After its first loss of the season, the UCLA women’s volleyball team responded with an eight-game winning streak. After its second loss – a straight-set thumping at the hands of No. Read more...
Photo: Junior libero Taylor Formico (center) and the Bruins travel to Berkeley for a weekend matchup against California. UCLA is undefeated away from home with a 4-0 record on the road and a 4-0 mark at neutral sites in 2015. (Jose Ubeda/ Daily Bruin staff)
An ineffective attack strategy has left the UCLA women’s soccer team with four losses in the early portion of the 2015 season. The Bruins now encounter the start of a grueling schedule of Pac-12 play, and will face some of the toughest defenses in the league. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Kodi Lavrusky said that she thinks the UCLA women’s soccer team has a good chance to beat Oregon this weekend. The Ducks have not won a road game this season and they’ll be looking for their first in Westwood. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The men’s water polo team did a lot of things right at last weekend’s Kap7 NorCal Invitational. But coach Adam Wright has chosen to focus this week’s practices on one of the few things his team did wrong. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Spencer Farrar said that the men’s water polo team is trying to focus on its consistency rather than specific opponents. The Bruins face two unranked opponents this weekend: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Chapman. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
On the third defensive drive of UCLA’s season, the coaching staff decided to sub out all four starting linebackers. It could have been interpreted as the coaches sending a message to a group that had allowed a 10-play, 60-yard scoring drive to start the game. Read more...
Photo: Junior inside linebacker Jayon Brown said UCLA’s strategy of frequently rotating linebackers has helped him this season. Brown is not technically a starter, but has received significant playing time in the rotation system. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Speraw and the U.S. qualify for Rio 2016 The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team, led by head coach John Speraw, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by winning the FIVB World Cup this week. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Martin Redlicki, the No. 57 player in the country, lost to No. 27 Collin Altamirano in the second round of singles at the Costa Mesa Pro Classic Thursday. He is still in the tournament playing doubles with junior Mackie McDonald. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Myles Jack’s meniscus was still intact when ESPN decided to send its College GameDay crew to this weekend’s game between UCLA and Arizona. But that meniscus tore this week, sidelining the junior linebacker for the season and robbing the No. Read more...
Photo: Junior linebacker Myles Jack tore his meniscus in practice this week, sidelining him for the rest of the 2015 campaign. The loss of the Bruin standout will force UCLA to adjust its defensive plans against a powerful Arizona offense. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins have made plenty of history this season, and they desperately want to put an end to it. The early-season free fall began when then-No. Read more...
Photo: Junior midfielder Felix Vobejda said that the Bruins are optimistic things will turn around after a rough start to the 2015 season. Unranked UCLA has lost four of its last five games, falling all the way from No. 1 in the country. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
