With the Pac-12 season in full swing, No. 24 UCLA men’s soccer (7-4-1, 3-2-0 Pac-12) will face Cal (4-6-2, 0-4-1 Pac-12) for the second time after the Bruins defeated the Bears 4-3 a week ago in Berkeley. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman forward Blayne Martinez scored the game-winning goal against Cal last week with two seconds left in regulation. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. Men’s Water PoloMichael Hull, assistant Sports editor The last time No. Read more...
Photo: USC water polo coach Jovan Vavic holds the record for most team titles of any USC head coach in history with 14 national championships. Vavic enters his 22nd season at the helm of the Trojan’s water polo program and has guided the team to a 15-1 start and a number three ranking this year. (Creative Commons photo by Kevin Tsukii/Neon Tommy via Flickr)
Quarterbacks: B Josh who? No, Mike Fafaul wasn’t quite that good, but the redshirt senior did as well as anyone could have expected in his first career start, throwing three touchdowns in the second half and keeping the Bruins in the game even as the rushing attack continued to falter. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore running back Soso Jamabo recorded the longest run of the game for the Bruins versus Washington State – a 12 yard gain early in the fourth quarter. UCLA’s rushing attack struggled once again, averaging less than two yards per carry. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
Run game aside, quarterback aside, losses aside – this week was all about finishing. Four games have come down to the final possession for UCLA (3-4, 1-3 Pac-12), including last week’s 27-21 loss to Washington State, but the Bruins haven’t been able to capitalize, losing all four games en route to their worst start under coach Jim Mora. Read more...
Photo: (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor
There’s somewhat of an iron grip on the North. Of all the blue-chip recruits on current Big Four rosters that come out of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, two-thirds of them go to Cal or Stanford. Read more...
Photo: Not many players from Northern California make their way south to one of the two Big Four schools in Los Angeles, but senior attacker Patrick Fellner did four years ago, and he’s now UCLA’s top scorer. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo Editor)
Out with the old and in with the new. Last season, the Bruins’ goalkeeper situation was in constant flux. But this year, they had seemed to find some consistency in the play of redshirt senior Juan Cervantes. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior goalkeeper Juan Cervantes was replaced in the starting lineup following the Bruins’ 4-0 loss to then-No. 16 Washington. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A look down the Bruins’ football roster reveals a clear lack of distinct positions when it comes to the personnel listed on UCLA’s secondary. That may not necessarily represent just an ambiguity, but rather the potential versatility defensive backs coach Demetrice Martin sees in his corps. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Randall Goforth began the season starting at safety, but moved to corner before the Arizona State game. He also lined up as a return man on kickoffs and punts. (Michael Zshornack/Assistant Photo editor)
