Friday, July 17

Swim and dive have strong weekend at Texas and Georgia invitationals

The Bruins left Texas with not only personal bests, but a new school record. The No. 25 UCLA swim team (4-3, 1-2 Pac-12) competed against 11 other teams at the four-day Texas Invitational, which ended Saturday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA diving had two finishers in the top five in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform competitions at the Georgia Fall Invitational. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)




Bruin football to face Kansas State Wildcats at Cactus Bowl

The Bruins now know which bowl victory they’ll be chasing after. UCLA football (6-6) will play Kansas State (7-5) in the Cactus Bowl at Chase Field in Phoenix. Read more...

Photo: UCLA football earned a chance to go bowling by besting California with a score of 30-27 the Friday after Thanksgiving. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA women’s soccer defeated by Stanford in pursuit of 114th NCAA title

ORLANDO, Fla. – This weekend, the two most successful athletics programs in the country had opportunities to hoist their 114th trophy. And for the first time in history, Stanford surpassed UCLA to claim the top spot in overall NCAA championships for around six hours Sunday. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore midfielder Jessie Fleming took a penalty kick at the beginning of the second half to get the Bruins on the board. UCLA scored another goal to tie things up, but couldn’t overcome a third goal by Stanford. The Cardinal now leads the nation in national championships after claiming its 114th title Sunday. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)



Men’s water polo advances to NCAA final with 11-9 win over Pacific

The Bruins are returning to the NCAA title game. No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo (20-4, 1-2 MPSF) defeated No. 5 Pacific (21-6, 5-0 GCC) 11-9 in the NCAA semifinal on Saturday. Read more...

Photo: In his first career NCAA Tournament game, Freshman attacker Nicolas Saveljic posted a hat-trick for UCLA men’s water polo in its 11-9 victory over Pacific on Saturday. With the win, the Bruins advanced to the tournament final Sunday afternoon. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)