Monday, April 6

Adem Bona wins Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, succeeding Jaylen Clark

This post was updated March 13 at 10:04 p.m. The conference’s best defender resides in Westwood, again.  UCLA men’s basketball sophomore forward/center Adem Bona won Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year on Tuesday morning, marking his second conference award after earning Freshman of the Year last season. Read more...

Photo: Forward/center Adem Bona tips the ball on a block during UCLA men’s basketball’s game against Saint Francis. The sophomore had 57 blocks in his Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year-winning season this year. (Eden Yu/Daily Bruin staff)


Fresh eyes: Sebastian Mack, Brandon Williams spark freshman starts with tenacity

The multiverse is a theory that explains the existence of other universes beyond the observable one. In another universe, guard Sebastian Mack is playing at Florida State. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Sebastian Mack (left) lifts the ball while freshman guard/forward Brandon Williams dribbles (right). The two have become the most frequent freshman starters for UCLA men’s basketball this season, with Mack earning a nod in 28 games and Williams in 12. (Photos by (left to right) Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin senior staff, Brandon Morquecho/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Mikayla Kwok/Daily Bruin)


Cal completes sweep of UCLA baseball with walk-off homer by Lomavita

Coach John Savage laid out the road map to finish games before the season even began. Right-handers painted the path. Freshman Luke Rodriguez, junior Nate Leibold and sophomore Cody Delvecchio were to emerge from the bullpen with graduate student Rashad Ruff waiting in the wings to close out the game. Read more...

Photo: Freshman first baseman Mulivai Levu gets ready to hit a pitch at Jackie Robinson Stadium. (Xiang Li/Daily Bruin)


Maya Brady ties career high as UCLA softball sweeps Utah

Seven runs with two hits. Maya Brady tied her career high of six RBIs in a game Sunday. Courtesy of the redshirt senior shortstop’s grand slam and two-RBI single, No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior shortstop Maya Brady reaches back to throw a ball to a UCLA softball teammate. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge: UCLA men’s volleyball exacts revenge over Ohio State

This post was updated March 10 at 10:31 p.m. A pancake. It wasn’t Ethan Champlin’s flashiest save ever, but the senior outside hitter’s dig propelled the Bruins into a three-point lead that eventually helped clinch the second set. Read more...

Photo: Outside hitter Ethan Champlin rises above the net in UCLA’s sweep over Ohio State. The senior tallied a team-high 10 kills Sunday evening. (Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin)


Coach Sampras Webster gifted birthday weekend sweep from UCLA women’s tennis

Coach Stella Sampras Webster watched her team get eliminated from the Pac-12 Championships at the hands of Washington last April. Eleven months later, Sampras Webster’s team gifted her a weekend sweep and revenge against the Huskies for the coach’s birthday. Read more...

Photo: Coach Stella Sampras Webster smiles at freshman Bianca Fernandez. UCLA women’s tennis swept Washington on her birthday. (Tszshan Huang/Daily Bruin)


UCLA women’s golf looks to stay strong ahead of season’s close

After more than a month of out-of-state tournaments, the Bruins will finally return to California. Coming off of two successful back-to-back tournaments, with overall first-place wins and personal wins from junior Zoe Antoinette Campos at both, No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior Alessia Nobilio eyes the ball after her swing. (Courtesy of Ross Turteltaub/UCLA Athletics)