It’s a long shot – a very, very long shot – but there is still a conceivable scenario in which UCLA baseball earns a spot in the NCAA Tournament. That scenario likely requires the Bruins to win all of their final seven games. If, in the weak landscape of West Coast collegiate baseball this year, […]
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UCLA track and field ends Pac-12 competition with personal bests
For yet another year, none of the Pac-12 track and field programs could keep pace with Oregon at the conference meet. The Ducks extended their conference reign to 10 years on the men’s side and 8 years on the women’s. The Bruin men finished third overall with 94.2 points while the women’s team finished fifth with 66.5. […]
UCLA women’s water polo falls to Stanford in NCAA semifinal match
The hopes to secure the 2016 NCAA women’s water polo title were gone in a total of 32 minutes Saturday afternoon at Spieker Aquatics Center. There were 52 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of UCLA’s NCAA semifinal game and the home team was looking at a three-goal deficit to Stanford. The back-and-forth battle throughout […]
Women’s water polo to go up against Tritons in NCAA quarterfinal
Since the inception of the NCAA championship for women’s water polo, the Bruins have played in the title match 10 times. In the 16 years of the tournament, only UCLA, USC and Stanford have ever taken home hardware. And it doesn’t look like this year will be any different. The Bruins (24-4, 5-1 Mountain Pacific […]
Beach volleyball twins are first all-freshman pair named All-Americans
UCLA beach volleyball came in third at the NCAA Tournament last weekend, but the future is bright with a pair of freshmen finishing their first season as All-Americans. Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara were named AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball All-Americans Wednesday. The twins are the first all-freshman pair to win the honor since the AVCA […]
Duke’s loss of men’s tennis standout Martin Redlicki is UCLA’s gain
It was arguably the biggest stage so far in Martin Redlicki’s life. He was serving at match point in the finals of the 2013 U.S. Open Junior Boys’ Doubles Championship, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, after a Cinderella run that included upsetting the No. 1 seed in the first round. Redlicki did not […]
Coach Joanna Hayes brings Olympic experience to UCLA track and field
Joanna Hayes’ hands shot up the moment she crossed the line – she could barely contain herself. She was finally an Olympic champion. Before becoming a gold medalist and Olympic record holder, Hayes endured a roller coaster of a career as a professional hurdler. Hayes qualified for a youth national championship meet held at UCLA’s […]