Sunday, June 28

Nguyening: NCAA targeting rule is too ambiguously enforced

Last season, Anthony Barr laid a hit that was heard around the city – a sack so thunderous under the rain at the Rose Bowl it ended USC quarterback Matt Barkley’s college career. Read more...

Photo: Senior outside linebacker Anthony Barr registered his first sack against New Mexico State, and his strong hit on Aggie quarterback King Davis III came close to warranting a targeting penalty.


No. 1 UCLA water polo picks up three weekend wins

With just three seconds left in the fourth period of UCLA men’s water polo’s game against Princeton, redshirt freshman center Patrick Woepse scored the last goal to win the game at the Spieker Aquatics Center, and the crowd jumped on its feet, cheering and yelling. Read more...

Photo: Playing at Spieker Aquatics Center at night for the first time this season, senior defender Chris Wendt and the Bruins earned a 15-3 win over Princeton on Saturday.


Unranked Colorado defeats UCLA women’s volleyball

The UCLA women's volleyball team found itself on the wrong side of history Friday night. Leading 12-2 and within one set of leaving Boulder, Colo. with a victory, No. 11 UCLA looked as if it would finally put away unranked Colorado. However, as they had done all match, the Buffaloes answered the Bruins. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore libero Karly Drolson attributed UCLA volleyball’s loss to Colorado to a “funk” and said the team will need to return to the fundamentals in order to improve.


UCLA soccer kicks off Pac-12 action with a win at Arizona

UCLA women’s soccer concluded its nonconference schedule and kicked off Pac-12 action with a 2-1 win over the Arizona Wildcats in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday. Similar to their previous matches, the Bruins scored early in the game to take the lead, after sophomore forward Taylor Smith took a pass from junior defender Ally Courtnall to score her second goal of the season. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore forward Taylor Smith scored a goal before the five-minute mark and UCLA never gave up the lead in its 2-1 victory over Arizona.


Football’s offensive line continues to adjust to recent tweaks

UCLA’s offensive line has two players who have earned All-American distinctions. It also holds two of the offense’s three captain positions, one of whom, center Jacob Brendel, offensive line coach Adrian Klemm called “mature beyond his age.” Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Simon Goines will compete for playing time at right tackle with freshman Caleb Benenoch.


UCLA men’s tennis enters individual competition with high expectations

A summer after the NCAA championship match that saw the Bruins come a foot fault shy of the title, UCLA men’s tennis starts its season by sending six members to Tulsa, Okla., to compete in the ITA All-American Championships, which start this weekend. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s tennis coach believes Junior Marcos Giron is playing his best tennis right now and is a legitimate contender to win the upcoming ITA All American Championships.