Wednesday, April 29

UCLA women’s track and field solo entries set personal bests

Traveling across multiple states for a track meet poses challenges in itself, but two Bruin athletes dealt with a different dimension of competition last weekend. UCLA track and field sent sophomore Sydney Johnson and redshirt sophomore Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck to the Washington State Open and New Mexico Collegiate Classic, respectively, as solo entries – a significant shift from their recent two meets that featured several of their Bruin counterparts. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck hurdles ahead of the competition. The Cal State Northridge transfer has placed first in her first four individual races representing the blue and gold. (Courtesy of Benjamin Kirk)


UCLA men’s volleyball has been ‘training all year’ for Long Beach State faceoff

For the first time in 2023, the Bruins will take on the team that sent them home a season ago. As No. 4 UCLA men’s volleyball (9-1) returns from its East Coast road trip, it stares down a pair of matchups against No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior middle blocker Merrick McHenry lines up with his team after last year’s matchup against Long Beach State. The Bruins enter the Thursday matchup looking for vengeance against the squad that knocked them out of the NCAA tournament in 2022. (Patrick Shao/Daily Bruin)


Charisma Osborne breaks into top 15 of UCLA’s all-time scorers list

Last weekend, senior guard Charisma Osborne emerged from an offensive slump and fittingly moved up the UCLA all-time scoring ranks. No. 18 UCLA women’s basketball’s leading scorer was stagnant at three or fewer made field goals for five consecutive games before an offensive surge in Pauley Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Read more...

Photo: Senior guard Charisma Osborne wards off Arizona defender Cate Reese. Osborne scored 23 points in the Bruins’ matchup against Arizona State, contributing to her 1,590 career points. (Amelie Ionescu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Amari Bailey’s resurgence comes just in time for Oregon road trip

Another Pacific Northwest trip awaits the Bruins. This time, though, Amari Bailey is back in the fold. No. 7 UCLA men’s basketball (19-4, 10-2 Pac-12) will travel north to take on Oregon State (9-15, 3-10) in Corvallis on Thursday and Oregon (14-10, 8-5) in Eugene on Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Amari Bailey puts up a shot in a game against Oregon on Dec. 4. Bailey and No. 7 UCLA men’s basketball will head to Oregon for a two-game road trip Thursday and Saturday. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)



Unique training techniques help UCLA gymnastics find success in Utah

This post was updated Feb. 7 at 9:01 p.m. KIDZ BOP, Now That’s What I Call Music!, Disney songs and the Chicken Dance. The Bruins attempted a new strategy before boarding the plane to the Beehive state. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Selena Harris smiles during a beam routine. Harris and UCLA gymnastics moved up from 20th in the country on beam to 13th after a season-high 49.575 on the event in their latest meet. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)


With 3-pointer prowess, UCLA women’s basketball nets win over Arizona State

This post was updated Feb. 5 at 10:37 p.m. Sunday was all about the number three for the Bruins. Coming into the game on a three-game losing streak, UCLA relied on 3-point shooting and three primary scorers to get back in the win column. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Londynn Jones eyes the basket as she drives the lane. Jones notched her second-straight 20-point performance on Sunday evening, accounting for nearly half of the Bruins’ 42 bench points. (Grace Wilson/Daily Bruin)