There were plenty of narratives in play during Friday’s matchup between No. 1 UCLA and No. 9 University of North Carolina. It was a face off between the 2013 NCAA women’s soccer champions and their 2012 counterparts. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s top scorer senior midfielder Sam Mewis said her coach’s use of a basketball analogy to explain how to overcome USD’s man-marking defense was key to their 2-0 victory over the Toreros. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA men’s soccer team did not ease its way into the new season as most teams do by playing a couple unranked, lower-tier opponents. Instead, the Bruins stormed their way into the national spotlight this weekend by defeating two top-25 teams on the road in three days. Read more...
Photo: Senior midfielder Leo Stolz picked up right where he left off as the 2013 Pac-12 Player of the Year, scoring the deciding goal in UCLA’s second game of the season against North Carolina on Sunday. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
1) UCLA offensive line vs. Memphis pass rush It’s no secret that UCLA’s offensive line had a rough outing against Virginia on Saturday, surrendering five sacks and allowing many other rushers to collapse the pocket on redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley. Read more...
It wasn’t always pretty – in fact, it rarely was – but ultimately UCLA claimed its first win of the season over Virginia on Saturday, aided by a standout defensive performance that gave the Bruin offense an 18-point lead to work with. Read more...
Photo: On Saturday, UCLA’s best offense was produced by its defense – which scored three touchdowns. Junior cornerback Ishmael Adams (right) was one of the three Bruin defenders who scored as he returned an interception for a touchdown in the second quarter. (Courtesy of Emily Gorham/The Cavalier Daily)
CHARLOTTESVILE, Va. – Jim Mora could sense it. “Today, (Brett Hundley) was a different guy,” he said. Through the first three quarters against Virginia, UCLA’s offense, led by Hundley, looked as if it had skid far off the tracks. Read more...
Photo: Despite facing incessant pressure from the Virginia defensive front on Saturday, UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley stood strong. The redshirt junior was sacked five times, but successfully managed and maintained UCLA’s early lead for the entire game. (Courtesy of Emily Gorham / The Cavalier Daily)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Standing outside the locker room following his team’s 28-20 win at Virginia, coach Jim Mora watched his players walk in, the expressions on their faces a telling one. Read more...
Photo: The sight of redshirt junior quarterback Brett Hundley throwing with a Virginia defender in his face was a common one during Saturday’s game. UCLA was unable to produce a passing touchdown in the game, partly because of a Cavaliers pass rush that frequently laid waste to the Bruins’ injury-riddled offensive line. (Courtesy of Marshall Bronfin / The Cavalier Daily)
This post was updated on August 30 at 1:11 p.m. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Escape. That much would best be used to describe UCLA football’s closer-than-expected 28-20 win over Virginia in its season opener. Read more...
