Saturday, August 8

In the news:

No. 3 seed UCLA women’s basketball to face No.2 seed Texas

Before routing the Bluejays Monday night, the Bruins watched all three 11-seeds upset the 3-seeds in Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament. “Christian (Blanks), our video coordinator, brought it to our attention,” said senior guard Jordin Canada“Seeing the upsets that day… that wasn’t going to be us.” No. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball advanced to its third straight Sweet 16 after taking down Creighton on Monday. The Bruins will face Texas on Friday night in Kansas City, Missouri. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)



Women’s water polo drowns Spartans in first conference home game of season

This was a weekend of firsts for the UCLA women’s water polo team. They played their first game in Dirks Pool this season – their first home game in more than two months – and took home their first conference win of the season. Read more...

Photo: Senior utility Alexis Angermund led No. 4 UCLA in scoring with a hat trick in its 15-4 win over No. 21 San Jose State on Sunday. The win was the Bruins’ first win of MPSF play. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Women’s tennis sweeps Oregon, continues nine-game doubles streak

The Bruins had some familiar faces cheering them on. No. 15 UCLA women’s tennis (10-4, 2-1 Pac-12) swept No. 20 Oregon (10-6, 1-3) 4-0 at home Sunday afternoon as the Bruins’ 2008 women’s tennis team was celebrated for their NCAA championship. Read more...

Photo: No. 8 sophomore Ena Shibahara defeated her Oregon opponent in straight sets on Sunday, taking home her first singles win in three matches. The sophomore also won in doubles with partner junior Alaina Miller, clinching the doubles point for the Bruins. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)


UCLA rowing secures two victories against Oregon State at home

UCLA rowing came away with a pair of victories in their last home meet of the season. The Bruins took first in the varsity four and second varsity eight races versus Oregon State this weekend, but couldn’t pull off a victory in the varsity eight. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA rowing team finished its final meet of the year with a pair of wins over the Oregon State Beavers – a team that hadn’t seen competition in almost four months. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA beach volleyball builds to nine-match win streak at LMU Invitational

In three matches, the Bruins didn’t drop a single game. No. 2 UCLA beach volleyball (14-3) defeated Missouri State (6-6), Colorado Mesa (2-8) and No. 16 Loyola Marymount (7-6) on Saturday at the LMU Invitational in Santa Monica, continuing its nine-match win streak. Read more...

Photo: Senior Elise Zappia and partner freshman Mac May posted three straight-set wins in the Bruins’ three-game sweep at the LMU Invitational on Saturday. The victories sustained UCLA’s nine-match win streak. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Baseball defeats Washington State 5-4 to complete sweep in Pac-12 opener

UCLA needed a clutch performance to win the game, and two freshmen were up to the task. Freshman pitcher Holden Powell pitched three shutout innings to close the game and freshman infielder RJ Teijeiro drove in the game-winning run. Read more...

Photo: Freshman infielder RJ Teijeiro’s two-RBI single in the eighth inning propelled UCLA baseball to a 5-4 win over Washington State on Sunday. It was Teijeiro’s first career collegiate hit. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)