Thursday, April 23

Men’s volleyball preps for NCAA tournament semifinal vs. Long Beach State

A season-series rubber match will take place in the NCAA tournament. UCLA men’s volleyball (22-4, 11-1 MPSF) will take on No. 1 seed Long Beach State (20-5, 8-2 Big West) in the National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship semifinal on Thursday evening at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior opposite Kevin Kobrine serves in a match against Pepperdine on Tuesday. Kobrine tallied a team-high 16 kills in the opening round to help UCLA men’s volleyball advance to a semifinal matchup with No. 1 seed Long Beach State. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)


UCLA baseball attributes defeat by Long Beach State to fielding mistakes

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The errors had come back to haunt the Bruins. After leading the Dirtbags by as many as three runs through six innings, an error from the Bruin infield led to a two-run frame before a misplay in the outfield in the next frame set their foes up to tie the game. Read more...

Photo: No. 8 UCLA baseball freshman shortstop Cody Schrier throws a ball. Schrier logged two RBIs against Long Beach State on Tuesday but was charged with an error that later allowed two unearned runs to score for the Dirtbags. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin staff)


Women’s water polo 2022 NCAA tournament predictions

No. 4 seed UCLA women’s water polo (23-5, 4-2 MPSF) is headed to Michigan to take on the 2022 NCAA tournament. The blue and gold is coming off a fourth-place finish at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament after losing two straight games. Read more...

Photo: No. 4 seed UCLA women’s water polo lines up facing the pool. The team will begin the 2022 NCAA tournament Friday, with a matchup against No. 1 seed Stanford likely on the horizon Saturday. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)


UCLA beach volleyball avoids loss to move into second round of NCAA tournament

This post was updated May 4 at 10:48 p.m. It took until the end, but the Bruins survived an early upset bid.   No. 3 seed UCLA beach volleyball (31-7, 8-0 Pac-12) defeated No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Devon Newberry goes up for an attack during her match against No. 14 seed Stetson. Newberry and redshirt sophomore Jaden Whitmarsh won a third-set tiebreaker on court two to give No. 3 seed UCLA beach volleyball the dual-clinching victory. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)


UCLA men’s volleyball barrels toward victory in matchup against Pepperdine

This post was updated May 3 at 8:32 p.m. With zero postseason appearances to his name, Sam Burgi entered the second set of an NCAA tournament match.  Following his substitution, the redshirt junior outside hitter would remain in the contest – and cap off the third set.  “Burgi goes down the list as big-time performances from guys coming off the bench when it matters most,” said coach John Speraw. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior outside hitter Sam Burgi (right) celebrates with UCLA men’s volleyball during its NCAA tournament match against Pepperdine on Tuesday. Making his first-ever postseason appearance, Burgi entered the second set of the opening round and finished with six kills, including the set-winning score in the third frame. (Patrick Shao/Daily Bruin)


Men’s volleyball seeks to honor alumni, former coaches by winning NCAA championship

Nineteen national championships. Two three-peats and a four-peat to boot. Or as redshirt sophomore middle blocker Merrick McHenry would say, “O.G. Bruin volleyball.” “UCLA hasn’t won since I was six,” McHenry said. Read more...

Photo: Members of UCLA men’s volleyball look to the court during their match against Pepperdine on April 9. The Bruins hold claim to 19 National Collegiate titles in men’s volleyball. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)


UCLA track and field maintains losing streak to USC in annual dual meet

This post was updated May 4 at 10:52 p.m. The Bruin women thought they had snapped a seven-year losing streak against their crosstown rivals. But the skid will last for at least another year after it was announced around 25 minutes after the competition concluded that junior thrower Natalie Ramirez’s discus throw had been incorrectly scored. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior sprinter Shae Anderson runs on the track during UCLA track and field’s dual meet against USC on Sunday. Anderson posted a season-best 23.18 seconds in the 200-meter to win the event. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff)