Friday, May 1

Gymnastics wraps up regular season with 2 perfect 10s to triumph over UC Davis

This post was updated March 14 at 7:49 p.m. The Bruins celebrated Senior Day on Saturday, but it was two underclassmen who reached perfection. No. 17 UCLA gymnastics bested UC Davis 197.700-193.975 in Pauley Pavilion in its final regular-season meet. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Emma Malabuyo performs her beam routine. Malabuyo notched the first perfect 10 of her career Saturday as No. 17 UCLA gymnastics beat UC Davis. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin staff)


Maddie Musselman tops women’s water polo program scoring list after UC Irvine game

A new name sits atop the Bruins’ all-time scoring list. Behind redshirt senior attacker Maddie Musselman’s program-leading 238th goal, No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo (21-1, 3-0 MPSF) beat No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Maddie Musselman scored her 238th career goal Friday to move atop the Bruins’ all-time leaderboard. Musselman scored two goals in the contest as No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo topped No. 6 UC Irvine. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin)


Baseball’s winning streak ends with loss to USC in 1st matchup of home series

Twenty days ago, Ethan Gourson launched a walk-off home run to give the Bruins their first series win of the season. With two outs in the ninth inning Friday, Gourson stepped up to the plate. Read more...

Photo: Freshman second baseman Ethan Gourson swings at a pitch. Gourson drove in UCLA baseball’s first run of the game against USC on Friday night but was unable to drive in any more, recording the last out of the contest as the potential tying run in the ninth to secure the Bruins’ loss to the Trojans. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)


Softball’s Megan Faraimo notches 2nd solo perfect game of season in home tourney

Less than 24 hours removed from the third combined perfect game in program history, Megan Faraimo and the Bruins were perfect once more. On Thursday, the redshirt junior pitcher/first baseman and graduate student pitcher Lauren Shaw combined to blank Pennsylvania. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior pitcher/first baseman Megan Faraimo throws a pitch against Pennsylvania on Thursday. Faraimo struck out the side for the third solo perfect game of her career in No. 5 UCLA softball’s triumph over CSU Bakersfield on Friday. (Bryan Palmero/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA softball opens Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament with perfect game

For the second time in seven days, the Bruins secured a perfect game. This time it was spearheaded by two pitchers – graduate student Lauren Shaw and redshirt junior Megan Faraimo – and it started with a pep talk. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student pitcher Lauren Shaw throws a pitch against Pennsylvania on Thursday. Shaw received the win in No. 5 UCLA softball’s combined perfect game. (Bryan Palmero/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA men’s basketball conquers Cougars in Pac-12 tournament quarterfinals

This post was updated March 10 at 9:55 p.m. LAS VEGAS — In the first half, it was Jules Bernard. Then in the second came Jaime Jaquez Jr.  The senior guard and junior guard/forward duo combined for 42 points in No. Read more...

Photo: Junior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. dribbles past Washington State forward Andrej Jakimovski. Jaquez scored 23 points Thursday night to lead No. 2 seed UCLA men’s basketball past No. 7 seed Washington State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)