Their 0-2 record may suggest otherwise, but the Bruins have limited their mistakes so far this season. The start of the Chip Kelly era has been a slow one for UCLA football, highlighted by a last-minute home loss to Cincinnati and a road blowout to Oklahoma on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore defensive lineman Martin Andrus Jr. had five tackles as a reserve nose tackle in 2017. This year, he has had seven tackles through the first two games. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
NORMAN,Okla.— Baby steps. After playing in front of a sold-out crowd of over 85,000 people and entering as a 30.5-point underdog, freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson had a succinct assessment of his first career start. Read more...
Photo: UCLA freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson gave the Bruins a reason to be optimistic despite a 49-21 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. Thompson-Robinson threw for 254 yards and a touchdown. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Soccer Gabriel McCarthy, assistant Sports editor The Bruins had one more player named to national team rosters and another receive recognition. UCLA women’s soccer junior midfielder Jessie Fleming was named a 2017 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year in Ottawa, Canada this past week. Read more...
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Winning a national championship causes some teams to become complacent in the early parts of a new season. For the Bruins, that hasn’t been the case. Read more...
Photo: Freshman goalkeeper Danny Roland logged a combined 39 saves at the Princeton Invitational last weekend. The rookie from San Rafael, California, registered a season-high 13 saves in the UCLA men’s water polo win over Air Force. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Another clean sheet and another Mohammed Kamara goal led to another Bruin victory on the East Coast. UCLA men’s soccer (3-1-0) went on the road and took down a winless Maryland (0-2-2) squad Saturday morning. Read more...
Photo: Junior transfer forward Mohammed Kamara scored the game-winning goal in the 52nd minute Saturday morning, his team-leading fourth of the season. Kamara has scored in three of UCLA’s four games this year, and the Bruins have won all three of those games. (Isa Saalabi/Daily Bruin)
Two nights, two losses. No. 9 UCLA women’s volleyball (4-2) dropped two matches both in four sets against No. 22 Cal Poly (7-1) on Thursday and Friday, marking the Bruins’ first losses of the season and their first losses to the Mustangs since 1985. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore outside hitter Jenny Mosser recorded her fourth and fifth double-doubles in a row against Cal Poly, with 13 kills and 16 digs on Thursday and 14 kills and 11 digs on Friday. Despite her performance, the Bruins fell to the Mustangs in back-to-back matches. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Sept. 8 at 2:56 p.m. NORMAN, Okla.—The Bruins couldn’t stand up to the boom. While Oklahoma’s offense revved down the field like a sports car, true freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was bombarded left and right, and UCLA’s offense sputtered like a lemon. Read more...
Photo: UCLA failed to stop Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray for most of the game – he completed 19-of-33 passes for 306 yards and had five combined touchdowns Saturday. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin senior staff)
