UCLA gymnastics returns all four gymnasts who scored a perfect 10 last year, while also bringing in a star-studded freshman class. The No. 5 Bruins (1-0) enter the 2018 season as the favorite to win the Pac-12 title and took down the Ohio State Buckeyes (0-1) in their season opener. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Nia Dennis competed in all four events in UCLA’s home opener win over Ohio State. Dennis scored a 39.05 in the all-around. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA women’s basketball went 2-2 in its first week of Pac-12 play, good for fifth place in the conference standings, but the team’s improving on-court chemistry has left a sense of optimism moving forward. Read more...
Photo: Despite a 2-2 start to Pac-12 play, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close sees plenty of reasons to be optimistic. Her team posted back-to-back season highs in “passion plays” last week for the first time this year. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Coach Valorie Kondos Field was sick for the home opener, but the Bruins were still able to dominate the Buckeyes in their season opener. “We reminded them all about how we should do this for Val, and what Val loves more than anything is when people put themselves out there as big and as beautiful as they can and that inspires everyone around them,” said associate head coach Chris Waller. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Peng-Peng Lee posted the highest scores of the meet, with a 9.975 on bars and a 9.925 on beam in the Bruins’ home opener against Ohio State on Saturday. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA faced its third consecutive top-25 team and saw its 20-game Pac-12 home win streak snapped Sunday. After clinging to a one- or two-possession lead through the majority of the fourth quarter, a triple by Oregon guard Lexi Bando sealed the team’s late victory – UCLA never made a field goal in the game’s final three minutes. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Monique Billings led all scoring for UCLA over the weekend. Against Oregon State, she logged 19 points and was 8-of-12. She did even better Sunday, scoring 22 of the Bruins’ total points. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA men’s volleyball rolled through the Wooden Classic this weekend without dropping a single set. The No. 4 Bruins (3-0) took down the King University Tornado (1-2) in straight sets Friday, and swept the McKendree University Bearcats (0-4) the following night. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Jake Arnitz led the Bruins offensively both Friday and Saturday night. Arnitz was voted a preseason All-American, along with junior setter Micah Ma’a. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)
Berkeley, CALIFORNIA — Saturday was a tale of two zones for UCLA. The Bruins shot lights out from 3-point distance, making 17 of their 30 attempts, including 9-of-11 after halftime. Read more...
Photo: Junior guard Aaron Holiday left UCLA with 21 points in a 107-84 rout of California on Saturday afternoon. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Two games into Pac-12 play, the Bruins seemed to have put their free-throw woes behind them. Their struggles from the charity stripe were as bad as ever Thursday night, though, as UCLA men’s basketball (11-4, 2-1 Pac-12) coughed up a 13-point second-half lead before losing 107-99 in double overtime at Stanford (7-8, 1-1). Read more...
Photo: Aaron Holiday led the charge in multiple late-game runs for the Bruins, but the junior guard ultimately couldn’t carry UCLA to a win over Stanford. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
