Gerrit Cole, Rob Rasmussen, Trevor Bauer, Adam Plutko, Cody Poteet, James Kaprielian.
Coach John Savage’s three College World Series teams were anchored by future MLB pitchers.

This post was updated May 9 at 6:22 p.m.
Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl was named the Big Ten’s first ever Pitcher and Player of the Year on Friday. 
But the Bruins made the Cornhuskers’ two-way ace look mortal in Bittinger Stadium later that very same day. 
Despite Bahl’s 1.46 ERA entering the affair, No.

This post was updated May 2 at 12:00 a.m.
Men’s tennis
Chloe Agas, Daily Bruin staff
Billy Martin’s crew was once the underdog in an unfamiliar conference.

This post was updated April 28 at 1:25 p.m.
The once-2-6 Bruins found themselves in the belly of the beast with their first Big Ten conference title on the line.

It may not be Ojai, California – the longtime site of the Pac-12 tournament – but No. 2 seed UCLA men’s tennis (13-8, 11-2 Big Ten) will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for its inaugural Big Ten tournament.

This post was updated April 24 at 10:49 p.m.
Nico Iamaleava had his worst performance on the biggest stage last season.
In his first College Football Playoff appearance, Iamaleava completed just 14-of-31 passes for 104 yards, costing his team a trip to the Rose Bowl as eventual national champion Ohio State trampled Iamaleava and Tennessee 42-17.

No. 4 seed UCLA women’s tennis (15-7, 10-3 Big Ten) may have thought it had said its last goodbyes to Ojai, California, at 2024’s final Pac-12 tournament.

Men’s tennis
Kai Dizon, Assistant Sport editor
Ohayō Ohio and goodbye to Ojai.
After 72 years of competing in the Pac-12 Tournament at The Ojai Tennis Tournament’s Libbey Park in Ojai, California, No.

Josh Alger came in to shut the door in the Bruins’ 18-2 victory Feb. 15.
But it was probably unclear for many in the stands why sophomore catcher Blake Balsz gave the redshirt junior right-hander a long embrace – or why past and present Bruins flooded social media with words for Alger – after a routine relief appearance in an early-season blowout.

Prospect rankings are often meaningless.
They routinely fail to predict a 17-year-old’s skillset at 21 or the future impact they’ll have on a team.
UCLA baseball had Baseball America’s most premier 2021 recruiting class, ultimately winning 40 games that year before falling in the NCAA regionals.