Wednesday, May 6

Women’s volleyball brings Cougars, Huskies into home territory for rematches

It’s deja vu for the Bruins. No. 21 UCLA women’s volleyball (12-9, 7-7 Pac-12) will play No. 19 Washington State (18-6, 9-5) and No. 25 Washington (15-9, 7-7) on Thursday and Saturday, respectively, for the second time this season at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Photo: Junior middle blocker Madeleine Gates leads the Bruins on the year with 84 total blocks and is third for UCLA in total kills with 182. Gates and the Bruins will face Washington State and Washington this week for the second time this season. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)


Men’s soccer to bid farewell to seniors in final home game against San Diego State

For the Bruins’ final home game of the regular season, the lights of Wallis Annenberg Stadium will shine on their seniors. Following Sunday’s 1-0 loss to No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior midfielder Joab Santoyo will be honored along with five other Bruins at UCLA men’s soccer’s Senior Night on Thursday. Santoyo missed two full seasons due to surgeries in 2014 and 2015. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA football weighs Thompson-Robinson, Speight as starting quarterbacks

The Bruins ended the quarterback competition in August and graduate transfer Wilton Speight came out on top. But over two months later, the position battle still hasn’t been fully resolved. Read more...

Photo: Graduate transfer quarterback Wilton Speight has played in four games for UCLA football, starting in two of them. Speight is 0-2 as a starter, but 1-1 when he has come in to relieve an injured Dorian Thompson-Robinson. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)


Women’s basketball falls to LMU in season-opener despite fourth-quarter comeback

A late fourth-quarter run was not enough for the Bruins to notch a win. UCLA women’s basketball (0-1) dropped the first game of its 2018-2019 season to Loyola Marymount (1-0) 69-63 on Tuesday night, although it wasn’t without a late-game comeback from senior guards Japreece Dean and Kennedy Burke. Read more...

Photo: Freshman guard Ahlana Smith shot 6-of-10 for 13 points off the bench in UCLA women’s basketball’s season-opener against Loyola Marymount. Smith also registered four rebounds and two assists Tuesday night. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


Water polo player Jake Cavano hones his craft on the pottery wheel and in the pool

As Jake Cavano walked out of the Broad Art Center, he stopped by the lab technician’s office to ask about taking a class: ceramics. The UCLA men’s water polo freshman attacker said that after experiencing the wheel for the first time as a Bruin, he remembered how peaceful it was to throw a block of clay in high school. Read more...

Photo: Freshman attacker Jake Cavano picked up ceramics in high school after taking a class to fulfill his art credit. Cavano – who is the fifth leading scorer for UCLA men’s water polo – said he hopes to take a ceramics class at UCLA one day. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)


Women’s tennis prepares to fight for more wins this fall at the ITA championships

The Bruins will send players for singles and doubles matches with an opportunity to close out the fall season with another title. UCLA women’s tennis will send five players to compete at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which runs from Wednesday through Sunday. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior Jada Hart will pair up with freshman Elysia Bolton in doubles competition at the Oracle ITA Fall Championships, which begins Wednesday and will conclude Sunday. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)


Football addresses shortcomings in play leading up to last three games of season

An appearance in the Pac-12 championship game later this month is still possible for UCLA football, but that’s not the chief motivation for the Bruins. The day-to-day grind – especially after coach Chip Kelly counted 12 missed tackles and six dropped passes against Oregon on Saturday – is more pressing. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior defensive back Adarius Pickett leads UCLA football in tackling this season with 95 total tackles for an average of over 10 tackles per game. The team’s second-leading tackler is junior linebacker Krys Barnes, who currently owns 57 tackles on the year – 38 less than Pickett. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)