Just when UCLA baseball’s broken offense began to sound like a broken record, its slump skipped a beat. The Bruins’ quiet bats finally started to make some noise this weekend after struggling for much of the season. Read more...
Photo: Behind offense from players including junior Brian Carroll, UCLA baseball managed to win two out of three this weekend at Washington State.
The UCLA women’s water polo team’s focus on communication and coordination this past week paid off as the Bruins finished in the third-place spot in this weekend’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament. Read more...
Saturday was the first time any member of the UCLA women’s track and field team tasted victory against USC. And for the first time since 2006, they were able to join the men’s team in a combined victory lap to celebrate both teams’ victories against their USC counterparts in the dual meet. Read more...
Photo: Tatum Souza had a strong day in the dual meet against USC, coming in first in the javelin throw.
The ball grazed the glove of UCLA freshman outfielder Allexis Bennett as it passed over the center field wall. In a moment, the feeling throughout Easton Stadium, which had been rocking all weekend, turned from exaltation to exasperation on Sunday. Read more...
For UCLA football coach Jim Mora, the NFL Draft was once spent in the war room. The former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks oversaw three NFL drafts combined during his tenure with the two teams, and participated in plenty more as an assistant coach with other teams. Read more...
For the UCLA men’s golf team, the journey to being crowned Pac-12 champions begins today at the Los Angeles Country Club. The Bruins will send six golfers to the tournament: seniors Pontus Widegren and Pedro Figueiredo, junior Anton Arboleda, redshirt sophomore Manav Shah, sophomore Jay Hwang and freshman Jonathan Garrick. Read more...
Photo: Pontus Widegren is one of the golfers who have experience in competitions like this week’s Pac-12 tournament.
UCLA football coach Jim Mora pined for a large showing of Bruin fans at the Rose Bowl on Saturday for the team’s Spring Showcase. While Mora’s target audience was to get at least 50,000 fans out to see the Bruins’ scrimmage, the coach was happy with the product in the stands and on the field even if his crowd expectations fell short. Read more...
