Saturday, May 16

The Dam Truth: Coaches, schools must better protect student-athletes from harassment

As cliche as it is, you can almost always expect athletes at the postgame press conference to blame themselves for the loss. The more heartbreaking the defeat, the more they’ll usually talk about how they could’ve executed a play differently, how it wasn’t anyone else’s fault and how they could’ve done more. Read more...

Photo: Former University of Arizona coach Craig Carter was arrested after threatening one of his former athletes. In ESPN’s article on Carter and his accuser Baillie Gibson, the authors question whether the school could have done more to investigate. (Creative Commons photo by Steve548 via Pixabay)


Around the League: Pac-12 teams deliver strong showings in softball, women’s golf, baseball

While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12 and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Read more...

Photo: Arizona only took one game off UCLA in the weekend’s series at Easton Stadium, but it was enough for the Wildcats to clinch their first Pac-12 regular season title since 2007. The Wildcats will now wait for the postseason while the Bruins have one more series left. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)


Three Bruins to compete at NCAA regional for men’s golf

Though the UCLA men’s golf team’s season came to an end April 30, a few Bruin golfers still have some competing to do. Three members will be participating in the NCAA regional, the first time in the program’s history that three individuals will be participating in the regional round. Read more...

Photo: Junior Tyler Collier will be the only Bruin to compete at the NCAA regional in Tennessee. Two of his teammates – sophomore Cole Madey and freshman Hidetoshi Yoshihara – will travel to Washington to compete in another regional. (Courtesy of Cliff Grassmick)


Heptathletes take home three top-10 spots at multi-events championship

It wasn’t first, second and third, but the UCLA track and field heptathletes that competed at the Pac-12 Combined Events Championships at Oregon State still finished sequentially over the weekend. Read more...

Photo: Christina Chenault took fourth place at the Pac-12 Combined Events Championships over the weekend in Corvallis, Oregon. The sophomore was one of three heptathletes UCLA sent to compete, and the women now have 12 points heading into the conference championship meet next weekend. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Beach volleyball falls to FSU at NCAAs for second year in a row

Last year, UCLA beach volleyball was eliminated from the NCAA championship after falling to Florida State 3-1. 2017 was a different year, but it ended the same way. Read more...

Photo: Over the weekend, sophomore Izzy Carey and senior Jordan Anderson went 0-4 in the Bruins’ two full-length games. The pair’s sole win came over LSU’s Cati Leak and Callan Molle. (Courtesy of Kamp Fender/UCLA Athletics)


Softball scores series victory over Pac-12 leader Arizona

Coming into this weekend’s series at Easton Stadium, Arizona softball was third in the country with a combined ERA of 1.23. Coming out of the series, it’s now a bit higher. Read more...

Photo: Bubba Nickles’ three-run shot ended Friday evening’s game against No. 3 Arizona. The freshman center fielder sent a ball to deep left center, and the home run put the mercy rule into effect in the bottom of the fifth inning. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)


Baseball shuts out USC to complete series sweep

UCLA baseball brought out the brooms against its crosstown rival Saturday. The Bruins tallied hit after hit, took advantage of the Trojans’ defensive blunders and didn’t commit any fielding errors despite the high winds blowing into Dedeaux Field. Read more...

Photo: Freshman infielder Michael Toglia knocked in six runs Saturday evening, three of which were from a three-run home run in the UCLA baseball team’s series finale against USC. The Bruins swept the Trojans with two close wins and a 13-0 shutout over the weekend. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)