NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Freshman Tony Lawson dribbles past Stanford’s Roger Levesque in No. 17 UCLA’s 1-0 overtime win over the top-ranked Cardinal. Duke 80 UCLA 52 New Mexico 75 UCLA 54 By Mayar Zokaei Daily Bruin Contributor It seemed fitting that the UCLA women’s basketball team was playing its first two games of the season at the University of New Mexico’s Bob King Court, referred to as “the Pit.” After the Bruins’ dismal performance during the weekend’s Women’s Sports Foundation Basketball Classic in New Mexico, it seems as though the Bruins are going to be stuck in a hole the size of one. Read more...

By Scott Schultz Daily Bruin Contributor The UCLA women’s swim team kicks off its Pac-10 schedule this weekend with a pair of dual meets at home. Read more...

By Rekha Rao Daily Bruin Contributor They play like a well-oiled machine, taking each quarter one at a time and beating their last 14 opponents. But this weekend, the UCLA men’s water polo team meets one of only two teams that has beaten them before. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY Senior McKinley Tennyson Jr. maneuvers the ball away from Washington opponents in a game earlier this season. By Brian Thompson Daily Bruin Reporter The season, along with the college careers of five seniors, could prematurely come to an end this weekend for the UCLA men’s soccer team. Read more...

By Dylan Hernandez Daily Bruin Senior Staff With only two teams from both the men’s and women’s contests automatically advancing to the NCAA Championships out of Saturday’s West Regional in Fresno, the UCLA cross country squads are well aware that they will likely run their last races of the season this weekend. Read more...

  Mayar Zokaei Zokaei is for real, and you can e-mail him at [email protected]. College basketball has barely started but Steve Lavin, you sir, are going to have a trying year. Read more...

By Jeff Agase Daily Bruin Contributor Business started Oct. 8 but was never finished. At Drake Stadium on Saturday, the UCLA women’s soccer team has a chance to take care of unfinished business when it takes on USC in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Read more...