Tuesday, June 30

MPSF seeding at stake as men’s volleyball enters final stretch of season

The only comforting thing about the UCLA men’s volleyball team’s final four matches is that they’re all at home. The No.1 Bruins (21-3, 15-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) begin the final stretch of the regular season – four matches against teams in the top six nationally – with back-to-back matchups against the No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Micah Ma’a leads the Bruins in both aces and assists as UCLA men’s volleyball begins the final stretch of their season with two consecutive matches against BYU. (Hannah Ye/Assistant Photo editor)




Students react to continued demands to fire coach Steve Alford

Twitter is abuzz with infuriated UCLA basketball fans. Bruin Walk? Not so much. As mobile billboards calling for the firing of coach Steve Alford made appearances around campus Wednesday – continuing a string of actions demanding his release – the Daily Bruin set up shop at the newspaper stand outside of Ackerman Union to gauge reactions from the general student body. Read more...

Photo: A pair of mobile billboards traveled around the UCLA campus Wednesday calling for the firing of men’s basketball coach Steve Alford. (Matt Joye/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA baseball suffers four Tuesday pitching mishaps, hopes to improve

When UCLA baseball won the NCAA championship in 2013, it only lost four Tuesday games all season. It’s only March, but the Bruins have already accomplished that feat, going 0-4 in their first four Tuesday games of 2016. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Jake Bird (left), redshirt junior Hunter Virant (center) and freshman Justin Hooper have all tried their hands at starting Tuesday games, but none of the three have made a start that lasted more than four innings during a midweek game. (Keila Mayberry, Michael Zshornack,Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)


UCLA beach volleyball twins defeat top-ranked Pepperdine

It was an unseasonably blustery day at Sunset Recreation Center as UCLA beach volleyball took on the top team in the country, but the Canadian duo of Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara felt right at home. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Megan McNamara and her sister, Nicole, clinched UCLA’s upset of the No. 1 Pepperdine Waves. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA men’s tennis alum returns as volunteer coach while battling injury

Not even bad hips can keep Marcos Giron away from tennis. After learning that he had to undergo hip surgery and put his professional career on hold, Giron, a former UCLA standout and the 2014 NCAA singles champion, reached out to UCLA men’s tennis coach Billy Martin about coming back to Westwood as a volunteer assistant coach. Read more...

Photo: Marcos Giron, the 2014 NCAA singles champion, is back at UCLA as a coach while he recovers from hip surgery. (Daily Bruin file photo)