Saturday, May 16

Baseball earns series win over Stanford after back-and-forth third game

UCLA baseball led by as many as four runs early in Saturday’s contest, but just a few innings later, the Bruins were down by a run, and down to their last strike. Read more...

Photo: With two outs and his team down by a run in the ninth, coach John Savage sent in a pinch hitter: Kyle Cuellar. The freshman came up with an RBI double and sent the game into extras. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Softball drops series to unranked Oregon State

Fresh off impressive series victories against No. 12 Washington (31-10, 8-7 Pac-12) and No. 4 Oregon (37-4, 10-4), No. 8 UCLA softball was unable to get past unranked Oregon State (21-18, 4-8), splitting the final two games of its three-game set to lose the weekend’s series. Read more...

Photo: Junior first baseman Madeline Jelenicki went 2-for-3 with a three-run homer in Friday’s win. In Saturday’s loss, she went 1-for-2 with a double and two walks. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)



UCLA gymnastics earns fourth-place finish at NCAA Super Six

ST. LOUIS — The scores kept getting bigger and bigger for UCLA gymnastics. In the hunt for the program’s seventh national championship, the Bruins came out slow on vault before building momentum and hitting their routines over the final three rotations. Read more...

Photo: Senior Mikaela Gerber and redshirt senior Peng-Peng Lee celebrated with sophomore Stella Savvidou after the Bruins finished fourth in the NCAA Super Six. They led an eight-clap with fans who traveled to St. Louis to support the team. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)


No. 3 women’s water polo outlasts No. 1 Stanford for 10-9 upset win

STANFORD — It was evident from the very first minutes Saturday afternoon – the Bruins meant business. In No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo’s first three possessions, redshirt senior center Alexa Tielmann, redshirt senior defender Alys Williams and redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal each rattled off a goal to build a 3-0 lead over the No. Read more...

Photo: With three goals in the third quarter, redshirt senior attacker Kodi Hill gave the Bruins a 9-7 advantage going into the fourth in No. 3 UCLA’s win over No. 1 Stanford. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)


UCLA gymnastics heads to Super Six after standout semifinal routines

This post was updated April 14 at 10 p.m. ST. LOUIS — Even the always-dancing coach Valorie Kondos Field felt it when her team went to balance beam. Read more...

Photo: Kyla Ross finished her first NCAA championship with top scores on uneven bars and balance beam in the first semifinal. The freshman also took second in the all-around behind Utah freshman MyKayla Skinner. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)


Bruin softball routed in mercy-rule loss against Oregon State

No. 8 UCLA softball won its first two games against a school from Oregon this season. The next two didn’t go as well. For the second straight game, the Bruins’ (28-11, 4-6 Pac-12) pitchers struggled. Read more...

Photo: Delaney Spaulding had one of the Bruins’ two hits Thursday. The senior shortstop led off the game with a single, but did not advance past first base. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)