To put it kindly, UCLA men’s basketball hasn’t been great this year. Be it the seven-point first half against Kentucky, the blowout loss to Utah or this past week’s back-to-back losses to Oregon State and Oregon, UCLA has struggled to create positive headlines, particularly for these columns. Read more...
Photo: After UCLA’s loss to Oregon Sunday, senior guard Norman Powell said that the Bruins lacked energy, heart and toughness. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
With the fourth week of Pac-12 conference play in the books, Daily Bruin Sports gives an updated version of its Pac-12 power rankings. 1. No. 6 Arizona (18-2, 6-1) The Wildcats retain the top spot in our rankings after taking down Stanford and Cal on the road. Read more...
The women’s basketball team lost a key player over the weekend to a leg injury. Freshman guard Recee’ Caldwell landed awkwardly in practice Friday and heard three pops in her right knee. Read more...
Photo: Before Sunday’s game against Cal, freshman guard Recee’ Caldwell (right) received a plaque commemorating her contribution to the U.S. National U18 team that went undefeated in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship last summer. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
Jonah Bolden is finally taking the floor for UCLA, albeit the practice one. The freshman forward was certified to begin practicing with the team Monday. The four-star recruit will not be able to play in any game for the short-handed Bruins this season, as he is still ineligible following a NCAA ruling in September that deemed him a partial qualifier. Read more...
The UCLA men’s volleyball team took care of the visiting Princeton Tigers in three sets (25-18, 25-21, 25-21) on Sunday night in the John Wooden Center in a match that showed off the team’s youth. Read more...
Photo: Freshman setter Eric Matheis (left) notched a game-high 32 assists in No. 9 UCLA’s 3-0 sweep against Princeton. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
On a two-day, four-game stretch, exhaustion begins to set in and an athlete’s homesickness surfaces. However, whether a team is at home or on the road, the season progresses, and the team has to face the challenges that they’re presented with. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior goalkeeper Sami Hill ended the UCSB Winter Invitational with 747 career saves, breaking the previous UCLA record. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The two freshmen were embroiled in a battle. But once their match was over, UCLA’s Terri Fleming and Marshall University’s Marija Bogicevic went from trading tennis strokes to trading stories as they stood on the sidelines that skirt the edges of court five in the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Terri Fleming won her debut match against Marshall University’s Marija Bogicevic 6-0, 6-0 in No. 1 UCLA’s 4-0 season-opening victory. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
