Wednesday, June 24

Around the League: Five Pac-12 softball teams headed to NCAA Super Regionals

While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. Women’s golf Grant Sugimura, assistant Sports editor After three days, eight teams will move on to match play at the NCAA women’s golf championship. Read more...

Photo: Oregon defeated Wisconsin 9-0 in five innings, clinching a run-rule victory on Sunday. The Ducks will now go on to face the Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA Softball Super Regionals. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)


Baseball hopes to build on recent win momentum in UC Irvine matchup

UCLA baseball is getting hot at the right time. “In baseball at the end of the year, it’s not always the best team (that wins), it’s the team that’s playing the best,” said senior left fielder Brett Stephens. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore center fielder Daniel Amaral’s diving catch Sunday was flashy, but the Bruins have been doing the little things right on defense as well. UCLA has committed just 37 errors in 52 games in 2017. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)


Softball takes down San Jose State, CSU Fullerton in NCAA regional

The Bruins have made it through regionals. No. 5-seeded UCLA softball took down San Jose State 10-2 in six innings Saturday and proceeded to take down unseeded Cal State Fullerton 9-1 on Sunday. Read more...

Photo: Senior shortstop Delaney Spaulding recorded a hit in all three NCAA regional games UCLA played over the weekend. The Bruins went 3-0 and advanced to the NCAA Super Regional. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)


Baseball powers past Utah in final home series

UCLA baseball swept its final home series of the year in nearly season-best fashion. Twenty-six hits and five homers paved the way to 20 runs for the Bruins over the three-game stretch, the most that they’ve racked up in a conference series since early April. Read more...

Photo: Left fielder Brett Stephens led off in all three games of the senior’s final home series as a Bruin. The senior scored twice on Sunday. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)


Rain delay causes men’s tennis to lose focus, drop NCAA quarterfinal

ATHENS, Ga. — Junior Austin Rapp felt the first rain drops right before his opponent served on match point, and he walked off the court with the match still unfinished. Read more...

Photo: Junior Martin Redlicki bounced back from dropping the second set of his singles match to win one of two points for UCLA in the quarterfinal loss to Georgia. A rain delay put the match on pause for five hours Saturday evening. (Courtesy of Steven Colquitt)


Men’s tennis falls to Georgia, eliminated in NCAA quarterfinal

ATHENS, Ga. — The rain, the five-hour delay and the pressure. In the end, it was too much for UCLA men’s tennis to handle. The No. Read more...

Photo: Junior Martin Redlicki won UCLA’s only singles point against Georgia on Saturday. Two days after losing in straight sets against Texas A&M, Redlicki defeated Bulldog freshman Nathan Ponwith 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 to pull the Bruins within 3-2. (Courtesy of Steven Colquitt)


Softball defeats Lehigh with no-hitter in first game of NCAA Tournament

The Bruins started off their postseason with a victory on a no-hitter from Rachel Garcia on Friday night. The redshirt freshman threw all five innings of the game – shortened by the mercy rule – as UCLA softball bested Lehigh by a score of 8-0. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman pitcher Rachel Garcia’s no-hitter was the the first of her career and the 15th postseason no-no in UCLA softball history. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)