Wednesday, July 8

Women’s basketball’s recruiting class scores high marks in exhibition

The players were full of spirit, jumping up and down and high-fiving each other. Coach Cori Close was smiling. The cheers of anticipating fans, the rumble of the announcer, balls dribbling and swooshing through nets, the squeaks of shoes – these are the sounds of a highly anticipated season of UCLA women’s basketball on the brand-new court of Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore guard Nirra Fields was one of the returning players on a women’s basketball team that featured a blend of new and old talent. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)




UCLA women’s soccer keeps clean sheet in muddy Washington weekend

The original Starbucks and the Space Needle were among some of the landmarks that the UCLA women’s soccer team visited last weekend in Seattle. But there was one other thing that the city’s known for that managed to creep its way into the team’s agenda – rain. Read more...

Photo: Senior forward Kylie McCarthy said putting on studs for Sunday’s game against Washington prevented a rehash of their game against Washington State on Friday, where “mud was flying everywhere.” (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA men’s soccer puts up ‘disappointing’ performance in loss to Cal

There was one word that coach Jorge Salcedo repeatedly used to describe UCLA men’s soccer’s performance against No. 17 Cal on Sunday night: disappointing. “I mean, probably the most disappointing result of the year,” Salcedo said. Read more...

Photo: Freshman forward Seyi Adekoya was sidelined in the second half with an injury and was unable to play for the rest of the Sunday’s game, which ended in a 1-0 loss. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)