The Bruins got their first taste of ranked competition this weekend. No. 3 UCLA softball (15-0) defeated No. 7 LSU (14-2) during the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic II. Last year, the Bruins were defeated by the Tigers 1-2 in the NCAA Women’s College World Series by a score of 2-1. This year, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez […]
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Former Bruin competes for US men’s bobsled team at Pyeongchang Olympics
Former Bruin track and field athlete Carlo Valdes competed for the United States Olympic team in the bobsled Friday at the Olympic Sliding Centre in the Pyeongchang Mountain Cluster. The four-man bobsled squad led by Justin Olsen finished 20th overall. They placed third out of the three bobsled teams that represented the USA in Pyeongchang. […]
UCLA softball’s Garcia pitches one-hitter game in win against Fordham
The unranked Fordham Rams put just a single runner on base against No. 4 UCLA on Thursday night. It has been years since the Bruins’ (6-0) last perfect game, and redshirt sophomore pitcher Rachel Garcia was one away from the feat. Down 4-0 in the bottom of the seventh and at its very last out, […]
Weekend in Preview: Softball commences 56-game season, swim and dive to face USC
SoftballNicholas Yekikian, assistant Sports editor UCLA softball’s 56-game campaign begins this weekend. The No. 4 Bruins will face four different opponents this weekend – none of whom are ranked. For its season opener Friday, UCLA plays Maryland and Middle Tennessee. Saturday features a doubleheader against Cal Poly and its last game of the weekend will […]
UCLA track and field navigates through changing ins and outs of long season
Track and field is one of the longest-running sports on the collegiate calendar, spanning from the middle of January to early June. The sport is broken up into two distinct seasons, however. And each comes with a particular set of features that athletes have to adapt to. The first of the two seasons, which starts […]
Battle of the Editors: Men’s basketball’s season-changing moments
16-0 run after Welsh’s injury in Cal game David Gottlieb, Sports editor “Things looked bad.” Those were the first three words in our story about the California game, and they were apt. Not only was UCLA down 27-16, but senior center Thomas Welsh had to exit the game with a left knee sprain. It was […]
New coaching staff helping to rebuild UCLA’s track and field program
I take it back. Last summer, UCLA track and field said goodbye to yet another superstar athlete – this time to rival USC. Hurdler Rai Benjamin was one of the most talented sprinters to have set foot on UCLA’s campus in a long time. He missed first place in the men’s 400-meter hurdle final by […]