The name of the Bruins’ game is confidence. Following its 197.850 showing at the Wasatch Classic last weekend, No. 4 UCLA gymnastics is heading to Seattle to face Washington in the Bruins’ first dual meet of the season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Ciena Alipio competes on beam. Alipio and No. 4 UCLA gymnastics will travel to Seattle for their first dual meet of the season Saturday. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)
Even before tipoff, expletive chants against the Bruins rang from the Inferno student section. The night began with similar hostility on the hardwood, but in the form of physicality, as neither team was able to hit the 10-point mark until nine minutes into the game. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior guard Tyger Campbell dribbles the ball up the court. Campbell tied a season-high 22 points in No. 5 UCLA men’s basketball’s win over Arizona State on Thursday night. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)
Injected with youth, the Bruins are set to kick off dual-match play against a pair of familiar opponents. UCLA men’s tennis will compete in back-to-back matchups at home this weekend, facing Hawai’i on Friday and No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Patrick Zahraj of UCLA men’s tennis eyes the ball as he prepares to hit a backhand. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 19 at 5:46 p.m. Jaime Jaquez Jr. may be in the running for the Naismith and John R. Wooden awards by the season’s end, but he has already picked up a pair of internal honors. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. dribbles past USC guard Kobe Johnson. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
Two weeks into the season, the Bruins are seeing double. A pair of starting-caliber setters in junior Miles Partain and freshman Andrew Rowan, and two new assistant coaches – both with esteemed prior playing careers with the blue and gold. Read more...
Photo: Freshman setter Andrew Rowan sets the ball. Rowan, under the tutelage of assistant coach Brandon Taliaferro and junior setter Miles Partain, has been coming in at the end of sets to gain game-play experience for later in the season. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)
College sports teams are, by nature, fleeting. The Bruins are no different. Despite having around 80% retention from last year’s team, the UCLA women’s water polo team will likely behave as a uniquely new unit – mainly because of the loss of two-time Olympic gold medalist Maddie Musselman and the addition of seven freshmen. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student center Ava Johnson defends a player. Johnson collected 30 goals last season at a 56.6% clip. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 18 at 9:00 p.m. As atmospheric rivers drenched Westwood, the Bruins took to the desert to weather their strongest competition of the preseason. Read more...
Photo: Elise Wagle watches the ball connect with her racket during a serve. The sophomore for UCLA women’s tennis was active in competitive singles play for the first time in over seven months at the Freeman Memorial Championships. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
