Saturday, July 25

UCLA baseball’s batting woes continue against Cal State Fullerton as freshman pitcher Zack Weiss falters in his first collegiate start

FULLERTON "”mdash; More than half of the UCLA baseball team's wins this season have come in shutouts. With each run their opponent scores, the Bruins' chances of winning one of their signature, low-scoring pitchers' duels become less and less likely. So when UCLA freshman pitcher Zack Weiss surrendered three runs to Cal State Fullerton in the top of the first inning in his first collegiate start, the Bruins were doomed. Despite equaling the No. Read more...

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Junior first baseman Dean Espy went 2-for-4 with a run in No. 24 UCLA’s 5-3 road loss to No. 12 Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday night. The Titans got to work early, registering three runs in the bottom of the first inning, and the Bruins couldn’t successfully rally despite redshirt junior Marc Navarro’s two-out, two-run single in the sixth.



Basketball forward Tyler Honeycutt announces early leave for 2011 NBA draft

Columnist Eli Smukler evaluates Honeycutt's career in “Scoop Dreams: Tyler Honeycutt's departure for the NBA is too soon Read more...

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Tyler Honeycutt announced his intention to declare for the NBA draft Monday. Honeycutt also said that he will hire an agent, eliminating the possibility that he could return to school to utilize his two remaining years of eligibility. He is the sixth player in the last five years to leave UCLA early and is projected to be selected in the first round.





Softball to take another swing against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

UCLA v. UC Santa Barbara, take two.
When the UCLA softball team hosts UCSB in a doubleheader today at Easton Stadium, it will do so as a second attempt, after the previously scheduled two-game series on March 21 between the two teams was postponed because of heavy rain. Read more...

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Junior catcher and first baseman Dani Yudin, seen here in the May 22, 2010 game against San Diego State, hit the decisive grand slam in UCLA’s 9-1 win over Ohio.