Casey Janssen has been a hit since he first stepped on the field in a Bruin uniform. That UCLA’s star pitcher was such an immediate success isn’t surprising. The manner in which he became it is. In 2001 against Hawai’i, in the very first time coach Gary Adams called on him, Janssen responded in a […]
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Baseball: UCLA fails to bag win against Long Beach
Facing possibly the best pitching staff in the country, the Bruins matched the Dirtbags inning for inning and looked to have squeezed out a victory. Then it was snatched right back. After taking a one-run lead into the eighth inning, the UCLA baseball team took a tough 2-1 loss to fifth-ranked Long Beach State after […]
Miller Cup reveals why rowing fan base struggles
Sometimes, as a reporter, you have to dig deep. Look for stories in the oddest, strangest, least explored places. And wake up on a Saturday morning when normally your life is but a dream. So, blurry-eyed at 11 on Saturday morning, I rolled into Marina Del Rey to find out about the most obscure, unrecognizable […]
Baseball: One win short of a weekend sweep
The UCLA baseball team was so close to making a stunning statement to the Pac-10. Still, they’ll settle for an encouraging series win. The Bruins (23-17, 6-6 Pac-10) dropped a close Sunday contest that came down to the last out, but still returned from the Bay Area with two wins over last-place Cal (22-25, 7-11). […]
Baseball: Bizarre play takes away 3 potential runs from team
It was what coach Gary Adams called “the most unusual play I’ve seen in 44 years of coaching.” In the bottom of the seventh inning of the UCLA baseball team’s game Friday against Arizona State, catcher Chris Denove hit a long fly to right field with third baseman Brandon Averill on third and first baseman […]
Gymnastics: Gymnastics’ seniors land perfect endings to careers
As far as endings to their careers, it was a perfect 10. For seniors Jeanette Antolin, Jamie Dantzscher and Yvonne Tousek, there could not have been a better way to cap off their time at UCLA. The trio won their third NCAA national championship in front of the largest home crowd of their careers. “It […]
Baseball: Bruins find offense in unlikely source
It’s not a surprise that Matt Thayer is the UCLA baseball team’s leading hitter. Being the team’s leading slugger, though, is a little more shocking. At 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, Thayer is hardly a prototypical big bat. Yet with a .351 batting average and a .544 slugging percentage, he tops both categories on the Bruin’s leaderboard […]