No. 7 seed UCLA baseball (27-23-1, 12-16-1 Pac-12) finished its regular season below .500 in conference play for the first time since 2016 and now sits on the bubble of an NCAA tournament berth. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore infielder Duce Gourson leans over in a ready position behind second base while on defense. (Felicia Keller/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins will depend on their underclassmen to serve up redemption as they vie for individual championships. After bidding farewell to the NCAA team tournament in the Sweet 16, a trio of Bruins will represent UCLA women’s tennis in Orlando, Florida for the singles and doubles tournaments beginning Monday. Read more...
Photo: Fangran Tian prepares for a backhand dig. The freshman for UCLA women’s tennis appears in the NCAA singles tournament for the first time starting Monday. (Julia Zhou/Daily Bruin)
Chris Roberts was born to be a broadcaster, according to his longtime radio partner and mentee Matt Stevens. “They enjoyed listening to Chris because it was Chris,” Stevens said. Read more...
Photo: Chris Roberts, a longtime broadcaster for UCLA basketball and football teams, died May 12. (Courtesy of Scott Chandler/UCLA Athletics)
Freshman left-hander Chris Grothues took the mound Saturday in the bottom of the eighth inning with the game and series each tied at one apiece. Making his collegiate debut, Grothues recorded two outs before facing outfielder and former UCLA player Nick McLain with the chance to keep the game tied. Read more...
Photo: Junior infielder Daylen Reyes readies for a pitch. Reyes notched six hits in the series against Arizona State. (Felicia Keller/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 21 at 11:00 p.m. Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez could not explain it. “This is new,” Inouye-Perez said. The Bruins were upset for the second time in two days, leaving them a far cry from their Women’s College World Series expectations. Read more...
Photo: Members of UCLA softball walk back to the clubhouse after the game. With back-to-back upset losses Friday and Saturday, the Bruins were eliminated from the NCAA tournament. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In the quarter’s third episode of Daily Bruin’s sports podcast, “Out of Bounds,” Sports staff writer Gavin Carlson sits down with Sports senior staff writer Matthew Royer and Assistant Sports Editor Jack Nelson of the softball beat to recap the first-ever Pac-12 softball tournament and discuss the Bruins’ potential championship run in the upcoming NCAA tournament. Read more...
Just one game into the postseason, the Bruins are now one loss away from it all coming to an end. No. 2 seed UCLA softball (52-6, 21-3 Pac-12) lost to Grand Canyon (47-11, 17-7 WAC) by a 3-2 score in the first game of the NCAA Los Angeles Regional on Friday evening. Read more...
Photo: Kelly Inouye-Perez of UCLA softball walks back to the dugout. Having brought the Bruins to the Women’s College World Series in each of her last seven seasons, the coach is at risk of snapping that streak should the team lose this Saturday.(Kaiya Pomeroy-Tso/Daily Bruin senior staff)
