Jake Bird is back. After battling through a midseason shoulder injury and losing the Saturday starting spot, the right-hander pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, recording seven strikeouts. Read more...
Photo: Jake Bird started the season as the Bruins’ Saturday starter, but lost the job early in the season. The junior righty threw 6 1/3 innings of shutout ball in the second game of the series against USC. (Daniel Lee/Daily Bruin)
The NCAA beach volleyball tournament gets underway Friday in Alabama where UCLA will compete against the top teams in the country for a national championship. On Sunday, the NCAA revealed the eight-team field from the 65 qualifying teams across the country. Read more...
Photo: Senior Kamila Tan and the Bruins will compete in the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 overall seed. UCLA, who upended USC at the conference tournament last week, will open against LSU.(Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
One of the two most important collegiate water polo tournaments of the year – the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship – has come and gone, but the NCAA championship is just around the corner. Read more...
They’ve combined for 20 national titles, but UCLA and Arizona softball are only focused on this weekend’s series. The Bruins and the Wildcats are two of the most decorated programs in college softball and lead the Pac-12 conference in softball titles. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Brianna Tautalafua and the UCLA softball team will take on No. 3 Arizona in the penultimate conference series of the season. The Bruins will counter the Pac-12 leader in home runs with strong pitching, key hits and pinpoint communication. (Hannah Johnson/Daily Bruin)
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: Coach Stein Metzger took home Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors as announced Thursday afternoon. Metzger led the No. 2 Bruins to a 29-4 overall record, including an upset of No. 1 USC in the Pac-12 tournament semifinals last week. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A two-run homer and Griffin Canning were all UCLA baseball needed to beat USC at Dedeaux Field on Thursday night. The junior starter threw a season-high 134 pitches to put up a complete-game shutout, striking out 10 and scattering seven hits with one walk en route to the Bruins’ (22-20, 11-8 Pac-12) 2-0 victory over the Trojans (19-23, 6-13). Read more...
Photo: The only runs of the game in UCLA’s Thursday night matchup with USC came when Chase Strumpf hit a two-run homer. The freshman third baseman had two of the Bruins’ seven hits to score freshman Michael Toglia and help his team take the first game of the rivalry series 2-0. Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
A thick Dutch accent rang through the air at Spieker Aquatics Center as the UCLA women’s water polo team was practicing its drills in the winter of 2015. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore attacker Lizette Rozeboom was one of the top players on Widex GZC Donk, one of the Netherlands’ most competitive water polo clubs, before traveling halfway around the world to UCLA. This year, she’s tied for sixth on the team in goals with 24. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
