Geography is not the only aspect of a crosstown rivalry. Southern California is a recruiting hotbed, and since UCLA and USC are the only Power Five programs in the area, they target many of the same players. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore safety Quentin Lake has two interceptions for UCLA football this season. Lake has tallied 62 tackles, one tackle for a loss and five pass deflections. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
Two tiebreakers ended the hopes of a Bruin championship. “It was a great experience,” said coach Stella Sampras Webster. UCLA women’s tennis sent five players to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships this past week in Arizona, registering two quarterfinal appearances in doubles and a quarterfinals appearance from freshman Elysia Bolton in singles. Read more...
Photo: Senior Ayan Broomfield paired up with senior Gabby Andrews at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships. The pair fell to Pepperdine’s No. 26 Ashley Lahey and Evgeniya Levashova in the quarterfinals on Friday afternoon. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
What would appear to be a normal weekend quickly took an unexpected turn for the Bruins. In UCLA swim and dive’s first split weekend of competition, the swimming team’s (3-0) Saturday morning meet against UC Santa Barbara (1-2) and UC San Diego (1-3) at Spieker Aquatics Center was abruptly cancelled due to poor air quality from the nearby fires in Malibu. Read more...
Photo: UCLA diving competed in the Trojan Diving Invitational this weekend while UCLA swim had its meets cancelled due to poor air quality. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 12 at 10:14 p.m. Everybody got in on the action in the Bruins’ home opener. UCLA women’s basketball (1-1) had four starters score in double digits in its 59-50 home-opening win over Rice (0-2) on Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior forward Lajahna Drummer went just 1-of-7 from the field, but finished with six points and eight rebounds. Drummer made her season debut after sitting out the exhibition and season opener with an undisclosed injury. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
Michael Sealy’s words underscored the Bruins’ disappointment Saturday night. “It was an embarrassment for the program, an embarrassment for the school, and I think every single one of us has some ownership in that,” the coach said. Read more...
Photo: Junior defensive specialist Savvy Simo recorded four digs in the Bruins’ match Saturday against Washington. UCLA fell to the Huskies in straight sets, marking its third consecutive loss. (Jocelyn Dao/Daily Bruin)
In what could have been the last race of the season, two runners stepped up, but it might not have been enough. UCLA cross country ran at the NCAA West Regionals on Friday, and redshirt junior Millen Trujillo and redshirt sophomore Lilly Schmidt both helped score for the men’s and women’s team, respectively, for the first time this season. Read more...
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A late surge by the Bruins wasn’t enough to get a win in their last regular season game. The Woolsey fire filled the skies over Uytengsu Aquatics Center with smoke Saturday and caused ash to fall into the pool as No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Jake Cavano registered his third goal before the second period was even over, logging a hat trick in UCLA men’s water polo’s 12-11 loss to No. 1 USC in the annual Crosstown Splashdown. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
