No. 9 UCLA travels to No. 16 Arizona for its first Pac-12 game of the 2015 season. Both teams are 3-0 and are looking to continue their undefeated seasons. Read more...
Photo: UCLA, following its narrow victory over BYU, looks to continue its undefeated season against Arizona Saturday evening. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
No. 9 UCLA (3-0) faces its first true road test of the season on Saturday against No. 16 Arizona (3-0). It’s also the Bruins’ first Pac-12 road game since going undefeated on the road last season. Read more...
Photo: Arizona running back Nick Wilson (bottom) had one of his worst games of 2014 against UCLA’s 3-4 defense. The sophomore finished with over 1,300 rushing yards in 2014, but only had 18 yards on nine carries against the Bruins. (Daily Bruin file photo)
After its first loss of the season, the UCLA women’s volleyball team responded with an eight-game winning streak. After its second loss – a straight-set thumping at the hands of No. Read more...
Photo: Junior libero Taylor Formico (center) and the Bruins travel to Berkeley for a weekend matchup against California. UCLA is undefeated away from home with a 4-0 record on the road and a 4-0 mark at neutral sites in 2015. (Jose Ubeda/ Daily Bruin staff)
An ineffective attack strategy has left the UCLA women’s soccer team with four losses in the early portion of the 2015 season. The Bruins now encounter the start of a grueling schedule of Pac-12 play, and will face some of the toughest defenses in the league. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Kodi Lavrusky said that she thinks the UCLA women’s soccer team has a good chance to beat Oregon this weekend. The Ducks have not won a road game this season and they’ll be looking for their first in Westwood. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The men’s water polo team did a lot of things right at last weekend’s Kap7 NorCal Invitational. But coach Adam Wright has chosen to focus this week’s practices on one of the few things his team did wrong. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Spencer Farrar said that the men’s water polo team is trying to focus on its consistency rather than specific opponents. The Bruins face two unranked opponents this weekend: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Chapman. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
On the third defensive drive of UCLA’s season, the coaching staff decided to sub out all four starting linebackers. It could have been interpreted as the coaches sending a message to a group that had allowed a 10-play, 60-yard scoring drive to start the game. Read more...
Photo: Junior inside linebacker Jayon Brown said UCLA’s strategy of frequently rotating linebackers has helped him this season. Brown is not technically a starter, but has received significant playing time in the rotation system. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Speraw and the U.S. qualify for Rio 2016 The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team, led by head coach John Speraw, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by winning the FIVB World Cup this week. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Martin Redlicki, the No. 57 player in the country, lost to No. 27 Collin Altamirano in the second round of singles at the Costa Mesa Pro Classic Thursday. He is still in the tournament playing doubles with junior Mackie McDonald. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
