Saturday, May 16

Men’s volleyball aims for Hawai’i upset, retaining winning streak

The road hasn’t been easy, but UCLA men’s volleyball has finally arrived at the finale of the regular season. “This has not been a great season of health or everything going our way,” said coach John Speraw. Read more...

Photo: Junior Jake Arnitz said the biggest challenge for the men’s volleyball team against No. 4 Hawai’i is the serve and pass game. Arnitz is coming off a season-high 21 kills against Cal Baptist. (Grace Zhu/Daily Bruin)


Track and field athletes to debut in events at coming invitational

After nearly a dozen Bruins climbed the national leaderboard at last weekend’s home opener, UCLA track and field will be giving the floor to some fresh faces. Read more...

Photo: Senior thrower Zaybree Haury, who earlier in the year set the UCLA record in the javelin, will soon see her male teammates open up their own seasons. Freshmen throwers Marian Spannowsky and Simon Litzell will toss their first throws of the season at home on Saturday. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UCLA baseball looks to climb in standings with Washington weekend

The Bruins are on the cusp of a breakout season. With a .500 win percentage and second-place standing in the Pac-12, they are a projected No. Read more...

Photo: In his last two starts, Jon Olsen has given up two runs over 13 2/3 innings, striking out nine and walking three. The sophomore righty will start on Sunday against Washington. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Top of the Tenth, Episode 1: The latest in UCLA baseball

As UCLA baseball approaches its fourth weekend of Pac-12 play, the baseball writers have a lot to talk about. Listen in as Sports reporter Kyle Cardoza, editor David Gottlieb and contributor Dylan Sanders catch you up on preseason results and conference games, try to figure out how coach John Savage should stack his pitching rotation and take a look ahead to this weekend’s series against Washington. Read more...

Photo: Justin Hooper’s inconsistent Tuesday performance has the baseball beat writers wondering: should the freshman lefty still be in the rotation? (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA football’s new offensive coordinator instills detail-oriented approach

Jedd Fisch wasn’t about to slap a label on his offense. “Just offense. Just an offense,” UCLA’s new offensive coordinator said when asked if he had a name for the attack the Bruins will run. Read more...

Photo: During his first spring practice at UCLA, offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch did not want to label his offense. He said the plan for the stagnant running game was to jumpstart it with some big plays. (Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Beach volleyball tops Cal Poly, LMU in season’s only home matches

The only two home matches of the season ended in victories for UCLA beach volleyball. The No. 3 Bruins (21-2) defeated Cal Poly (10-12) 4-1 first before overcoming Loyola Marymount (8-9) 5-0 at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student Kamila Tan played in her final home matches Wednesday at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Courts. Tan and her partner lost their first match but won their second. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)