Friday, August 21

In the news:

Olympic hopeful Sami Hill strengthens UCLA women’s water polo

Sami Hill never imagined she would play water polo for a program as prestigious as UCLA’s. Yet Hill – now a redshirt senior – has not only asserted herself as a team leader for UCLA, but also positioned herself as an Olympic hopeful. Read more...

Photo: Goalkeeper Sami Hill has patrolled the waters on the Hill – specifically, at Spieker Aquatics Center – for four of the past five years. During the one year Hill redshirted in 2012, she trained with the USA Women’s National Team. Now in her redshirt senior season, Hill has already broken UCLA’s career saves record and looks to forge an Olympic career afterwards. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Pac-12 men’s basketball power rankings: Feb. 3

After another week of Pac-12 basketball action, Daily Bruin Sports returns with its newest edition of Pac-12 power rankings. 1. No. 6 Arizona (20-2, 8-1) [Last week: 1] Arizona holds on to the top spot in the rankings in part due to Utah’s loss on the road to UCLA, but mostly for its two emphatic victories over Oregon and Oregon State. Read more...



UCLA alumni make $10M donation toward Wasserman Football Center

A pair of UCLA alumni donated $10 million to the planned Wasserman Football Center project, UCLA Athletics announced Monday. The donation, from philanthropists Jim and Carol Collins, comes a week after a $1 million donation from David Lund and his wife Marilyn Silva-Lund and pushes total cash donations from private citizens above $53 million for the project. Read more...




Men’s tennis suffers disappointing losses against ranked SEC opponents

The UCLA men’s tennis team went into the Southeastern Conference/Pac-12 Challenge this year trying to repeat history, only to come up short in both dual matches this past weekend. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Martin Redlicki and his sophomore doubles partner Mackenzie McDonald won their matchup with Georgia, but UCLA’s failure to command the other two doubles matches led to the team’s eventual defeat. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)