Men’s basketballRyan Smith, assistant Sports editor On June 26, former UCLA guard Russell Westbrook was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player award after a historic year. Read more...
Photo: Russell Westbrook joins Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the third Bruin to be named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s water polo Michael Hull, assistant Sports editor The rankings released Wednesday made it official. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Maddie Musselman was named to her sixth MPSF Newcomer of the Week award Wednesday, breaking the all-time conference record for most Newcomer of the Week honors in a single season. She was previously tied with Stanford’s Jordan Raney, who in 2015 was named Newcomer of the Week five times. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin contributor)
The UCLA women’s volleyball season has come to an end. On the final installment of Out of System, volleyball beat writers Kelsey Angus and David Gottlieb delve into the Bruins’ last two NCAA Tournament matches, talk about highlights of the season and look ahead to the changes coach Michael Sealy will have to make in 2017. Read more...
UCLA women’s volleyball met – but could not exceed – expectations on its way to a round-of-eight finish in the NCAA Tournament. The return of UCLA’s entire offense, along with two new offensive standouts Kylie Miller and Torrey Van Winden, generated optimism among FloVolleyball and PrepVolleyball, who listed UCLA at sixth in their pre-season rankings. Read more...
Photo: Senior libero Taylor Formico and the UCLA women’s volleyball team made it to the round of eight this past season. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 10 at 9:48 p.m. In its first round of eight appearance since 2011, UCLA women’s volleyball took a 6-0 lead and looked like they were on their way to an upset. Read more...
Photo: Senior pin hitter Jordan Anderson led UCLA with 16 kills in her final match as a Bruin. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
If the 24-dig, 19-kill performance was any indication, junior pin hitter Reily Buechler didn’t want to go out in the third round for her third straight year. Read more...
Photo: Reily Buechler fell just one kill short of a 20-20 night in Friday’s win. The junior pin hitter will make her first round of 8 performance Saturday night. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins fought their way through the anxiety of the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. They now face the challenge that ended their season in each of the last two years: the round of 16. Read more...
Photo: Senior pin hitter Jordan Anderson said the Bruins ran very competitive short-court drills before their main practices this week to try to build confidence going into the round of 16. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
