Friday, August 7

Despite strong distance runners, track and field falls short of 2017 team

It’s been a down year for UCLA track and field. At the end of the 2017 outdoor season, the Bruins had 25 athletes ranked within the nation’s top 50 in their respective events, according to TFRRS.com. Read more...

Photo: UCLA track and field’s distance team has been sitting in the middle of the pack all year, but a number of the distance runners this year have made big strides in their times The athletes have recently climbed up the national rankings and have bolstered a weak Bruins program. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)


Baseball falls to Long Beach State 5-1 in fourth consecutive loss

This post was updated May 9 at 9:04 a.m. The Bruin bats didn’t make much noise following their quietest weekend of the season. Long Beach State (21-27) shut down No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore Jack Ralston pitched 3 2/3 innings in UCLA baseball’s 5-1 loss to Long Beach State on Tuesday night. Ralston is 0-4 this season with a 5.96 ERA. (Grant Mooney/Daily Bruin)



Baseball seeks redemption for recent losses in Long Beach State rematch

The Bruins went 16-3 in the month of April. One of those losses came from the 49ers. No. 11 UCLA baseball (30-13, 14-7 Pac-12) will have a chance to avenge its April 10 loss to unranked Long Beach State (21-26) on Tuesday night. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore second baseman Chase Strumpf is in the midst of a 13-game hitting streak in which he is batting .551. Strumpf also leads the Bruins with 10 home runs this season. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Top-ranked UCLA softball, Pac-12 rivals ready to swing into postseason

For 11-straight weeks, a Pac-12 team has topped the USA Today/National Fastpitch Coaches Association softball rankings. Two teams – UCLA (48-3, 18-3 Pac-12) and Washington (44-8, 15-8) – have held the No. Read more...

Photo: The Bruins, Huskies and Ducks have topped their conference all year, and heading into the last weekend of Pac-12 play, the Ducks and Bruins are both within spitting distance of a conference title. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)


UCLA women’s lacrosse club team to compete in collegiate tournament

Though the collegiate lacrosse stronghold famously lies on the East Coast, the fast-paced sport exists at UCLA, too – specifically as a women’s club team. Now, after an 8-4 run during the regular season, UCLA club lacrosse will head to Round Rock, Texas, to compete in the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates national tournament from May 8 to 12. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s club lacrosse will head to Texas for the national lacrosse tournament this week. This year it goes in as the No. 10 seed and will face No. 7 Virginia in the first match of the tournament. (Courtesy of Suzanne Bernardy)


UCLA beach volleyball brings home NCAA title after mini golf outing

The UCLA beach volleyball team received a group text Friday night after falling to Florida State on opening day of the NCAA championship weekend. “Go shower,” coach Stein Metzger wrote. Read more...

Photo: Junior Izzy Carey and freshman Megan Muret put the Bruins on the board in the NCAA championship with a three-set win on court five. Both players will return to the lineup next season as UCLA aims for another title. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)