Freshman second baseman Aiden Aguayo stands with assistant coach Bryant Ward, talking about their scout. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It felt like déjà vu by the fourth fly.
UC San Diego walloped a quartet of home runs in the series finale – each one coming with the score tied or the Bruins ahead – resulting in the Tritons taking the lead.
Last year, the Bruins lost twice at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational in record-setting fashion.
Falling to then-No. 1 Stanford by a record-high 10-point margin – after losing the first half 9-2 – marked a tough moment for the program.
When the starting gun fired at the Tyson Invitational and Husky Classic, the line between collegiate and professional ranks all but disappeared.
UCLA track and field shared the track with world-class athletes and Olympic gold medalists over the weekend in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Seattle, Washington, offering a benchmark to assess where the Bruins stand against elite competition before returning to the collegiate stage.
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UCLA football coach Bob Chesney, former men’s basketball forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and three-time Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee were all at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday.
The No. 1 squad.
The No. 1-ranked player in the nation.
And number one of the season is officially in the books for him.
Junior shortstop Roch Cholowsky sent the first pitch he saw flying 388 feet deep to left-center field – his first home run of the season.
Capturing a team win after a nearly year-long drought can be a massive confidence booster for a squad.
But remaining focused and building on the momentum from a previous outing is a challenge that truly tests a team’s resolve.
No. 7 UCLA softball (6-1) will take on No. 3 Tennessee (7-0) and No. 6 Florida State (7-1) on Saturday after splitting its first two games at the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational in Florida.
Matadors are traditional Spanish-style bullfighters.
But tonight, the bull was too powerful to fend off.
No. 1 UCLA men’s volleyball (11-0, 3-0 MPSF) defeated No. 17 Cal State Northridge (7-4) in straight sets on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion.
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