Saturday, July 25

Women’s basketball falls to Washington, continues road losing streak

A one-hour power outage caused by heavy rain outside of the Alaska Airlines Arena did little to impair the No. 12 Washington Huskies’ offense as they dropped 12 3-pointers en route to their 82-70 win over the No. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward Monique Billings went for 10 of her team’s 15 first-quarter points, but it wasn’t enough to put off the Bruins’ eventual 82-70 loss. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)


Gymnastics scores win over Arkansas despite uneven performances

It looked like the perfect opening night. A sweep of the individual and all-around titles, an NCAA first when two Olympic gold medalists competed at Pauley Pavilion and a 195.700-195.350 win for No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Madison Kocian, along with her teammate freshman Kyla Ross, became the first Olympic gold medalists in history to compete in NCAA gymnastics. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)



UCLA men’s basketball leads Stanford 48-30 at halftime

There goes Lonzo Ball again. By now, it’s becoming routine to see the freshman guard helm the dynamic No. 4 UCLA offense. Against the Stanford Cardinal (8-7, 0-3 Pac-12), Ball’s dialed-in first-half performance along with a suffocating Bruin defense give the Bruins a 48-30 lead heading into halftime. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Lonzo Ball gets it done on both sides of the court with 15 points as well as three steals and a block in a dominant first-half performance against Stanford. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)



No. 2 UCLA drops road match to defending champion Ohio State

A series of blistering serves mere seconds into Saturday’s premier collegiate men’s volleyball match sent a clear message: The defending champion Ohio State Buckeyes are not to be underestimated. Read more...

Photo: Junior Jake Arnitz finished off the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge with only the 16 kills he notched in the Ohio State game. The 6-foot-7 outside hitter got the day off in the first game of the challenge against Penn State. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Gold medalists to lead UCLA gymnastics into 2017 season

Two Olympic gold medalists, a former USA national team member and multiple Level 10 standouts. That’s just part of the UCLA gymnastics freshmen class. The fourth-ranked defending Pac-12 champions, coming off a fifth-place finish at last year’s NCAA championship, will usher in their fresh talent beginning Saturday against No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Madison Preston, last year’s NCAA Regional vault co-champion, is one of UCLA’s several talented underclassmen. (Daily Bruin file photo)