This post was updated June 13 at 7:32 p.m. As the 2025-26 academic year comes to a close, so does another UCLA Athletics chapter. The past year was filled with standout plays, broken records and national championships. Read more...
Photo: (Photos by Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin staff, Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin senior staff, Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff. Design by Elise Hu/Daily Bruin staff.)
I don’t know where to begin. How does one characterize this year of UCLA sports? Broken records. Banners raised. Players drafted. It would be an understatement to say this past year was a period of unprecedented success. Read more...
Photo: Left to right: Redshirt sophomore defender Max Matthews celebrates winning the 2025 NCAA men’s water polo championship. Senior guard Gabriela Jaquez lifts the 2026 NCAA women’s basketball championship trophy. UCLA beach volleyball players celebrate on the sand after winning the 2026 NCAA beach volleyball championship. (Left to right: Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin senior staff. Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff.Courtesy of UCLA Athletics.)
When UCLA gymnastics’ season ended with a third-place finish at the national semifinal, it marked more than just the close of the Bruins’ 2026 campaign – it also brought an end to senior Jordan Chiles’ collegiate career. Read more...
Photo: From left to right: junior Sydney Barros, freshman Tiana Sumanasekera, freshman Ashlee Sullivan and sophomore Mika Webster-Longin. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff, Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
No. 4 seed UCLA gymnastics’ (33-4) season ended Thursday after the squad took third place at the national semifinal with a 197.275 mark, failing to advance to the national championship at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Read more...
Photo: Senior Jordan Chiles closes her eyes and puts her hands together before her beam routine. She logged a 9.950 on the apparatus in the national semifinal. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Thursday’s result was not what the Bruin faithful – or really anyone – expected. UCLA gymnastics entered its final rotation needing just a fraction above its season low on vault to secure a spot in the national championship. Read more...
Photo: Senior Jordan Chiles poses at the end of her floor routine and points to the air. Chiles has earned 12 perfect 10s on the event throughout her career. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated April 16 at 11:49 p.m. FORT WORTH – The Bruins were in second place. The chance to secure a second consecutive national championship came down to the final rotation. Read more...
Photo: Members of UCLA gymnastics huddle in a circle before their vault rotation. The squad finished the night with a 197.275 – its lowest finish since Feb. 27 – failing to advance to the national final. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A baker refines a recipe. An engineer designs hundreds of models. A collegiate gymnast practices on beam over and over again. All of them in pursuit of one thing: perfection. Read more...
Photo: Senior Ciena Alipio (right) hugs assistant coach Lacy Dagen (left) after her beam routine. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
