Saturday, June 20

Sand volleyball aims high for bragging rights in final matchups

The news came in Monday, five days before UCLA was scheduled to play its last regular season meet at the Aloha Invitational in Waikiki, Hawaii. It turned out that would be the Bruins’ last meet of the season. Read more...

Photo: This weekend’s Aloha Invitational will mark the end of UCLA sand volleyball’s team season and the end of Madie Smith’s five-year career. The fifth-year senior played for both the women’s indoor volleyball team and the sand volleyball team during her time in Westwood. (Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin)


Pac-12 race tightens as softball hits the road to play Oregon State

Entering the weekend, UCLA softball is two and a half games back of Oregon for first place in the Pac-12. With only three series left before the NCAA Regional, UCLA will put its seven-game win streak on the line against the other Oregon team: Oregon State. Read more...

Photo: Junior catcher/first baseman Brittany Moeai and UCLA face the Pac-12’s second-worst pitching team this weekend in Oregon State. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)


Adjusting to college lifestyle proves challenge for early enrollees

Of all the days on which UCLA football’s three early enrollee freshmen could do their first spring practice interviews, Thursday may not have been the best one. Read more...

Photo: Early enrollee freshman quarterback Josh Rosen (center) participated in his first-ever media interview at UCLA on Thursday. Rosen didn’t say he was the frontrunner for the starting quarterback position, but played like it, completing 11 of 17 passes during the 11-on-11 scrimmage. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)



Bruins to take on No. 2 Anteaters’ aerial attack in MPSF quarterfinal

Brad Keller stood above the fray at volleyball practice Wednesday morning in Pauley Pavilion. Standing 10 feet tall on a ball cannon, the assistant coach aimed and fired volleyballs at freshmen Jake Arnitz and J.T. Read more...

Photo: Freshman outside hitter Jake Arnitz rises for a serve in UCLA’s game against UC Irvine on April 10, which the Bruins lost 3-1. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Triton Invitational to serve as UCLA’s warm-up lap for Pac-12 stretch

Every year, hundreds of student-athletes at UCLA and at schools all around the country graduate after servicing their respective schools in their individual sports. This season, the Bruin track and field program features 14 redshirt seniors and 10 seniors, many of whom have played an essential role in the recent success of the program. Read more...

Photo: Senior pole vaulter Mark Sakioka achieved a high mark of 16.73 feet at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, which was the top score of the meet. Sakioka said his goal for this weekend’s Triton Invitational is to reach the 17-feet mark. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)


UCLA tennis returns to familiar ground for Pac-12 championships

When sophomore Mackenzie McDonald takes the court at this weekend’s Pac-12 championships in Ojai, he will be in a familiar environment. McDonald won the Ojai Men’s Open two years ago, making the city a good place for his personal performance. Read more...

Photo: Before coming to UCLA, redshirt junior Ryoto Tachi lived in Ojai, where the Bruins will be playing in the Pac-12 championships this weekend. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)