Michael Voepel Apr 14, 2026, 01:55 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women's college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The UCLA Bruins made history with six players taken in the WNBA draft on Monday, and two of them will be part of a rebuilding Washington Mystics team that earned our top grade. Center Lauren Betts (No. 4 pick) and forward Angela Dugalic (No. 9) will team up in the nation's capital after helping lead the Bruins to the NCAA championship on April 5. The Mystics missed the playoffs the past two seasons, going 16-28 in 2025 and 14-26 in 2024. They have not advanced past the first round of the postseason since winning the franchise's only title in 2019. But they got two lottery picks last year in guard Sonia Citron and forward Kiki Iriafen , both of whom were All-Stars as rookies, plus No. 6 Georgia Amoore , a point guard who sat out the season because of a knee injury.…