This post was updated April 16 at 8:31 p.m.
Kirk Walker was intentional when choosing Friday’s series opener against California as the date for UCLA softball’s Pride Game.

This post was updated April 9 at 9:54 p.m.
UCLA women’s water polo won its last national championship 15 years ago.
For 15 years, Stanford and USC have traded titles as UCLA has fallen short of that elusive final victory.

The Bruins won the series but lost their first game to the Beavers since 2017.
No. 12 UCLA softball (22-9, 8-3 Pac-12) picked up a 1-0 loss at Oregon State (16-21, 4-8) on Sunday following 6-1 and 5-2 wins Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Beach volleyball
Sabrina Baker, Daily Bruin staff
Rainy weather looms over the Bruins’ Pacific Northwest trip.
No. 1 UCLA beach volleyball (19-4, 1-0 Pac-12) will travel to Alki Beach in Seattle to compete in the Pac-12 North Invitational from Friday to Saturday, where rainy conditions are predicted.

The Bruins were undefeated through 16 games until Saturday.
“First loss of the season, how does it feel,” joked Jenna Hurst.
But Hurst wasn’t some ordinary water polo player.

This post was updated Feb. 29 at 10:59 p.m.
Softball
Felicia Keller, assistant Sports editor
The Bruins will take on their final tournament of the regular season in Fullerton.

Late-inning runs – particularly in a seventh-inning comeback – proved to be the difference for the Bruins on their first two-win day of the season.
“We call them Dirty Dubs – whatever it takes to win,” said coach Kelly Inouye-Perez.

Men’s golfConnor Dullinger, Daily Bruin contributor
The Bruins will be heading across the Pacific Ocean.
UCLA men’s golf is traveling to Waimea, Hawaii for a three-day tournament, in which it will compete at the 33rd annual Amer Ari Invitational at the Mauna Lani Golf Course.

The number 121 echoes with significance in Westwood.
It’s tied to the tireless work of Bruin players and coaches alike.
But on the periphery of the spotlight lies a dimmer constituent, the ones anchoring UCLA’s winning engine – athletic trainers.

UCLA Athletics has produced 410 Olympic athletes in addition to coaches and other various staff. The 2020 Olympics had Bruins pick up 16 medals, adding to an overall count of 136 gold, 71 silver and 63 bronze medals.