The NCAA chose UCLA as the location for the NCAA regional championships, the association announced Tuesday. The Los Angeles Tennis Center will host the first and second rounds of the national tournament, slated to start May 8 and finish May 10. Read more...
Photo: Defending 2014 national champions, UCLA women’s tennis, along with men’s tennis, will host the NCAA regional championships. (Daily Bruin file photo)
It’s the top of the fifth inning, the Bruins clinging to a 4-3 lead, and the game stops – pitching change. Emerging from the bullpen on the third-base line, senior pitcher Ally Carda walks toward the mound. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Ally Carda (left) and senior catcher Stephany LaRosa (right) have cultivated a strong bond that extends beyond their pitcher-catcher relationship on the field. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
UCLA track and field will enter its seventh and final regular-season outdoor meet this weekend. But this is when the season truly starts, said sprint and hurdles assistant coach Joanna Hayes. Read more...
Photo: Thrower Braheme Days has grown under UCLA men’s throws coach John Frazier. The sophomore set the American junior record in the shot put with a throw of 65-5.50 last year. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA baseball team lived and died by throwing mistakes in a marathon loss to Long Beach State Tuesday. Freshman second baseman Sean Bouchard threw the ball away on a ground ball to start off the bottom of the 13th, allowing the runner to advance to second. Read more...
Photo: Junior infielder Brett Urabe (bottom) scored the Bruins’ lone run Tuesday after back-to-back wild pitches from the Dirtbags’ starting pitcher, Ryan Cruz. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Because of how often he moved around as a child, people frequently ask UCLA men’s tennis player Ryoto Tachi where he considers his home to be. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior Ryoto Tachi has settled into his new home at UCLA after playing tennis internationally growing up. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
The closer the national championship tournament nears, the higher the anticipation rises for UCLA’s women’s tennis. “They have been waiting for this all year,” said coach Stella Sampras Webster. Read more...
Photo: Junior Catherine Harrison said UCLA’s 4-3 loss to USC just over two weeks ago motivated the Bruins to work even harder in preparation for the NCAA Tournament. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
After capturing a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship title, the UCLA women’s water polo team now has its sights set on the next task at hand: the NCAAs. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior goalkeeper Sami Hill said an asset that has come in handy throughout UCLA women’s water polo’s season is its ability to adapt to different situations. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
