For the first time since 2018, the Bruins will play their crosstown rivals in back-to-back games. But that’s not the only unique part of this year’s set of matchups against the Trojans. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student forward IImar’I Thomas posts up against Washington center Darcy Rees during UCLA women’s basketball’s win Friday. Thomas will be playing in her first two crosstown rivalry games as a Bruin this week. (Joseph Jimenez/Daily Bruin)
In their last three home games, the Bruins exited the locker room in the bowels of a nearly empty Pauley Pavilion and strode through the tunnel toward the court. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Jules Bernard drives to the hoop in No. 9 UCLA men’s basketball’s win over Cal State Bakersfield on Nov. 9. Bernard and the Bruins will travel to the mountains to take on Utah and Colorado on Thursday and Saturday, respectively. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)
Entering last week, the Bruins hadn’t scored fewer than 10 points in a quarter all season. Then, they followed up a season-low, seven first-quarter points Friday against Washington with eight Sunday against Washington State. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s basketball junior guard Charisma Osborne shoots over the outstretched hands of Washington State guard Grace Sarver during the two teams’ matchup Sunday. Osborne’s game-high 25 points helped propel the Bruins to a win. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff)
Despite putting up their lowest score in nearly seven years, the Bruins remain optimistic, according to sophomore Chae Campbell. “Once we show what we’ve been working on in the gym, we’re going to be unstoppable,” Campbell said. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Chae Campbell competes on floor during the 2021 season. UCLA gymnastics opened its 2022 campaign Monday by posting its lowest score in nearly seven years. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The stage was set, and the games were about to commence. Then COVID-19 forced a pause for the third season in a row. No. 2 UCLA men’s volleyball (1-0) was slated to open its season at the UC Santa Barbara Asics Invitational on Jan. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior opposite Kevin Kobrine goes up to spike against UC Santa Barbara in the SAC Tournament in November. Kobrine finished with a team-high 11 kills in UCLA men’s volleyball’s sweep over Princeton on Saturday. (Jenny Xu/Daily Bruin)
In their first indoor competition in almost a year, the Bruins were able to compile event victories and set new records. UCLA track and field traveled to Spokane, Washington, to compete in the Cougar Classic on Friday and Saturday, its first indoor team competition of the year after participating in one such event in the entirety of last season. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) UCLA track and field junior sprinters Catherine Leger, Makenzy Pierre-Webster, Maddy Doane and Myles Misener-Daley pose for a photo following their first indoor competition of the season Jan. 15. All four athletes broke previous facility records at The Podium in Spokane, Washington.(Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
Having taken the fall off to compete professionally, Elysia Bolton had not played an amateur match since May. Then, over a three-day collegiate invitational, the senior reunited with a hometown friend to help her pick up more match wins than any other player on their team. Read more...
Photo: Senior Elysia Bolton hits the ball during a match. Bolton recorded four wins over the weekend at the Freeman Memorial Championships in her first matches back with UCLA women’s tennis since May. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin staff)
