Saturday, June 13

Women’s basketball downs Washington State with close finish

With three seconds left in the game Washington State forward Borislava Hristova stepped back behind the three-point line, eyes focused on the basket as the ball left her hand. Read more...

Photo: UCLA outlasted Washington State 75-73 Saturday, surging for a 12-2 run late in the game after struggling to take the lid off the basket. Senior guard Nirra Field had 12 points on 33 percent shooting. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA swimming and diving dominate at meets, standouts shine

No one works harder than UCLA Bruins’ junior diver Annika Lenz. After a lackluster performance in the Trojan Diving Invitational in early November, where she finished second to Madison Witt of USC, Lenz bounced back in a big way this weekend at the Bruin Diving Invitational, en route to one of the best performances of her diving career. Read more...

Photo: The highlight of UCLA dive’s stellar weekend was junior Annika Lenz, who dominated the platform competition with a 90-point win. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)



Senior women’s tennis player falls in tournament finals

Preparation was tough last week. The rain had ruined much of senior Catherine Harrison’s training schedule and with indoor courts an hour or so away, practice was restricted to mostly conditioning. Read more...

Photo: Senior Catherine Harrison battled it out at the Indian Wells National Collegiate Tennis Classic this weekend, making a run to the championship match after her training schedule was thrown off by inclement weather. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA track and field opens season with top performances

In the first meet of the NCAA indoor season, the UCLA track and field team had several strong performances in Flagstaff, Arizona. While numerous members of the team repeated as individual winners at this meet, such as sophomore Leon Powell in the 60-meter dash and junior Austin Hazel in the long jump, true freshman Rai Benjamin was the highlight of the competition. Read more...

Photo: UCLA was led by junior Cody Crampton in the high jump. Crampton posted a 6-10.75 in the Bruins’ first competition of the season. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)


No. 5 gymnastics to take on reigning NCAA champions No. 3 Florida

One Southeastern Conference heavyweight down, one more to go. After upsetting then-No. 3 Alabama Sunday afternoon in Pauley Pavilion, UCLA gymnastics began preparing to face an even deeper and more heralded program. Read more...

Photo: Senior Danusia Francis posted a 9.950 on the balance beam against then-No. 3 Alabama, which contributed to the teams overall score of 196.550. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)