Wednesday, June 24

Football sees both progress, old habits in Spring Showcase

Those expecting Josh Rosen to light up the scoreboard during Saturday’s spring game were disappointed. The junior quarterback had trouble early on, though he rebounded to put together a touchdown drive right before halftime. Read more...

Photo: Junior quarterback Josh Rosen threw less than 20 passes in Saturday’s Spring Showcase, good for one touchdown and an interception. His name came to coach Jim Mora’s mind as he rattled off who he thought would have been the most valuable spring practice participant. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


Men’s tennis loses close game to USC in Pac-12 championship final

Saturday was a night built for comebacks for UCLA men’s tennis. UCLA lost the doubles point to go down 1-0 and immediately followed that by losing four of the six first sets in singles. Read more...

Photo: Logan Staggs completed UCLA’s lone three-set victory Saturday night against USC. The junior defeated Jack Jaede 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to bring the Bruins within one, but they couldn’t complete the comeback, eventually losing 4-3. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)


Women’s water polo takes MPSF tournament with victory over Stanford

UCLA women’s water polo hadn’t trailed to a top-three team in more than nine quarters. That changed Sunday – for a grand total of two minutes and 23 seconds. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal scored three of UCLA women’s water polo’s six goals Sunday, as the No. 1 Bruins beat the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal for the second time this season and claimed the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation crown. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Beach volleyball falls to USC in final of Pac-12 championship

The No. 2 UCLA beach volleyball team (29-4) broke No. 1 USC’s (34-1) 62 dual winning streak in the Pac-12 championship semifinal Friday. The Bruins had handed the Trojans their first defeat in 413 days Friday at Bear Down Beach in Tucson, Arizona, winning by a set score of 3-2. Read more...

Photo: Senior Jordan Anderson, along with her partner sophomore Izzy Carey, clinched the streak-snapping victory for UCLA in a straight-sets win over USC’s Terese Cannon and Nicolette Martin. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Eleven UCLA football players join NFL teams following 2017 draft

The 2017 draft is in the books and five UCLA players, including first-round pick Takkarist McKinley, heard their names called this week. Five other players also signed as undrafted free agents to round out the Bruins’ draft weekend with 10 players on nine different teams. Read more...

Photo: UCLA had a busy weekend at the NFL draft with Eddie Vanderdoes (47) and Fabian Moreau (10) both signing with teams. Vanderdoes will be headed to the Oakland Raiders while Moreau will be playing for the Washington Redskins. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Women’s water polo completes comeback over Cal to advance to MPSF final

UCLA women’s water polo had to overcome something on Saturday it hasn’t faced in two months – a deficit heading into the fourth quarter. With a little over five minutes left in the game and after losing a three-goal lead it had built up earlier in the game, freshman attacker Maddie Musselman netted her thid goal of the day to tie the game at eight. Read more...

Photo: Senior utility Mackenzie Barr scored once during No. 1 UCLA’s three-goal second-quarter run against fifth-seed California in the MPSF semifinal. The Bruins would lose their advantage by the fourth quarter, but came back to win 9-8 and secure a meeting with No. 2 Stanford in the finals. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)


Pitcher Griffin Canning leads baseball to windy win over Cal Poly

The Bruin offense didn’t give Griffin Canning very much support Friday night, but he didn’t need it. The junior ace tossed 8 2/3 innings on 110 pitches, allowing one run and striking out 10 without walking a batter in UCLA baseball’s (20-18) 2-1 victory over Cal Poly (18-22). Read more...

Photo: Junior pitcher Griffin Canning was just one strike away from completing a shutout when a dribbler up along the third base line gave Cal Poly its only run of the game. (Daily Bruin file photo)