Friday, May 8

Women’s basketball forward makes triumphant homecoming in mountain matchups

This post was updated Jan. 14 at 12:58 p.m. The Bruins’ leading scorer made history in her return home. Aurora, Colorado, native and junior forward Michaela Onyenwere became the 23rd player in program history with 1000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 steals in her career. Read more...

Photo: No. 7 UCLA women’s basketball junior forward Michaela Onyenwere was named to the midseason top-25 list for the John R. Wooden Award, given to the most outstanding men’s and women’s collegiate basketball player each year. (Joy Hong/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Freshman swimmers dominate in UCLA’s victory over Washington State

The Bruins were victorious on the backs of multiple freshmen. UCLA swim and dive (7-0, 4-0 Pac-12) traveled north to Washington to face Washington State (3-5, 0-4) in the Bruins’ last away dual meet of the season. Read more...

Photo: UCLA swim and dive wrapped up its road dual meet schedule Saturday with a 145-109 victory over Washington State. With the win, the Bruins remain undefeated this season in dual meets. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)


Kyla Ross’ perfect 10 on bars leads gymnastics to home-opening victory

This post was updated Jan. 13 at 2:30 p.m. The Bruins’ first dual meet win of the decade, junior Kendal Poston’s first event win and senior Kyla Ross’ first perfect 10 of the season marked the team’s home opener. Read more...

Photo: Senior Kyla Ross recorded a perfect 10 on the uneven bars in No. 5 UCLA gymnastics’ home opener versus Boise State on Sunday. The 10 was Ross’s first career perfect score on the apparatus at home. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Men’s tennis returns from weekend tournament in La Quinta

The Bruins saw their last action before the season opener over the weekend. UCLA men’s tennis sent four players to La Quinta, California, to compete in the National Collegiate Tennis Classic from Friday through Sunday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s tennis will open its season at the Los Angeles Tennis Center facing off against BYU on Wednesday. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


Ain’t no mountain school high enough to keep women’s basketball from perfect record

The Bruins came away from their first Pac-12 road trip of the season with two victories, but not before some back-and-forth in the scoring column. No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior guard Japreece Dean’s 13 points in Sunday’s game against Colorado made her one of three players to score in double-digits for No. 8 UCLA women’s basketball. Junior forward Michaela Onyenwere and freshman guard Charisma Osborne round out the trio. (Joy Hong/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA track and field wins shot put with only one thrower cleared to compete

In what was supposed to be the opener for Bruin throwers, only one was able to take the field. UCLA track and field competed in the Northern Arizona Friday Night Duals in Flagstaff, Arizona, on Friday, in the first meet of the season. Read more...

Photo: Junior thrower Alyssa Wilson was the lone Bruin competing at the Northern Arizona Friday Night Duals. Wilson ended the night with a first and third place finish in women’s shot put and weight throw, respectively. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


UCLA men’s basketball surrenders home game to crosstown rival USC

There were a half-dozen Bruin legends in the building Saturday night, but this year’s team was unable to replicate their successors’ winning ways. UCLA men’s basketball (8-8, 1-2 Pac-12) lost 74-63 to USC (13-3, 2-1) at home on Saturday, making this the first time the Bruins fell to the Trojans at Pauley Pavilion since Jan. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s basketball lost to USC at Pauley Pavilion for the first time in over three years. Coach Mick Cronin’s squad fell to 1-2 in conference play with the loss, and he has now lost the first crosstown rivalry game of his career in Westwood. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)