UCLA track and field’s dual meet with USC goes back decades. Each year, trends and patterns are broken or made, and this season’s meet was no exception. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Julia Rizk and freshman Cassandra Durgy were two of UCLA track and field’s distance athletes that reclaimed event titles for the distance team after last year’s squad dropped them in the UCLA versus USC dual meet. Rizk won the 800-meter while Durgy finished first in the 1,500. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA women’s soccer signed 10 recruits Wednesday to complete the No. 2-ranked recruiting class in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer. Among the incoming freshmen are Ashley Sanchez and Karina Rodriguez, who are ranked first and seventh in their class, respectively. Read more...
Photo: Coach Amanda Cromwell and the UCLA women’s soccer team signed 10 recruits, including the top-ranked prospect in the nation for the second consecutive year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA baseball was six outs away from a two-run victory when things started to go south. It started in the eighth when junior reliever Jake Bird’s hit batsman and a pair of singles cut the lead in half. Read more...
Photo: Freshman right fielder Michael Toglia’s two-run home run put UCLA up 4-3 against visiting San Diego State on Tuesday night, but the Bruins were unable to hold a late-game lead and eventually lost 8-6. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
Nick Kern, frail and dejected, sat up in his bed. It was April 2016 and Kern was a familiar patient at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: Nick Kern endured six surgeries and more than 50 days of hospitalization to return to the sport he loves. The redshirt senior has appeared in 13 games this year – starting six of them – and his only home run this season was a pinch-hit game-tying two run blast in the ninth inning against No. 1 Oregon State. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Two of collegiate tennis’ most storied programs have punched their tickets for a shot at once again lifting the championship trophy. The UCLA men’s and women’s tennis squads both qualified for their respective NCAA Division I Tennis Tournaments, with the men’s team receiving the No. Read more...
Photo: Despite a possible NCAA Tournament round of 16 match against No. 12 Texas A&M and a possible quarterfinal match against No. 4 USC, junior Austin Rapp (right) said the team needs to stay focused on one match at a time since the bracket is single elimination. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
This past Sunday at Marina Del Rey, UCLA rowing hosted No. 13 USC in the schools’ annual dual meet. The Trojans, by virtue of their ranking, came in as the favored team. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA rowing team faced off with USC this weekend, and altered its lineups in both the varsity eight and the second varsity eight. The Bruins’ top boat fell to the Trojans, while the second and third eights both won their heats. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The NCAA selection show was just the beginning. In less than 18 hours, the UCLA women’s water polo team officially won the No. 1 seed to the NCAA Tournament, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and conference tournament MVP. Read more...
Photo: No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo coach Brandon Brooks was named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year this morning. Six of his players took home conference awards, including Newcomer of the Year and MPSF Tournament MVP. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
