On the biggest stage in collegiate baseball, it was a pair of former walk-ons who found themselves under the largest microscope for UCLA with a trip to the championship series of the College World Series at stake.

Rich Hill happily took his seat at his press conference with a smile and a sigh of relief after San Diego’s win over Cal Poly on Sunday.

UCLA junior starter Adam Plutko became the school’s all-time postseason wins leader Friday night, helping the Bruins advance to the winner’s bracket of their regional with a 5-3 win over the San Diego State Aztecs.

UCLA’s newly minted single-season saves leader suffered a scare on Tuesday night against UC Santa Barbara.

Sitting at the desk of his Jackie Robinson Stadium office following UCLA’s series-clinching win over Arizona last Saturday, an animated John Savage held a blue pen in his right hand and black-rimmed glasses in his left.

For UCLA’s juniors, including top pitchers Adam Plutko and Nick Vander Tuig, the weekend series against Arizona likely represented their last regular season series at Jackie Robinson Stadium, with most slated to leave for the draft.

When UCLA and Cal State Northridge faced off earlier this season, the Bruins took advantage of some Matador defense, posting a win at Northridge courtesy of six errors by the home team.

Every so often, there is just an overwhelming number of hot topics enveloping the UCLA sports scene. The end of the quarter represents a crossroads of sorts for fall and winter sports, so we’re opening the floor to basketball, football, soccer and water polo in this edition of the weekly showdown between DB Sports senior staff.

There’s a formula for getting to Omaha, and UCLA baseball coach John Savage knows it.

Last season, the UCLA women’s tennis team was awarded the No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament and proceeded to stroll through the tournament all the way to the title game before coming up short against No. 2 Florida. This time, it’s the men’s turn to try to top that.