Sunday, October 18

Senior guard Norman Powell embraces new role as team leader

If UCLA football’s last two games are any indication of how its season will play out, then – for UCLA fans at least – a new hope is on the horizon. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Norman Powell, the only remaining starter from last year’s team, was interviewed by various media outlets during UCLA men’s basketball’s first media availability of the season. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)




UCLA football under heavy pressure after back-to-back losses

UCLA football has thrust itself into a tight situation, prickling at the Bruins from all sides. Off back-to-back losses, the pressure is on the Bruins to win the rest of their games, to salvage some of the fallen rubble of preseason expectations, to capture at the very least a Pac-12 South title. Read more...

Photo: After Saturday’s loss to Oregon, sophomore linebacker Myles Jack said that the media’s lofty preseason expectations for UCLA football did affect the team this year, making the Bruins feel as if they needed to deliver. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Women’s volleyball shifts focus from unfamiliar courts to upcoming games

For a UCLA women’s volleyball player, the moment she steps onto the wood at Pauley Pavilion for a home match, she finds herself surrounded by her own team’s colors on the walls and stands filled with cheering fans. Read more...

Photo: Junior defensive specialist Karly Drolson and the Bruins have been forced to play all of their home games this season at satellite locations, as the flood in July put UCLA’s two primary volleyball facilities – Pauley Pavilion and John Wooden Center – out of operation until later this year.


Women’s soccer exhibits offensive, defensive strength in 3-0 Cal win

For one half, it looked like Cal goalkeeper Emily Boyd was poised to be the player of the game. The one caveat to that award being that the No. Read more...

Photo: Abby Dahlkemper was dangerous on free kicks for UCLA on Monday. The senior defender forced two acrobatic saves from Cal goalkeeper Emily Boyd, the second of which led to a goal off the rebound by redshirt freshman defender Zoey Goralski. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)