Jaden Whitmarsh always knew she wanted to follow in her dad’s footsteps. A redshirt freshman for No. 1 UCLA beach volleyball, Jaden is the daughter of the late Mike Whitmarsh. Read more...
Photo: (Biona Hui/Daily Bruin)
Sports
Sports, Women's Water Polo
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April 20, 9:26 pm
Women’s water polo improves power-play defense, perseveres in 5-on-6 situations
Down a player is when the Bruins are at their statistical best defensively. No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo (10-2, 8-2 MPSF) held No. 5 Arizona State (12-9, 6-6) and No. Read more...
Photo: Junior attacker Val Ayala recorded three steals in UCLA women’s water polo’s recent four-game stretch. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
Sports, Track and Field
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April 20, 2:50 pm
Track and field athletes set personal bests, school records at West Coast Classic
The milestones keep coming for the Bruins this season. UCLA track and field took part in a split-squad edition of the West Coast Classic, sending its distance runners and throwers to Eugene, and its jumpers, pole vaulters and sprinters to Tucson. Read more...
Photo: Coming off her second Pac-12 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week award of the season, redshirt junior sprinter Shae Anderson ran a career-best 22.96 in the 200-meter at the West Coast Classic, sprinting her way into seventh place all-time in UCLA track and field history. (Courtesy of Mike Mattina/Arizona Athletics)
Men's Basketball, Sports
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April 20, 12:59 pm
UCLA guard Johnny Juzang announces plans to declare for 2021 NBA Draft
This post was updated April 20 at 1:52 p.m. UCLA’s Mr. March is one step closer to getting drafted in July. Rising junior guard Johnny Juzang announced Tuesday on social media that he is declaring for the 2021 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility for UCLA men’s basketball. Read more...
Photo: Rising junior guard Johnny Juzang averaged 16 points per game for UCLA men’s basketball in the 2020-2021 season, including 137 points across the Bruins’ six March Madness games. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)
Baseball, Sports
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April 20, 12:42 pm
UCLA baseball looks to extend win streak in midweek matchup against Pepperdine
Just like they were in the 2019 season en route to a Pac-12 championship, the Bruins are undefeated in midweek games so far in 2021. UCLA baseball (21-11, 9-6 Pac-12) will carry that perfect 5-0 midweek record into its Tuesday afternoon matchup in Malibu with Pepperdine (12-13, 5-4 WCC), also having won 23 of its last 27 midweek games dating back to the start of the 2018 campaign. Read more...
Photo: Josh Hahn went 7-for-9 with a pair of home runs in UCLA baseball’s series sweep over Utah. The sophomore designated hitter is now tied for third on the team in long balls as UCLA heads to Malibu for a midweek clash with Pepperdine. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)
Men's Tennis, Sports
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April 19, 2:11 pm
Men’s tennis captures doubles point, loses 3rd consecutive USC matchup
The Bruins received bad news in more ways than one over the weekend. After taking the doubles point, No. 33 UCLA men’s tennis (11-5, 4-3 Pac-12) dropped all its singles matches on Saturday in a 6-1 defeat to No. Read more...
Photo: In potentially his last match against USC in his career, redshirt senior Ben Goldberg lost his singles match 3-6, 4-6 in No. 33 UCLA men’s tennis’ loss Saturday. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)
Beach Volleyball, Sports
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April 19, 1:49 pm
Loss to USC ends UCLA beach volleyball’s 21-match winning streak
In the penultimate contest of the regular season, the Bruins’ winning streak met its match. In San Luis Obispo at the Center of Effort Challenge, No. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Savvy Simo’s pairing beat its opponents from No. 2 USC, but No. 1 UCLA beach volleyball was unable to secure an undefeated weekend in the loss. (Jefferson Alade/Daily Bruin)