2017-18 IN REVIEW NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! The men’s water polo, gymnastics and beach volleyball teams each captured NCAA team titles during the 2017-18 school year.

Men’s Water Polo Outlasts USC, 7-5 Gymnastics Wins NCAA Title in Dramatic Fashion UCLA earned its third NCAA Championship in the last four seasons Peng-Peng Lee scored two perfect 10s to help UCLA secure the win Senior Alex Roelse and Matt Farmer each scored a game-high two goals to lead the Trailing two-time defending champion Oklahoma by .175 heading into the final men’s water polo team past USC, 7-5, to win the NCAA title on Sunday, Dec. 3, at rotation of the night, UCLA turned in a performance for the ages at the NCAA Women’s USC’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center. The victory helped land the 11th national title for Gymnastics Championships on Saturday, April 21. the men’s water polo program (and NCAA title No. 114 for the athletic department). Behind an NCAA Championship record score of 49.750 on balance beam, the Bruins Sophomore Alex Wolf played the entire game in the cage for the Bruins, recording 10 rallied to win the NCAA title, their seventh team championship, with an overall score saves and limiting the Trojans to just five goals (two on power plays). of 198.075, just 0.0375 ahead of the Sooners. The championship was decided on the event’s final routine, where senior Christine Peng-Peng Lee needed to score at least a With the contest tied, 5-5, early in the fourth quarter, Farmer scored the tie-breaking 9.975 to give UCLA the title. She scored a perfect 10 to secure the win. Prior to Lee’s goal with 6:05 to play. The Bruins led USC throughout the final quarter by a 6-5 performance, kept UCLA in it with an impressive 9.9875. margin. Both teams made several defensive stops down the stretch, but none proved more important than UCLA’s stop in the final seconds during a power play by USC. Competing in her final collegiate meet, Lee tallied two perfect 10s that evening, also With time winding down in the final minute, Wolf collected the ball from a teammate scoring one on the uneven bars, the second time during the season that she scored and noticed that USC goalkeeper McQuin Baron was out of the cage at the other end. two 10s in one meet. UCLA’s major comeback was keyed in rotation five by a season- Wolf scored on a long-range heave with just two seconds remaining in the game, high 49.6375 performance on uneven bars. UCLA counted four scores of 9.9 or better putting the Bruins ahead 7-5. – a 9.9 from JaNay Honest, a season-high 9.9375 from Madison Kocian, a 9.95 from Ross and a 10.0 from Lee. The big scores brought the Bruins just .175 behind the USC led the match 3-2 at halftime and had claimed a 2-1 cushion after the first first-place Sooners going into the final event. quarter. The Bruins trailed twice in the opening two quarters by two goals – 2-0 in the first quarter and 3-1 in the second frame. Consecutive scores midway through the Redshirt freshman Grace Glenn led off the final rotation with a monster score of match by Roelse (0:21, second quarter) and Farmer (3:33, third) tied the game, 3-3. 9.9375 on beam. A fall by the Bruins’ second competitor put some pressure on, but UCLA thrived under that pressure. Brielle Nguyen scored 9.875, and Katelyn Ohashi Max Irving, Roelse and Wolf earned first-team All-NCAA Tournament acclaim, while scored 9.950. Although Oklahoma finished up on uneven bars with a 49.5375, big Wolf was recognized as the tournament’s MVP. Farmer and freshman Nicolas Saveljic scores in the final two routines would put UCLA ahead. Ross turned in a 9.9875, secured second-team All-Tournament honors. receiving four perfect 10s, setting the stage for Lee’s 10.0 heroics.

Beach Volleyball Downs Florida State for NCAA Championship Top-seeded UCLA captured its first-ever NCAA of Molly McBain and Brooke Kuhlman would soon tie Championship in beach volleyball on Sunday, May 6, the dual up at 1-1 with a 21-15, 19-21, 15-12 defeat defeating fourth-seeded Florida State, 3-1, in the title of Elise Zappia and Mac May on court four. contest. The Bruins avenged an earlier loss to the UCLA’s top three courts came out determined in the Seminoles that had put UCLA in the elimination bracket. second flight, sweeping the first sets to put the Bruins Following the loss to Florida State in the - on the brink of history. UCLA’s Court 3 duo of Zana elimination tournament, the Bruins won their next Muno and Savvy Simo grabbed their opportunity with a four matches in two days to capture the athletic convincing win over Macy Jerger and Sara Putt, 21-19, department’s 116th NCAA team title. 21-9, to put the Bruins up 2-1 in the dual. Returning to the flight format used throughout the With both Courts 1 and 2 on match point, the duo of regular season, pairs 4 and 5 took to the sand first. Sarah Sponcil and Lily Justine played the part of hero. The Seminoles got off to a hot start, claiming each The second-court pair knocked off Katie Horton/Hailey first set. The Bruins would not go quietly, however, Luke of the Seminoles, 21-18, 21-19, setting off a as each tandem recovered to force a first-to-15 third storming of the court in celebration. set. UCLA’s No. 5 pair of Izzy Carey and Megan Muret UCLA won 35 of its final 36 matches, completing posted a dramatic 24-22 second-set victory and rode a historic season with a 40-4 overall record. The its newfound momentum to a 17-21, 24-22, 15-8 win Bruins’ 40 wins set a new NCAA single-season record, over Madison Fitzpatrick and Francesca Goncalves to eclipsing the mark of 38 established by USC in 2017. get the Bruins on the board first. The Florida State duo

3 2017-18 IN REVIEW Women’s Soccer, Men’s Volleyball Conclude Women’s Cruises Into Elite Eight Seasons With NCAA Runner-Up Finishes Bruins advanced to Elite Eight for first time since 1999. WOMEN’S SOCCER MEN’S VOLLEYBALL UCLA notched four straight postseason The Bruins won seven of their final wins against San Diego State, eight regular-season matches, picking Northwestern, Virginia and Princeton to up momentum as they cruised into the advance to the Women’s College Cup MPSF Tournament. After a second-place for the 10th time in program history. finish against BYU in the conference The Bruins edged Duke in the semifinal tournament, UCLA rolled past Harvard round with a 4-3 advantage in penalty in Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday, May 1, in kicks after playing to a scoreless draw. the NCAA Tournament’s first round. The UCLA received two penalty kick goals in Bruins avenged their loss to BYU with a the shootout from players who had not thrilling four-set victory in the semifinals played the entire game (Julia Hernandez of the NCAA Tournament on May 3. gave UCLA a 2-1 advantage, before Zoey Christian Hessenauer logged a team-high Goralski made the Bruins’ first penalty 14 kills against BYU. Long Beach State kick attempt). UCLA dropped a 3-2 edged UCLA in a five-set match in the For the third consecutive season, the UCLA women’s basketball team advanced to decision to Stanford in the title game. NCAA championship contest on May 5. the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. But for the first time since 1999, the Bruins punched their ticket to the tournament’s Elite Eight with an 84-75 win over Texas. Jordin Canada scored a game-high 22 points and dished eight assists against the Longhorns, while Monique Billings tallied 17 points and a team-leading eight rebounds. Kennedy Burke rounded out UCLA’s list of double-figure scorers versus Texas, totaling 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field. The Bruins led Texas by a 19-11 margin after the first quarter and claimed a 39-31 cushion at halftime. Texas chipped away at UCLA’s lead in the third quarter. A three-pointer by followed by three consecutive baskets by the Longhorns put Texas ahead, 40-39, with just over eight minutes to play in the quarter. The Bruins responded with a 17-4 scoring run and had built a 59-49 lead heading into the fourth period. UCLA’s first and second-round victories in the NCAA Tournament came against America and Creighton in Pauley Pavilion on March 17 and 19. The Bruins had previously reached the tournament’s Sweet 16 in 1999, 2016 and 2017. Both Canada and Billings were honored as WBCA Division I All-Region selections at season’s end, while seventh-year head coach Cori Close was named the United States Marine Corps/ WBCA Division I Region 5 Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons (she Hailie Mace Daenan Gyimah had previously earned that award in 2016).

Josh Rosen, Kolton Miller Headline UCLA’s Draft Selections Softball Advances to Women’s College Rosen became UCLA’s first quarterback to be selected among the top 10 in the draft World Series for Fourth Straight Season since Troy Aikman went No. 1 to the Dallas Cowboys in 1989. The Bruins’ softball program secured its fourth consecutive trip to UCLA’s pipeline to the professional ranks remained the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla. After strong in 2017-18, as football standouts Josh battling out of the elimination bracket during NCAA Regionals at Rosen and Kolton Miller were both selected within Easton Stadium, the Bruins won back-to-back games at home the first 15 picks of the 2018 NFL Draft. versus Arizona (May 24-25) to punch their ticket to Oklahoma City. Rosen, a 6-foot-4 quarterback from Manhattan Sophomore Rachel Garcia struck out 10 hitters in a complete-game Beach, Calif., was taken No. 10 by the Arizona four- effort versus Arizona in the second game of the NCAA Super Cardinals. Miller, a 6-foot-8 offensive lineman Regionals, as the Bruins tallied a 3-2 win over the 14th-ranked from Roseville, Calif., was selected No. 15 by Wildcats. Garcia, who was the the Oakland Raiders. Rosen became UCLA’s first Honda Sport Award winner for quarterback to be selected in the first round since softball and secured NFCA Cade McNown in 1999 (No. 12, Chicago Bears). Player of the Year accolades, He also became the highest-drafted quarterback finished the year with a 1.31 at UCLA since 1989, when Troy Aikman was the Josh Rosen (right) and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell average, a 29-4 No. 1 overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys. record and 315 in 208 innings. Linebacker Kenny Young was selected in the a talented roster that already features two of his fourth round by the Baltimore Ravens. Scott former college teammates (TJ Leaf, Ike Anigbogu) UCLA advanced to the Quessenberry (Los Angeles Chargers) and Jordan and recent UCLA graduate Darren Collison. Senior semifinals of the Women’s Lasley (Baltimore Ravens) rounded out the Bruins’ center Thomas Welsh was selected No. 58 overall College World Series with wins list of five draft picks, going in the fifth round. (second round) by the Denver Nuggets. against Florida State (7-4) and Florida (6-5) on consecutive Men’s basketball standout and first-team All- Women’s basketball seniors Jordin Canada and Monique Billings were both chosen within the first days. The Bruins overcame Pac-12 selection Aaron Holiday highlighted four-run deficits in each of the Bruins’ program at the 2018 NBA Draft in 15 picks of the 2018 WNBA Draft on Thursday, April 12. Canada was the No. 5 selection (first its victories against those Brooklyn, N.Y., the night of Thursday, June 21. two teams from the Sunshine Holiday, a 6-foot-1 guard from Chatsworth, Calif., round) by the Seattle Storm. Billings was taken No. 15 overall (second round) by the . State. was taken No. 23 by the Indiana Pacers, joining Rachel Garcia

4 2017-18 IN REVIEW BASEBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Overall Record: 38-21 Overall Record: 27-8 Pac-12 Record: 19-11 Pac-12 Record: 14-4 Pac-12 Finish: 4th Pac-12 Finish: t-3rd UCLA advanced to the postseason for the 10th time Final Ranking (AP/USA Today): No. 9/7 under head coach John Savage after consistently UCLA went 27-8 and reached the Sweet 16 of the ranking among the nation’s top 25 teams all season. NCAA Tournament for the third straight season and the The Bruins went 22-6 at home (Jackie Robinson Elite Eight for the first time since 1999. Senior Jordin Stadium), including an impressive 13-2 mark during Canada became the first woman in Pac-12 history to Pac-12 play. UCLA was led by All-America selection score 1,800 points and dish at least 700 assists. She Chase Strumpf along with All-Pac-12 Team honorees was the fifth pick in the WNBA Draft (Seattle Storm) after Jake Bird, Michael Toglia and Jeremy Ydens. The young finishing her career as UCLA’s No. 2 all-time scorer with squad also received contributions on the mound from 2,153 points. Canada also finished as the school’s and Freshman All-America selections Zach Pettway and the Pac-12’s all-time leader in assists (831), closing Holden Powell. Four players were selected in June’s her career as a three-time All-America selection and a Monique Billings, women’s basketball MLB Draft (Bird, Ydens, Daniel Amaral and Jon Olsen). three-time All-Pac-12 honoree. Senior Monique Billings was the No. 15 overall pick in the WNBA Draft (Atlanta of 30:34.36. Buoyed by No. 1 finisher Millen Trujillo MEN’S BASKETBALL Dream) after concluding her collegiate career ranking (25:01.5), the Bruins won the TMU Invitational (8K) on Overall Record: 21-12 ninth in scoring (1,761), second in rebounds (1,159) Sept. 30. On the women’s side, freshman standout Erika and first in blocked shots (228). Pac-12 Record: 11-7 Adler led UCLA in the 6K at the Pac-12 Championships Pac-12 Finish: t-4th and finished 22nd overall with a time of 19:31.5, while BEACH VOLLEYBALL Cassandra Durgy (20:07.9, 43rd), joined her in the top- Aaron Holiday and Thomas Welsh were key forces Overall Record: 40-4 50. Emily Scharmann and Erika Adler both placed top- behind the Bruins advancing to the NCAA Tournament Pac-12 Finish: 1st 10 at the season-opening George Kyte Classic to lead and the semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament. The the women to a season-best third place result. Bruins closed their regular-season schedule with a Final Ranking: No. 1 critical victory at USC (83-72), as Holiday registered 34 UCLA (40-4) won its first-ever NCAA title in beach FOOTBALL points in the Pac-12 victory. Holiday earned first-team volleyball in 2018. The 40 wins were a school and All-Pac-12 honors, becoming the first UCLA player to NCAA single-season record. UCLA also won a school- Overall Record: 6-7 lead the conference in scoring (20.3 ppg) since Reggie record 31 consecutive duals and won its first-ever Pac-12 Record: 4-5 Miller in 1985-86. Selected No. 23 in the first round of Pac-12 Championship, defeating defending champion Pac-12 South Division: 4th the 2018 NBA Draft, Holiday scored in double figures USC twice on the same day to win the title. The Bruins The Bruins finished the season with their first undefeated in 32 of the team’s 33 games. Both Holiday and Welsh beat the best all season long, with 33 of their 40 home record (6-0) since 2005, opening their campaign each moved past the 1,000 career-point plateau. The victories coming in wins over nationally-ranked teams. with a historic 45-44 win over Texas A&M on Sept. 7-foot Welsh concluded his four-year career ranking UCLA posted a 5-1 record against USC. Megan and 3. Facing a 44-10 deficit in the third quarter against No. 3 on UCLA’s all-time lists for rebounds and blocked Nicole McNamara were named AVCA Beach Volleyball the Aggies, the Bruins mounted the largest comeback shots and was drafted in the second round by the All-Americans, while Lily Justine and Sarah Sponcil in school history and the second largest in an NCAA Denver Nuggets (No. 58, overall). garnered honorable mention All-America acclaim. game. Quarterback Josh Rosen tallied all four of his touchdown strikes in the final quarter, during which the CROSS COUNTRY Bruins outscored the Aggies 28-0. Rosen completed Men’s Conference Finish: 3rd his junior season atop UCLA’s single-season passing Women’s Conference Finish: 8th yards list (3,756) and led the Pac-12 in passing yards per game (341.5). Wide receiver Darren Andrews also Men’s NCAA West Region Finish: 5th registered a conference-best 10 touchdown receptions. Women’s NCAA West Region Finish: 12th Linebacker Kenny Young earned first-team All-Pac-12 Men’s NCAA Championship Finish: 21st acclaim and was one of five Bruins, along with Rosen, Women’s NCAA Championship Finish: N/A to be selected in the 2018 NFL Draft. The men’s cross country team reached the NCAA Championships for the fifth time in the last six seasons, MEN’S GOLF racing to a 21st-place finish to cap off the first season Tournament Victories: 1 under new Director of Cross Country Avery Anderson Pac-12 Finish: 6th and assistant coach Devin Elizondo. Robert Brandt was Final Ranking: 24th the Bruins’ top individual finisher at NCAAs with a time UCLA posted its first team victory since 2015 at the Southwestern Invitational, capping a successful season which saw the squad record 10 top-four finishes, as well as a trip to the NCAA Championships. A pair of Bruins had the first individual wins of their careers, as freshman Devon Bling won the Jackrabbit Invitational and junior Phil Delisi claimed the TMU Spring Invitational. Junior Cole Madey, named to the PING All-West Region Team and the All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team, was the lone Bruin to advance to the final round of stroke play at the NCAAs. Madey led the Bruins in scoring average and had five Top 10s. Sophomore Hidetoshi Yoshihara earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors and Bling was recognized on the conference’s All-Freshman First Team. Aaron Holiday, men’s basketball Devon Bling, men’s golf

5 2017-18 IN REVIEW WOMEN’S GOLF Tournament Victories: 4 Pac-12 Finish: 1st Final Ranking: 2nd The Bruins defended their Pac-12 Championship, beating the field by 12 strokes to win their seventh league title. In addition, freshman Patty Tavatanakit defeated junior teammate Lilia Vu in a playoff to take home medalist honors. Tavatanakit became the sixth Bruin golfer to take home the Pac-12 individual title and the second in a row (Vu). As the No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament, UCLA won the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championships, its seventh victory of the year, which tied a single-season school record. The Bruins swept the major Pac-12 awards, with Vu being named Golfer of the Year, Tavatanakit as Freshman of the Year and head coach Carrie Forsyth earning league Coach of the Year accolades. Vu, who won four times during the season to give her a school-record eight for Jessie Fleming, women’s soccer Aaliyah Jordan, softball her career, was named PING WGCA Player of the Year. Tavatanakit, who also won four times (the most ever for ROWING SOFTBALL a UCLA first-year player), was named WGCA Freshman Pac-12 Finish: 6th Overall Record: 58-7 of the Year. The Bruins’ spring season featured several notable Pac-12 Record: 20-4 strong results at the two-day San Diego Crew Clasic Pac-12 Finish: 2nd GYMNASTICS in March. UCLA’s varsity eight and second varsity Final Ranking: No. 3 Overall Record: 22-2 eight crews posted third- and second-place finishes, The Bruins earned a fourth-straight trip to the Women’s Pac-12 Record: 5-1 respectively, while the second varsity four recorded College World Series and tied for the NCAA lead with 58 Pac-12 Finish: 1st a second-place finish in its Grand Final race. UCLA’s single-season wins. UCLA’s postseason run included a Final Ranking: No. 1 spring also included several victories against the likes comeback in the elimination bracket at Easton Stadium of Stanford and San Diego State (2V8+), Oregon State before advancing to NCAA Super Regionals. The Bruins The Bruins had an unforgettable 2018 season, winning (2V8+) and USC (V4+). Junior Saskia Budgett secured their seventh NCAA title in dramatic fashion, with a won back-to-back games against conference rival CRCA All-Conference acclaim and represented the Arizona in the Super Regionals, advancing to Oklahoma perfect 10 on balance beam by Honda Award winner Bruins on the year-end All-Pac-12 Team. Christine Peng-Peng Lee in the last routine of the meet. City and the Women’s College World Series. Once at Lee won the NCAA title on beam, and Katelyn Ohashi the WCWS, the Bruins staged two dramatic comeback tied for the floor exercise title with her viral Michael MEN’S SOCCER victories against Florida State and Florida to move to Jackson routine. UCLA lost just two competitions Overall Record: 7-10-1 the national semifinals for the first time since 2010. by a combined total of less than a quarter of a point Pac-12 Record: 4-6 Sophomore Rachel Garcia earned a plethora of awards, and finished the year unbeaten against their last 28 Pac-12 Finish: t-4th including the Honda Sport Award for Softball, the USA opponents. The Bruins swept through the postseason, Softball, NFCA and ESPNW National Player of the Year, The Bruins were led by All-Pac-12 first-team selections winning the Pac-12, NCAA Regional and NCAA first-team NFCA All-America acclaim and Pac-12 Brian Iloski and Erik Holt, while Anderson Asiedu was Championships. A school-record average of 7,756 fans Player of the Year honors. She was one of three Bruins named a second-team All-Pac-12 selection in 2017. attended home meets in Pauley Pavilion in 2018. to secure All-America honors. Freshman Aaliyah Jordan UCLA earned a thrilling overtime win over San Diego captured Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors (and was State, as all three Iloski brothers were credited on the a first-team all-league selection), while senior Kylee play with Eric Iloski netting the game-winning goal at Perez earned second-team All-America accolades. home. In January, Brian Iloski was selected in the third round of the MLS Draft by the Colorado Rapids. SWIMMING AND DIVING WOMEN’S SOCCER Overall Record: 5-5-1 Pac-12 Record: 2-4-1 Overall Record: 19-3-3 Conference Finish: 6th Pac-12 Record: 8-2-1 NCAA Championships Finish: 26th Pac-12 Finish: t-2nd Final Ranking: No. 2 Junior Eloise Belanger starred at the Pac-12 Championships, becoming the second UCLA diver to UCLA advanced to the NCAA Championship match win two titles at the same conference championship for the second time in five years under head coach meet. The Pac-12’s Diver of the Meet, Diver of the Amanda Cromwell, who earned her 300th career Year and Diving Coach of the Year awards stayed in coaching victory in 2017. The Bruins started the Westwood for a second consecutive year, as Belanger season by winning their first seven games and going and head diving coach Tom Stebbins garnered the unbeaten in their first 14 games. A 3-2 overtime win accolades. On the swimming side, senior Katie Grover over USC in front of a NCAA regular season record and junior Emma Schanz split four new individual crowd of 11,925 set the table for a deep postseason school records, while the quartet of Kenisha Liu, Grover, run. UCLA’s playoff run was highlighted by late game- Sarah Kaunitz and Amy Okada set a new top 200 free winning goals by Anika Rodriguez in both the second relay mark to achieve a series-first tie with crosstown and third rounds and a shootout victory over Duke in rival USC on Senior Day. UCLA also set a new record in the semifinals. Midfielder Jessie Fleming and forward the 800 free relay. Hailie Mace earned first-team All-America honors, and Fleming was a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy. Katelyn Ohashi, gymnastics

6 2017-18 IN REVIEW MEN’S TENNIS MEN’S VOLLEYBALL MEN’S WATER POLO Overall Record: 30-3 Overall Record: 26-8 Overall Record: 21-4 Pac-12 Record: 8-0 MPSF Record: 9-3 MPSF Record: 1-2 Pac-12 Finish: 1st MPSF Finish: 2nd MPSF Finish: 2nd Final Ranking: No. 3 Final Ranking: No. 2 Final Ranking: No. 1 The Bruins defeated USC in the quarterfinals of the The Bruins advanced to the title game of the NCAA The Bruins finished the season by winning the program’s NCAA Tournament, completing a four-match sweep Tournament, hosted in Pauley Pavilion, for the first time 11th NCAA title and the school’s 114th overall with a of their crosstown rivals. That victory also marked the since 2006. UCLA cruised past Harvard in its first- 7-5 victory at USC. UCLA finished the year with a 21-4 team’s 30th of the season, a first for a Bruins’ team round matchup before taking down BYU in four sets, record, culminating in its third NCAA title in four years. under head coach Billy Martin. UCLA claimed Pac- two nights later in the semifinals. The Bruins dropped a Adam Wright was named MPSF and ACWPC National 12 supremacy with the conference’s regular-season five-set match to Long Beach State in the championship Coach of the Year. Six Bruins secured All-America and tournament titles, while a number of players also contest. The Bruins’ semifinal victory over BYU had honors, with seniors Alex Roelse and Max Irving being achieved individual success. Senior Martin Redlicki sat avenged a loss to the Cougars two weeks prior in the named as first-team selections. Sophomore goalkeeper atop the Oracle/ITA singles rankings for a majority of title contest of the MPSF Tournament in Provo, Utah. Alex Wolf was named to the second team after being the campaign and teamed with Evan Zhu to capture the Head coach John Speraw secured national Coach of selected as MVP of the NCAA Tournament. Also chosen 13th NCAA doubles title in school history. The Bruins the Year acclaim from VolleyballMag.com/TallSlimTees, as a second team All-America selection was the Bruins’ swept the Pac-12’s end-of-year honors, as Redlicki after having secured milestone victories including win leading scorer, freshman Nicolas Saveljic. was named Singles Player of the Year and Redlicki-Zhu No. 100 (at UCLA) and career win No. 300. Junior took Doubles Team of the Year. Keegan Smith picked up Micah Ma’a and sophomore Daenan Gyimah secured WOMEN’S WATER POLO Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors and Martin was first-team AVCA All-America honors, while seniors Jake Overall Record: 23-8 tabbed the conference’s Coach of the Year. Arnitz, JT Hatch and Christian Hessenauer were named honorable mention selections. MPSF Record: 2-3 WOMEN’S TENNIS MPSF Finish: 4th Final Ranking: No. 4 Overall Record: 23-6 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Pac-12 Record: 9-1 Overall Record: 21-11 UCLA advanced to the semifinal round of the NCAA Pac-12 Finish: 2nd Pac-12 Record: 12-8 Tournament in head coach Adam Wright’s first season at the helm of the program. The Bruins’ 8-4 win Final Ranking: No. 10 Pac-12 Finish: T-5th over Pacific at USC secured their eighth consecutive Final Ranking: No. 14 Led by Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year Ena Shibahara, appearance in the national semifinals. Sophomore UCLA had a resurgent 2018 season, winning 13 of its The Bruins made a fourth-straight trip to NCAA Maddie Musselman secured ACWPC All-America final 15 matches of the campaign and reaching the Tournament’s regional semifinals in 2017. Three acclaim for the second time in her career. Senior Devin Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first time student-athletes secured AVCA All-America acclaim. Grab registered her second selection as a second-team since 2015. That run included 11 straight wins leading Sophomore Madeleine Gates earned second team All-American. UCLA also saw Bronte Halligan pick up up to the Pac-12 Tournament Final, eight of which honors, and senior Sarah Sponcil and junior Zana third-team honors while Carlee Kapana was named an came against ranked teams. Shibahara, sophomore Muno picked up honorable mention acclaim. Gates and honorable mention All-America selection. In total, 12 Jada Hart, and senior Terri Fleming each secured Sponcil also earned VolleyballMag.com All-American Bruins claimed ACWPC All-Academic honors. ITA All-America honors, with the latter two forming accolades and were both recognized on the AVCA one of the top doubles tandems in the country. Other Pacific South All-Region First Team. UCLA secured the standouts included freshman Abi Altick (team-high 30 No. 15 seed for the NCAA Tournament, thanks in part singles wins) and junior Alaina Miller, who went 18-1 in to winning three matches in a row to end the regular singles and 19-0 in doubles over her final 19 decisions. season, including a three-game sweep at USC, the fourth year in a row the Bruins won at Galen Center. TRACK AND FIELD Men’s Conference Finish: 9th Women’s Conference Finish: 6th M. NCAA Championship Finish: 66th W. NCAA Championship Finish: 14th The 2018 campaign marked UCLA’s first season under new Director of Track & Field Avery Anderson, a Bruin alum who returned to Westwood after 13 years in the same role at CSUN. Under his tutelage, the UCLA women finished 14th at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best result since 2007. Freshman Alyssa Wilson had an eye-opening debut season for UCLA, becoming the lone athlete nationwide to qualify for three individual events at NCAAs, scoring in both the hammer and shot put. Seniors Jessie Maduka ( jump, 13.65m) and Kendall Gustafson (heptathlon, 5800) each secured fourth-place finishes at NCAAs to cap their UCLA careers. On the men’s side, Robert Brandt (10K), Simon Litzell, Marian Spannowsky (javelin), and Justin Stafford (hammer) all qualified for NCAAs with UCLA all-time top-10 marks.

Martin Redlicki, men’s tennis

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