Friday, May 1

Men’s basketball rises in rankings with win streak ahead of regular-season finale

The Bruins are off the bubble. For now. UCLA men’s basketball (19-11, 12-5 Pac-12) has won seven games in a row and has emerged victorious in 11 of its last 13. Read more...

Photo: Coach Mick Cronin finished his 13-year tenure at Cincinnati with nine straight trips to the NCAA tournament. UCLA men’s basketball joined the projected bracket for the first time all season Monday. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)




Softball secures 10th run-rule victory off career-best pitching from freshman

Junior utility Kinsley Washington said the first inning was like a nine-player relay race. Except with a softball bat instead of a baton, and the only loser being the opposing pitcher’s ERA. Read more...

Photo: Freshman pitcher Lexi Sosa recorded her second shutout victory of the last week as No. 1 UCLA softball mercy-ruled St. John’s in five innings 9-0. Sosa finished the game with a career-high seven strikeouts, while giving up just two hits and two walks. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA baseball suffers first loss of season in back-and-forth battle versus UCSB

The Bruins allowed more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning than they had in any of their first 11 games and could not overcome the deficit. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore catcher Noah Cardenas picked up two hits and notched an RBI in No. 6 UCLA baseball’s loss to UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday. Cardenas’ RBI double gave the Bruins a two run lead in the top of the fifth, before UCLA would go on to lose 8-5. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


Men’s golf drives in its highest finish this year, taking 5th in Las Vegas

The Bruins’ logged their best finish so far this spring, despite no movement on the leaderboard after round two. No. 21 UCLA men’s golf tied for fifth place after three rounds across three days at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas. Read more...

Photo: Coach Derek Freeman (left) and UCLA men’s golf tied for fifth at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas. Freshman Tony Hendricks (right) was the lowest finisher for the Bruins, placing tied for 80th. (Courtesy of Don Liebig/UCLA Athletics)


Bruin football prepares for season ahead as spring training begins

With 179 days left until kickoff, the Bruins are back out on the gridiron. UCLA football had its first of 15 spring practices Tuesday morning at the Wasserman Football Center. Read more...

Photo: Rising redshirt senior running back Demetric Felton ranked second on UCLA football in rushing yards and third in receiving yards last season with 331 and 594 yards, respectively. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)