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Weekend in Preview: Jan. 17

Men’s tennis Nico Edgar, Daily Bruin contributor The Bruins will aim to keep their momentum going. After taking all seven points in its home opener against Brigham Young on Wednesday, UCLA men’s tennis will head to the Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Thousand Oaks, California, with match play spanning from Friday to Sunday. Read more...

Photo: (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


UCLA women’s soccer sees 3 players selected in 2020 NWSL college draft

Pac-12 women’s soccer will be well represented at the next level. The top four picks in the National Women’s Soccer League College Draft on Thursday morning all hailed from the Pac-12, one of which was junior forward Ashley Sanchez of UCLA women’s soccer. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward Ashley Sanchez was a 2018 All-American for UCLA women’s soccer and set the program record for most career assists with 42. She has chosen to give up her last season as a Bruin in order to play professionally. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin staff)


With dual match season starting, women’s tennis seeks strong doubles pairing

As the dual match season looms, the Bruins will need to shuffle their doubles lineup. After losing three seniors to graduation – Gabby Andrews, Ayan Broomfield and Alaina Miller – UCLA women’s tennis will be without frequent faces from last seasons’ doubles lineup. Read more...

Photo: Junior Abi Altick logged a 20-4 doubles dual match record for UCLA women’s tennis in the 2019 season. Altick and her partner sophomore Taylor Johnson won two matches at the Pink Flamingo Invitational this weekend. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin staff)


No. 11 men’s tennis starts season strong with sweep of BYU

The Bruins brought out the broomsticks in their season opener. No. 11 UCLA men’s tennis (1-0) emerged victorious in a 7-0 sweep Wednesday over BYU (0-1) in the season opener at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

Photo: Junior Connor Hance missed all of the 2019 dual-match season with a foot injury, but clinched UCLA men’s tennis’ 7-0 win over BYU in the Bruins’ 2020 home opener. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


New WNBA agreement to provide players with increased salaries, more benefits

This post was updated Jan. 16 at 11:16 a.m. When Cori Close graduated from college in 1993, the WNBA didn’t even exist. The then-UC Santa Barbara guard and now-UCLA women’s basketball coach would have had no choice but to go overseas if she had wanted to pursue a professional basketball career. Read more...

Photo: No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball has opened its season 16-0 – the best start in program history. Multiple Bruins past and present have links to the WNBA, which approved a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Tuesday, improving player salaries and benefits. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s basketball falls to first-place Cardinal in third consecutive loss

This post was updated Jan 15. at 11:03 p.m. The Bruins traded blows with the first-place Cardinal, but ultimately didn’t have enough to hand them their first conference loss of the season. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore forward/center Jalen Hill posted his first double-double since Dec. 1, putting up 14 points and 12 rebounds against Stanford on Wednesday. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s basketball trails just behind Stanford at halftime despite early deficit

The Bruins are giving the first-place Cardinal all they can handle. UCLA men’s basketball (8-8, 1-2 Pac-12) trails Stanford (14-2, 3-0) 33-31 at halftime from Pauley Pavilion after the two teams went back and forth trading runs. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. led UCLA men’s basketball with nine points on 80% shooting from the field in the first half against Stanford on Wednesday. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)