The Bruins are headed to the NCAA championships after nearly stealing first place at the NCAA regionals in San Francisco this week. No. 2 UCLA women’s golf suffered an early exit at last year’s regional championship after finishing eighth, making Wednesday’s final results that much sweeter. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s golf punched its ticket to the national championship Wednesday after finishing second at the NCAA regional in San Francisco. The Bruins will be competing for the fourth championship in program history. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)

UCLA women’s golf has been here before. The Pac-12 champion Bruins snagged a No. 1 seed in their 18-team regional, and will begin their pursuit of a fourth national championship Monday in San Francisco. Read more...

Photo: Junior Lilia Vu and UCLA women’s golf will enter regional play as the No. 1-ranked team in their respective region for the second straight season. Last season, however, the Bruins finished eighth at regionals. (UCLA Athletics)

Freshman Patty Tavatanakit trailed by three strokes with two holes to go. Tavatanakit promptly made back-to-back birdies to close her tournament Tuesday, surging into a tie atop the leaderboard at 8-under par for her second individual victory as a Bruin. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s golf’s freshman Patty Tavatanakit picked up her second individual victory of the season Tuesday at the Silverado Showdown. However, the Bruins finished tied for fifth place as a team. (UCLA Athletics)

UCLA women’s golf qualified for the championship bracket at the San Diego State March Mayhem tournament this week. SDSU March Mayhem is a special event, consisting of a stroke-play qualifying round followed by rounds of match play. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s golf secured a fifth-place finish at the SDSU March Mayhem tournament this weekend. Without junior Lilia Vu, freshman Patty Tavatanakit stepped up and led the Bruins to a match-play win over Cal in round three. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)