Saturday, August 22

In the news:



Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Washington

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...


Football scouting report: Washington

OFFENSE: RB Shaq Thompson (No. 7, Jr.) What sophomore linebacker Myles Jack brings to UCLA, Shaq Thompson brings even more to Washington. Although he’s a game-changing player on defense, Thompson has transitioned to a more expansive role on offense recently for the Huskies. Read more...


Men’s water polo focuses on redemption against Pacific

UCLA men’s water polo takes to the road again this weekend, facing a team similar stylistically to USC in a similarly unfamiliar environment when it takes on Pacific in Stockton, Calif. Read more...

Photo: Senior attacker Chris Fahlsing said that UCLA men’s water polo is not “really worrying about the opponents” as the regular season winds down. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Women’s soccer hopes to solidify Pac-12 dominance with USC win

If the UCLA women’s soccer team was hoping for a quiet end to its regular season, Friday’s game against USC might just be the antithesis of that. Read more...

Photo: Senior defender Megan Oyster said Friday’s game against USC at the L.A. Coliseum will give the Bruins a chance to clinch sole ownership of the Pac-12 championship, but at the same time it’ll give the team a chance to win against their crosstown rivals and “own L.A.” (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


No. 15 UCLA defeats No. 21 Colorado in straight-set sweep

It was all-too-familiar a score for the UCLA women’s volleyball team on Thursday night in Boulder, Colo. It was less than a week after the Bruins were handed a three-sets-to-none sweep at the hands of the Washington Huskies, and by the end of the second set, it appeared that this game would end in a very similar, one-sided manner. Read more...