Pauley Pavilion did not get loud enough to get an encore out of Madeon at Bruin Bash on Monday, and the arena fell flat again Wednesday night, as No. 13 UCLA women’s volleyball was unable to pull off the upset against No. 3 USC. The Bruins (9-2, 0-1 Pac-12) dropped their first conference game to […]
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Women’s volleyball maintains win streak in close UCSB tournament matches
Taylor Formico transferred from UCSB to UCLA just last year. So it’s no surprise the junior libero looked right at home at this weekend’s UCSB tournament, tallying a team-high 46 digs as women’s volleyball extended its win streak to six in its penultimate tournament before Pac-12 play. No. 17 UCLA (7-1) completed a sweep in […]
Incoming freshman brings top-ranked pitching to UCLA softball
At Highland High School in Palmdale, the softball field and the baseball field are separated by about 50 yards, and the football team practices in the gap between the two. The close proximity gave Rachel Garcia an audience of athletes during batting practice. “Receivers and quarterbacks, (defensive backs) and linebackers – during hitting practice, Rachel […]
NCAA Super Regional series format to challenge UCLA’s pitching
This weekend, UCLA softball will get a shot at a do-over as the Bruins enter the NCAA Super Regional for the second straight year. Last year, the Bruins’ season ended on the third game of a best-of-three set, when they fell to the lower-seeded Kentucky Wildcats at home. This year, No. 7-seeded UCLA (48-10) will […]
Baseball rides Pac-12 championship momentum to 13-3 win over UC Irvine
Fresh off of winning a Pac-12 championship Sunday, UCLA baseball showed no signs of slowing down in its win over UC Irvine. The No. 2 Bruins (41-12) handled the Anteaters (31-22) without a lot of trouble Tuesday night, winning by a score of 13-3. “It’s very important that we continue our momentum,” said coach John […]
Softball enters NCAA Super Regional coming off three-game sweep
UCLA softball settles in for the postseason after a regular season in which the Bruins switched lineups, moved players around and made a general mess of a lot of scorecards. No. 7 seed UCLA (48-10) used 11 players, just two over the minimum, to pull off their three-game NCAA Regional sweep, and – most notably […]
Softball’s win streaks reveal weakness against ranked opponents
Before this weekend, UCLA was on fire, having won 13 straight games. That streak snapped on Thursday, with a loss to Arizona State. With the postseason approaching, the Bruins will reveal whether their pair of losses in Tempe, Arizona, extinguished the fire or fanned the flames. “I think it will fuel us because this feeling […]