With half of the 2021 season in the books, the Bruins have an opportunity to record their first Pac-12 conference win Saturday. UCLA men’s soccer (1-4-1, 0-3-1 Pac-12) will travel to Witter Rugby Field to face California (1-3-0) and kick off its final back-to-back road trip of the season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman defender Tommy Silva picked up an assist on the Bruins’ first goal of the campaign and will enter Saturday’s match with five starts in his debut season.(Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)
Kelli Hayes knew she wanted to do something different. In late 2017, when Hayes was a senior guard for UCLA women’s basketball, many teams across the nation were kneeling during the national anthem as a form of peaceful protest against racial inequality and other forms of social injustice. Read more...
Photo: (Nathan Koketsu/Daily Bruin)
A former UCLA men’s soccer coach was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday after accepting $200,000 to fraudulently help students gain admission to UCLA. As part of his sentence, Jorge Salcedo will also have to forfeit $200,000 and will undergo a year of supervised release, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. Read more...
Photo: Jorge Salcedo, who pleaded guilty to accepting $200,000 in bribes to fraudulently admit students to UCLA, will serve eight months in prison after receiving a sentence from a federal judge Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Denied a chance to compete last year, the Bruins will return to the conference championships this weekend. No. 13 UCLA gymnastics (6-2, 4-2 Pac-12) will travel to Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, to compete in the second session of the Pac-12 Championships on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: In his second year leading the program, coach Chris Waller said UCLA gymnastics needs to be more confident and gritty to find success at the Pac-12 Championships. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins are on to the semifinals. No. 4 seed UCLA men’s water polo (7-7, 5-5 MPSF) defeated No. 5 seed and Western Water Polo Association conference champion California Baptist University (7-5, 1-1 WWPA) on Thursday 19-14 to continue its season. Read more...
Photo: Junior attacker Jake Cavano had a career-high-tying performance scoring five goals without missing for UCLA men’s water polo in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. (Ellie Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
Women’s volleyball Bryan Palmero, Daily Bruin contributor The Bruins will have yet another chance to secure a winning season. No. 15 UCLA women’s volleyball (11-5) will face unranked rival USC (3-7) for a home-and-home doubleheader Friday and Sunday. Read more...
Photo: Coach Michael Sealy and No. 15 UCLA women’s volleyball will face off twice against USC with a chance to secure a winning record on the campaign. (Ella Barnes/Daily Bruin)
When the difference between the men’s and women’s NCAA tournament conditions became public, Cori Close was not surprised. “We’re not blown away by this, this is not a surprise – it’s just that it’s way more public to everybody else,” the UCLA women’s basketball coach said. Read more...
Photo: Like the men’s tournament, the entirety of the 2021 women’s NCAA tournament is being held in one place – San Antonio – but the conditions are not the same between the two “controlled environments.” (Courtesy of NCAA)
