This post was updated Nov. 9 at 2:41 p.m. Rivalries can linger well after the conflict’s heyday. This is especially true in light of recent collegiate conference shake-ups. Read more...
Photo: Senior Beril Bocekler swims through the pool during a meet. (Courtesy of Michigan Athletics)
This post was updated Nov. 7 at 12:45 a.m. When two teams meet again after a tie, there’s no precedent to lean on. Only 90 minutes to decide what the first match left unanswered. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior midfielder Emma Egizii prepares to kick the ball. Egizii scored the Bruins’ only regulation goal. (Tszshan Huang/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 7 at 12:34 a.m. When the Bruins opened the season with a 77-53 victory against 35.5-point underdogs San Diego State, coach Cori Close made it clear that she was not satisfied. “That is not the standard in which we have set for ourselves,” Close said after the matchup Monday. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Gabriela Jaquez shoots the ball from behind the 3-point line while a defender closes out on her. Jaquez started in 33 games and earned an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention selection from the media last season. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
Rings have multiple meanings. For some, they represent a promise. For others, a symbol of unity. But for the Bruins – a ring is the standard. Read more...
Photo: Junior midfielder Val Vargas kicks her leg in the air as the ball flies in front of her. (Tszshan Huang/Daily Bruin)
More than 13,000 spectators crowded Pauley Pavilion for the Bruins’ 13th and final regular season home game last season – a product of crosstown rivals, both top-five teams then, fighting for the Big Ten’s regular season crown. Read more...
Photo: Coach Cori Close talks to graduate student forward Angela Dugalić as she comes off the court. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Nov. 7 at 1:03 a.m. Hamlet explores human duality. Doppelgängers further emphasize this idea. And the Bruins have a doppelgänger. UCLA women’s volleyball (13-9, 7-5 Big Ten) boasts the numbers to warrant defensive praise and pass the eye test – the squad records the second-most digs per set and has limited opposing teams to the fourth-lowest hitting percentage in the Big Ten. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s volleyball walks toward the net. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
In many professional sports, middle-of-the-pack performances can feel uniquely frustrating for fans and players – too low for chances of postseason success but too high for enticing draft picks. Read more...
Photo: Senior Meghan Royal follows through on a swing. She finished in 26th at the Nanea Invitational. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
