin Berry smiles. Berry, a Pittsburg, California, local, transferred back to her home state after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Iowa. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 21 at 3:08 p.m. Many people are afraid of heights. But sophomore jumper Valentina Fakrogha proved that heights can elicit success, as she won the women’s high jump with a meet-record 1.89-meter mark. Read more...
Photo: Senior sprinter/hurdler Zaire Waring accelerates out of the starting blocks. Waring anchored the men’s 4×400-meter relay squad that clocked a 3:08.74-second time, good for the No. 8 fastest time in program history, at the Tyson Invite during the Bruins’ indoor campaign. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated May 19 8:53 p.m. The life of a Division I athlete is consistently tiresome – from going to practice, competing and doing schoolwork. Read more...
Photo: Senior right-hander Jack O’Connor poses while holding Petey the retriever in his arms. (Courtesy of Jack O’Connor)
This post was updated May 19 at 8:43 p.m. Jordan Woolery has seemingly achieved every possible award across her four-year career with the Bruins. But she had yet to achieve the ultimate accolade – a national player of the year selection. That changed Tuesday morning, when the senior infielder was named the Softball America Player of the Year. Read more...
Photo: Senior infielder Jordan Woolery screams as she approaches home plate after hitting a home run. Woolery earned her first national player of the year award across her four-year collegiate career Tuesday morning. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
