This post was updated May 24 at 4:35 p.m. UCLA Athletics has signed a record-breaking apparel deal with Under Armour for 15 years and $280 million in cash and apparel. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Daily Bruin)
Sports
Softball, Sports
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May 24, 1:30 am
UCLA softball looks to carry long ball into NCAA super regional
The Bruins scored 14 of their 15 runs via the long ball last weekend. No. 12 UCLA softball – which finished the regular season as one of the hottest teams in the NCAA – carried its offensive momentum into regional play by outscoring Cal State Bakersfield and Cal State Fullerton 15-6 over the course of a three-game sweep. Read more...
Photo: Six Bruins hit a combined eight home runs while sweeping Cal State Bakersfield and Cal State Fullerton this weekend. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Features, Sports, Track and Field
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May 24, 12:16 am
UCLA pole vaulter Greta Wagner leaps toward NCAA regionals
Not many success stories start with hesitation. The characteristic audacity that defines collegiate and professional athletes is no doubt built with hours of training, but there are nearly always seeds of boldness at the inception of promising careers. Read more...
Photo: Greta Wagner is already ninth on the UCLA women’s pole vault all-time top-10 list after her first collegiate season. (Efren Pinon/Daily Bruin)
Sports, Women's Golf
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May 24, 12:14 am
Women’s golf finishes first in stroke-play, moves to match-play at NCAAs
The fourth and final round of stroke-play at the NCAA women’s golf championship came to a close at the Eugene Country Club with No. 3 UCLA women’s golf at the top of the leaderboard. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Lilia Vu, the No. 6-ranked golfer in the nation, finished stroke-play with her best day on the links. Vu shot her tournament-best 67, five under par, to lead the Bruins and finish in sixth place. (UCLA Athletics)
Men's Tennis, Sports
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May 23, 8:42 pm
Men’s tennis proves resilience, growth with comeback season
TULSA, Okla. — All eyes were on UCLA men’s tennis to see if it would have a comeback year after a historically disappointing season. And come back they did. Read more...
Photo: No. 2 UCLA men’s tennis finished the season 25-3 after a loss to Oklahoma in the NCAA quarterfinals, but the Bruins accomplished several historic milestones. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Baseball, Sports
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May 23, 12:56 am
Baseball drops final home series of season to Arizona State
The seniors were honored before Sunday’s game and the kids who ran the bases afterward might beg to differ, but for most in attendance, UCLA baseball’s final home series of the season was nothing special. Read more...
Photo: Junior starter Grant Dyer pitched a complete game Saturday to break up two steep losses to Arizona State (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
Sports, Women's Golf
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May 23, 12:40 am
Strong weekend puts women’s golf in good position for match play
The nearly weeklong NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship is halfway done and the Bruins are in a good position to advance to match play. At the conclusion of the second round Saturday, UCLA as a team was only one shot above par but still eight shots behind first-place USC. Read more...
Photo: Junior Bronte Law leads the Bruins at four under par in the NCAA tournament. She shot a team-low 69 on Sunday. (Courtesy of UCLA athletics)