Before Sunday’s game, UCLA and Stanford had met twice in the past three years in the national championship game. Both times, the Cardinal had been the one to come out on top, but 2017 was lined up to be different. The Bruins had beaten the Cardinal twice this season, the last time completely shutting Stanford […]
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Men’s tennis takes down Army, Mississippi at NCAA Tournament
This weekend captured why UCLA men’s tennis coach Billy Martin believes in his team. One day before the start of the NCAA Tournament, the team announced that senior Gage Brymer, the Bruins’ No. 1 singles player who’s also ranked 28th in the country, would miss the rest of the season following an upper body medical […]
Error costs UCLA baseball game against Cal State Fullerton
This post was updated May 11 at 6:46 p.m. A ball made it through UCLA baseball’s third baseman Tuesday night, and it cost the Bruins the game. “We got what we wanted, kind of a rolled ground ball, and unfortunately we didn’t make the play.” said coach John Savage. “In a game like that, that’s […]
Baseball aims to improve RPI in road matchup with Cal State Fullerton
UCLA baseball is in the middle of a seven-game road stretch. But at this point in the season, that’s a good thing. “RPI-wise it’s what we want,” said coach John Savage. “We want to play on the road this time of year.” After a three-game road sweep of the USC Trojans over the weekend, the […]
Baseball shuts out USC to complete series sweep
UCLA baseball brought out the brooms against its crosstown rival Saturday. The Bruins tallied hit after hit, took advantage of the Trojans’ defensive blunders and didn’t commit any fielding errors despite the high winds blowing into Dedeaux Field. UCLA (24-20, 13-8 Pac-12) captured the series sweep against USC (19-25, 6-15) with a 13-0 victory in […]
Women’s water polo’s No. 1 seed holds weight in NCAA Tournament
One of the two most important collegiate water polo tournaments of the year – the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship – has come and gone, but the NCAA championship is just around the corner. For each, the No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo team (22-1, 6-0 MPSF) secured the one seed. Though there is little relation […]
UCLA baseball takes down USC 2-0, prepares for Friday matchup
A two-run homer and Griffin Canning were all UCLA baseball needed to beat USC at Dedeaux Field on Thursday night. The junior starter threw a season-high 134 pitches to put up a complete-game shutout, striking out 10 and scattering seven hits with one walk en route to the Bruins’ (22-20, 11-8 Pac-12) 2-0 victory over […]