Briefs

Baseball to take on Fullerton again

The UCLA baseball team will host No. 1 Cal State Fullerton
tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium at 6 p.m.

The Bruins (19-24, 5-7 Pac-10) have lost to the Titans (34-8,
8-1 Big West) twice already this season, including a 7-1 loss on
March 2, and a 13-2 loss on April 15. Both games were at
Fullerton.

Bryan Beck will start for UCLA. He has only started twice this
season but has a record of 1-1 and an ERA of 3.95.

CSU Fullerton will start Darric Merrell (3-0, 4.19) in what will
be his fifth start of the season.

The Bruins are coming off of a weekend where they won two out of
three games against No. 4 Arizona State and have had success
against ranked teams. UCLA is 6-7 against top-25 teams this season
but 0-8 in midweek games.

Safety Raymo switches to wide receiver

Yesterday, UCLA junior safety Jibril Raymo switched to wide
receiver and hopes to redshirt this coming year.

“I’ve thought about this for a long time, and
I’ve called coach Dorrell and told him I really want to do
this. It’s going to be a long process, but I have to keep my
eye on the prize because I know what the payoff can be.”

Currently, Raymo shares No. 23 with freshman wide receiver
Antwuan Smith.

“I don’t like that all,” Smith said.

Raymo will likely return to his high school No. 3, which was
last held by former-UCLA All-American and current-Philadelphia
Eagle Freddie Mitchell.

“I’d like to bring it back and represent that
number,” Raymo said.

Dorrell said Raymo looked decent at the position for his first
day. He and the staff will make a decision at the end of the week
whether or not to keep Raymo there.

“I’m all for it,” Moore. “He’s
big, fast and can catch.”