UCLA softball swings into new season Defending champs heavily favored to beat Lions Saturday By Brent Boyd Nearly eight months after capturing its fifth national championship in the past eight seasons, the UCLA softball team will begin defense of its title Saturday against Loyola Marymount in a doubleheader at Easton Field. Read more...

Nation’s top teams swim into town Bruins pumped for competition with USC, Stanford, Cal By Kumar S. Raja Today the UCLA swim team will play host to one of the biggest meets of the year, as four of the nation’s top 25 teams are in Westwood to compete. Read more...

W. hoops looking to avenge losses to USC Bruins face difficult task of deterring strong Trojan offense By Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff The UCLA women’s basketball team journeys into the Lyon Center Saturday afternoon looking to avenge two close losses to the University of Southern California last season. Read more...

W. tennis smashes Loyola Marymount By Hye Kwon Daily Bruin Staff Wet surfaces at the Los Angeles Tennis Center postponed the start of Thursday’s women’s tennis match between No.7 UCLA and Loyola Marymount by a few hours, but the distraction the delay caused wasn’t nearly enough to waver the Bruins, who came out on top 7-2. Read more...

Alumni baseball aims to cut up diamond Major, minor leaguers have fallen to Bruins three years in a row, put on heat Saturday By Brian Purcell The UCLA baseball team will kick off its season Saturday at noon by playing what appears to be its toughest opponent of the season: the alumni team. Read more...

Gymnastics revs up for UCLA Invite Former Olympian joins Bruins Saturday vs. Stanford, Wildcats By Esther Hui Daily Bruin Staff The No. 7 UCLA women’s gymnastics team will be going all out Saturday in a triangular meet at the University of Arizona against Stanford and No. Read more...

Bruins run over Trojans in 99-72 win M. hoops stifles ‘SC with school record field goal percentage By Melissa Anderson Daily Bruin Senior Staff The USC men’s basketball team gave No. Read more...