Wednesday, July 8

After high school career in Hundley’s shadow, Perkins shines at UCLA

On UCLA’s opening play in its 40-37 win over Colorado this year, redshirt sophomore running back Paul Perkins took the hand-off from his own eight-yard line and sprinted down the left sideline and away from everyone, landing in the end zone 92-yards later. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore running back Paul Perkins shared a friendship with redshirt junior quarterback during their days together on the Arizona Cheetahs youth track team. Now the two share a backfield and 1415 yards. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


No. 1 men’s soccer draws the Card 2-2 after surrendering lead

What began as a showdown between two of the nation’s top teams quickly evolved into a duel between two freshmen. By the 77th minute, the score was: Stanford’s Corey Baird 2, UCLA’s Seyi Adekoya 2. Read more...

Photo: Freshman forward and reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week Seyi Adekoya (middle) scored both goals for No. 1 UCLA in its 2-2 draw against No. 8 Stanford on Thursday. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)



Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Arizona

Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score and give a short reasoning behind their predictions. To keep track of how far off each writer’s predictions are from reality, the “prediction differential” statistic shows the average difference between the writer’s predicted margin of victory and the actual margin of victory in each game. Read more...



UCLA women’s volleyball looks to best undefeated Washington in rematch

In its first match this month, the then-No. 20 UCLA women’s volleyball team traveled to Seattle, where it suffered a loss against undefeated then-No. 4 Washington. Read more...

Photo: Freshman outside hitter Reily Buechler said that the Bruins’ first meeting against Washington, a 3-2 loss, was a tough match, but the Bruins have grown stronger since that defeat. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Football scouting report: Arizona

Offense: QB Anu Solomon (No. 12, RS Freshman) UCLA has faced a deluge of dangerous quarterbacks the past three weeks. Oregon’s Marcus Mariota, Cal’s Jared Goff and Colorado’s Sefo Liufau all rank among the conference’s elite. Read more...

Photo: Arizona redshirt freshman quarterback Anu Solomon (right) is 12th in the country with 2,430 passing yards this season and tied for 13th in the country with 20 touchdown passes. (Cortesy of Rebecca Marie Sasnett/The Daily Wildcat)