Friday, May 15

Weekend in Preview: Men’s water polo prepares for Pacific, women’s volleyball faces Washington

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 12:04 p.m.   Cross Country Nicholas Yekikian, assistant Sports editor The No. 14 men’s cross country team has covered 40,000 meters to get to this point, and the women have raced across 25,000. Read more...

Photo: Cross country is the first UCLA team to end its postseason, and this weekend the top 10 men and women will be competing in Springfield, Oregon, against schools such as Colorado, Stanford and Arizona State. (Photo courtesy of Ricky Bassman)


Despite Washington’s recent troubles, UCLA cannot lower guard

Colin Samuel still believes UCLA has a chance to win the Pac-12. The Bruins (4-3, 2-2 Pac-12) don’t control their own destiny, but considering every team in the South Division already has one conference loss, the redshirt sophomore cornerback doesn’t rule anything out. Read more...

Photo: UCLA has gone 2-2 in conference play this season, good for fourth place in the Pac-12 South. That being said, redshirt sophomore cornerback Colin Samuel still thinks UCLA football has a shot at the conference – with just five games left in the regular season. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)


Women’s volleyball freshmen from Midwest making early impact

Two young volleyball players were ready to flee the cold, landlocked Midwest. Freshmen outside hitters Jenny Mosser and Mac May hail from Lakeville, Minnesota, and Dubuque, Iowa – both cities over 1800 miles away from Los Angeles. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Mac May led the state of Iowa with 6.8 kills per set and over 1700 kills during her high school career. May was considering the Nebraska volleyball program, but decided to come out to California so she could play both beach and indoor volleyball. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Scouting Report: UCLA at No. 12 Washington

Last week, UCLA improved to 2-2 in conference play after its win against Oregon – taking its overall record to 4-3. However, the Bruins face the No. Read more...

Photo: Junior quarterback Josh Rosen and the Bruins will take on the No. 12 Washington Huskies, led by quarterback Jake Browning, who had a strong season last year. Browning has completed 69 percent of his passes this season so far. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


Men’s soccer gets ready for last two home games of the season

One more ride on the conference rollercoaster. In the first round of conference play, UCLA men’s soccer (6-6-1, 3-2-0 Pac-12) dropped the first two games and took home slim wins in the final three – the team even pulled off an upset. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior Brian Iloski will be playing in his final homestand Sunday against No. 23 Washington, but before that he and the rest of the Bruins will have to face the Beavers on Thursday. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)


Backup wide receiver becomes tight end to replace injured players

Alex Van Dyke wanted an opportunity to get more time on the field. So when the opportunity arose, he took it. “I realized that our tight ends were going down and I wanted to help out the team,” Van Dyke said. Read more...

Photo: Alex Van Dyke had seen some time playing with special teams this season, but the senior recently made the switch to tight end – a position group that has been struggling to stay healthy so far. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


No. 6 UCLA women’s soccer gets ready to take on No. 1 Stanford

The Bruins will get a chance to play the top-ranked team in the NCAA this week. Although the No. 1 Stanford Cardinal have led the nation this season both offensively and defensively, coach Amanda Cromwell said the two teams share several similarities. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore defender Kaiya McCullough and the Bruins take on top-ranked the Cardinal on Thursday. Stanford is currently riding a 13-game winning streak, with their most recent loss taking place in August. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)