Allexis Bennett was surprised at the call her coaches made when she stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning. They were all telling her to swing away. Read more...
Photo: Senior center fielder Allexis Bennett had a walk off double against Syracuse Saturday night. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
UCLA women’s water polo traveled to its farthest-away games of the 2016 season this weekend, sweeping the competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The No. 2 Bruins (15-2) won both games Saturday against No. Read more...
Photo: Senior center India Forster helped spark a struggling UCLA offense against Michigan last weekend. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sonya Meraz was already caught off guard when the music to accompany her floor exercise stopped only seconds after it began. So when the sophomore gymnast completed her first tumble, returned to the floor and heard that great silence again, she had to make a quick decision. Read more...
Photo: Senior Danusia Francis scored a perfect 10 on her beam routine Sunday afternoon. UCLA would go on to lose the tri-meet to Stanford and Georgia. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
UCLA women’s rowing is off to an undefeated start. The Bruins faced the San Diego State Aztecs on Saturday morning in a dual meet in Marina del Rey, California, and the home team came out with wins in every race on the familiar stretch of Ballona Creek. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA women’s rowing team swept all four of its races Saturday morning against San Diego State. The dual meet was the Bruins’ first of the 2016 season. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
UCLA was in a predicament. Down by three against Cal with seven seconds left, coach Cori Close called a time-out to decide who was going to take the shot. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Kari Korver was on shooting slump, missing all of her last 12 3-pointers. Her first made field goal from beyond in over two games was clutch, however. It tied the game with seven seconds left in the fourth quarter. (Courtesy of Adam Eberhart)
Earlier this season, coach John Savage said the UCLA baseball team was “bad” at everything the team had been traditionally good at. What he was referring to was pitching and defense. Read more...
Photo: Junior first baseman Luke Persico delivered a crucial hit for the second game in a row Saturday, smacking a triple off the left-field wall in the bottom of the seventh to lead off a four-run inning for the Bruins. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
For a season marred by inconsistencies, UCLA certainly has been losing consistently late in the season. With March Madness chances slim to none, the Bruins wanted momentum heading into the Pac-12 tournament to make a deep run. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Isaac Hamilton’s shot is blocked by an Oregon State defender. Hamilton and the UCLA men’s basketball team fell in their final regular season game of the season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
