The Bruins will have a chance to make history this weekend. No. 4 seed UCLA women’s water polo (23-5, 4-2 MPSF) will compete in the NCAA tournament beginning Friday at the Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Maddie Musselman and No. 4 seed UCLA women’s water polo will kick off their 2022 NCAA tournament run with a matchup against UC Irvine on Friday. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)
As late winter gave way to spring, Cody Schrier couldn’t help but smile. With each passing month, he looked up and saw his offensive statistics steadily climbing – a trend the freshman shortstop and reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week said indicated he was more than acclimated to college ball. Read more...
Photo: No. 8 UCLA baseball freshman shortstop Cody Schrier slides into the base. Schrier will be carrying his season-high .333 batting average into the Bruins’ series against Washington this weekend. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)
A season-series rubber match will take place in the NCAA tournament. UCLA men’s volleyball (22-4, 11-1 MPSF) will take on No. 1 seed Long Beach State (20-5, 8-2 Big West) in the National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship semifinal on Thursday evening at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior opposite Kevin Kobrine serves in a match against Pepperdine on Tuesday. Kobrine tallied a team-high 16 kills in the opening round to help UCLA men’s volleyball advance to a semifinal matchup with No. 1 seed Long Beach State. (Anya Yakimenko/Daily Bruin)
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The errors had come back to haunt the Bruins. After leading the Dirtbags by as many as three runs through six innings, an error from the Bruin infield led to a two-run frame before a misplay in the outfield in the next frame set their foes up to tie the game. Read more...
Photo: No. 8 UCLA baseball freshman shortstop Cody Schrier throws a ball. Schrier logged two RBIs against Long Beach State on Tuesday but was charged with an error that later allowed two unearned runs to score for the Dirtbags. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin staff)
No. 4 seed UCLA women’s water polo (23-5, 4-2 MPSF) is headed to Michigan to take on the 2022 NCAA tournament. The blue and gold is coming off a fourth-place finish at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament after losing two straight games. Read more...
Photo: No. 4 seed UCLA women’s water polo lines up facing the pool. The team will begin the 2022 NCAA tournament Friday, with a matchup against No. 1 seed Stanford likely on the horizon Saturday. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 4 at 10:48 p.m. It took until the end, but the Bruins survived an early upset bid. No. 3 seed UCLA beach volleyball (31-7, 8-0 Pac-12) defeated No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Devon Newberry goes up for an attack during her match against No. 14 seed Stetson. Newberry and redshirt sophomore Jaden Whitmarsh won a third-set tiebreaker on court two to give No. 3 seed UCLA beach volleyball the dual-clinching victory. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 3 at 8:32 p.m. With zero postseason appearances to his name, Sam Burgi entered the second set of an NCAA tournament match. Following his substitution, the redshirt junior outside hitter would remain in the contest – and cap off the third set. “Burgi goes down the list as big-time performances from guys coming off the bench when it matters most,” said coach John Speraw. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior outside hitter Sam Burgi (right) celebrates with UCLA men’s volleyball during its NCAA tournament match against Pepperdine on Tuesday. Making his first-ever postseason appearance, Burgi entered the second set of the opening round and finished with six kills, including the set-winning score in the third frame. (Patrick Shao/Daily Bruin)
