Saturday, October 3

Gymnastics ends season as NCAA, Pac-12 champions after change of mentality

Coach Valorie Kondos Field realized her team’s mentality needed to change in order to reclaim the title at this year’s NCAA championship. “The last two seasons, my staff and I get together after national championships, and say, ‘We have to do something different,’” Kondos Field said. Read more...

Photo: The Bruins celebrated after coming from behind to claim the program’s seventh national championship. UCLA finished with a score of 198.075 to narrowly edge out Oklahoma for the title. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)


Softball closes strong weekend for the Bruins with three-game sweep

UCLA Athletics had a big weekend. Football fans got a glimpse of next year’s squad in the spring game, baseball outscored crosstown rival USC 42-6 in a three-game sweep and gymnastics brought national championship No. Read more...

Photo: Senior pitcher Selina Ta’amilo tossed 5 1/3 inings of shutout softball against the No. 1 Washington Huskies on Sunday before being relieved by redshirt freshman Rachel Garcia, who finished the job, completing the 1-0 shutout. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)




UCLA baseball sweeps USC, gains seventh consecutive Pac-12 win

The Bruins outscored the Trojans 42-6 over the course of the weekend, completing a three-game sweep against USC for the second year in a row. No. Read more...

Photo: Right-hander Kyle Mora took the mound in the seventh inning – moments after a Trojan homer cut the Bruins’ lead to 1 run. The sophomore would fire two scoreless innings in the UCLA victory. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)



Women’s tennis closes regular season with 4-0 sweep of USC

The Bruins finally got to face their rival for the first time this season ­– and they capitalized. No. 14 UCLA women’s tennis (18-4, 9-1 Pac-12) swept USC (12-9, 5-5) at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Senior Terri Fleming clinched the doubles point for UCLA in her final match as a Bruin with partner redshirt sophomore Jada Hart. UCLA finished the regular season with a nine-match win streak. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)