Friday, June 26

Former Bruin Abigail Spears wins mixed doubles title at Australian Open

Former UCLA women’s tennis standout Abigail Spears captured the first grand slam title of her career Saturday in mixed doubles. The former Bruin had reached two previous grand slam mixed doubles finals with Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez at the US Open in 2013 and 2014, but fell short both times. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA standout Abigail Spears captured the 2017 Australian Open mixed doubles title with an upset win over the No. 2-seeded team. Spears had lost two previous grand slam finals at the 2013 and 2014 US Open before securing the title in Melbourne. (Creative commons photo by Tatiana via flickr)


No. 2 men’s volleyball notches back-to-back sweeps of No. 11 UCSB

Different day, different venue, same outcome. The No. 2 UCLA men’s volleyball team (8-1, 6-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) defeated No. 11 UCSB (6-3, 3-3) in straight sets Friday evening by set scores of 25-22, 25-22 and 25-17. Read more...

Photo: With five aces against UCSB, senior middle blocker Mitch Stahl now has the second-most service aces all-time in the rally-scoring era with 104 in his career. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Bruins dive into deep water against Cardinal, Golden Bears

To be the best, you have the beat the best. The UCLA swimming and diving teams will have an opportunity to do just that this weekend. Read more...

Photo: The No. 19 UCLA swimming and diving team travels north this weekend to take on No. 2 Stanford and No. 6 Cal. The final days of January will include two of the last three meets that the Bruins will participate in before the Pac-12 championships. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Gymnastics adopts new training strategies to try to vault to new heights

On Wednesday, UCLA gymnastics went through its training session. Assistant coach Chris Waller kept tabs on the bars, making sure everyone was hitting their daily handstand quota. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Stella Savvidou and the UCLA gymnastics team will take on Oregon State after having a bye week. The Bruins utilized the time off to upgrade and perfect their routines while also emphasizing recovery. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Men’s tennis looks to step up play at ITA kickoff weekend

UCLA men’s tennis didn’t lose its first doubles point last year until its sixth match, against then-No. 1 Virginia. It happened in the second dual match of this season against unranked UCSB. Read more...

Photo: Junior Austin Rapp is one of four Bruins undefeated this season in singles. He swept both of his matches against Grand Canyon and UCSB at court six while dropping only seven games combined. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Women’s basketball shoots for 24th consecutive home win

Nicole Kornet is relatively old for a college student. At 23, the redshirt senior guard is the second oldest player on the women’s basketball team. After living in Kentucky, Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma, she landed at UCLA after transferring from the University of Oklahoma last year. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior Nicole Kornet will try to stop the younger Arizona State backcourt this weekend. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Men’s basketball addresses lack of communication after two straight losses

The ball movement sputtered, the shots wouldn’t fall and then the team chemistry wilted. Over the past week, everything that made the Bruins a title contender has disappeared. Read more...

Photo: UCLA had just its third loss of the season against USC on Wednesday. The Bruins struggled with communication down the stretch in the tight contest. (Michael Zschornack/Assistant Photo editor)