Thursday, May 21

Gymnastics meets expectations with season-high win against Oregon State

Coach Valorie Kondos Field said it was the toughest performance of Sophina DeJesus’ career. The Bruins’ Saturday night win over Oregon State was not in question when the senior gymnast took the floor to carry out the hip-hop-infused routine that has turned her into an Internet sensation the past week, but that didn’t lessen the pressure. Read more...

Photo: Senior gymnast Danusia Francis claimed the all-around title during Saturday night’s win over Oregon State. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)







Men’s volleyball regains focus, defeats UCSD in straight sets

It didn’t take long for UCLA men’s volleyball to bounce back from its Thursday night defeat at the hands of UC Irvine. The No. 2 Bruins (12-2, 8-2 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) demolished unranked UC San Diego (3-11, 0-10) Saturday night in the John Wooden Center in a sweep (25-16, 25-17, 25-18). Read more...

Photo: Saturday night’s blowout of UC San Diego gave freshman setter/hitter Micah Ma’a and the UCLA men’s volleyball team their 12th win of the 2016 season. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)