Sports
Features, Sports, Women's Soccer
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September 18, 9:32 am
Kaila Novak inspires many with her joy, messages of body positivity on TikTok
Kaila Novak is just an ordinary teenager. That is, if you consider ordinary as being a Division I soccer player with more than a million followers on social media. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s soccer forward Kaila Novak is a Pac-12 All-Freshman team caliber player on the field, but the sophomore has also amassed more than one million followers on TikTok, using her platform to spread positivity. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Features, Men's Basketball, Sports, Women's Basketball
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September 18, 9:30 am
Jaquez family cements UCLA basketball dynasty with recent women’s basketball commit
When the Bruins graced the national stage last March, the name “Jaquez” was made known around the country. UCLA men’s basketball had an up-and-down regular season before Jaime Jaquez Jr. Read more...
Photo: Siblings Gabriela Jaquez (left) and Jaime Jaquez Jr. (right) will both potentially be Bruins in 2022. Gabriela is a class of 2022 recruit for UCLA women’s basketball, while Jaime is a junior with at least two years left of eligibility for UCLA men’s basketball. (Left to right: Courtesy of eliteisearned.com, Daily Bruin file photo)
Features, Sports, Swim & Dive
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September 18, 9:30 am
International diver makes waves for UCLA, returns home to pursue Olympic dreams
Even before becoming a Bruin, Maria Polyakova dreamed of competing on the Olympic stage. Seven years after coming to Westwood and pursuing an award-laden collegiate career, Polyakova finally accomplished her goal, competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a diver for the Russian Olympic Committee. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA diver Maria Polyakova spent five years with the Bruins before returning home to Russia to train for the Olympics. (Daily Bruin file photo. Photo illustration by Cat Nordstrom/Daily Bruin)
Football, Sports
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September 17, 5:34 pm
Scouting Report: UCLA vs. Fresno State
No. 13 UCLA football (2-0) has shot up in the national rankings in the early stages of the season, but Fresno State (2-1) – a team that gave No. Read more...
Men's Soccer, Sports
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September 17, 2:34 pm
UCLA men’s soccer defeats No. 23 Stanford for 1st time since 2013
For the first time since 2018, the Bruins have won their Pac-12 opener. UCLA men’s soccer (4-2, 1-0 Pac-12) defeated No. 23 Stanford (2-2-1, 0-1) by a score of 2-0 at Wallis Annenberg Stadium on Thursday night, the Bruins’ first win over the Cardinal since 2013. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Kevin Diaz scored his first goal of the season to help push UCLA men’s soccer past No. 23 Stanford for the first time in eight years. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin)
Sports, Women's Soccer
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September 17, 2:24 pm
Women’s soccer maintains shutout victory streak, prepares to face San Diego State
Mia Fishel earned a first in her homecoming. In her first collegiate start in her hometown, the San Diego native and junior forward for the Bruins notched her first brace of the season. Read more...
Photo: Making her return to her hometown of San Diego, junior forward Mia Fishel tallied her first brace of the season as No. 3 UCLA women’s soccer handled San Diego on Thursday night. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)