UCLA swimming and diving will come together this weekend to take on two Pac-12 dual meets – one against Stanford and another against California. The Bruins (5-3, 2-2 Pac-12) will face the No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA swimming and diving will host two top-10 Pac-12 opponents this weekend – No. 3 Stanford and No. 5 California. This will be the first time since October that the swimming team will compete at home. (Andrew Arifin/Daily Bruin)
UCLA women’s water polo has snagged five wins this season, and it hasn’t just been because of Olympians such as Maddie Musselman. “I think everyone played a part in multiple facets of the game and in different positions and different plays,” said sophomore attacker Musselman. Read more...
Photo: Only five games into the 2018 season, nine UCLA women’s water polo players have already scored at least three goals after two weekends of play. The Bruins have used these early season games as an opportunity to give a variety of athletes playing experience before the schedule starts to heat up toward the middle and end of the year. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Bill Walton called his alma mater’s basketball team soft in the middle of a nationally televised drubbing last weekend. It was an assessment that UCLA coach Steve Alford agreed with. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s basketball will welcome California to Pauley Pavilion on Thursday night for the second matchup between the two teams this season. In their first meeting, the Bruins caught fire for a season-high 107 points en route to the 23-point road victory. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Stanford is better than UCLA at a lot of things. The Cardinal have long been ranked above the Bruins academically, but at least UCLA could claim athletic superiority – until December. Read more...
Photo: Since the class of 2018 started college, Stanford has won 13 NCAA championships while UCLA has only won three. The Cardinal have a chance to sweep the Bruins in basketball for the season Saturday. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Eric Filia, baseball UCLA baseball will host its alumni game this weekend, but one of its alumni is struggling to stay out of trouble. Former Bruin outfielder Eric Filia will serve a 50-game suspension to start the 2018 season due to a second positive test for a drug of abuse, which Major League Baseball classifies as a recreational drug such as marijuana, cocaine or a stimulant such as amphetamines. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman Grace Glenn earned Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors after a 9.95 performance on balance beam in UCLA’s win over Arizona on Saturday. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
No. 6 UCLA men’s tennis (3-0) continued a run of three straight victories, beating Loyola Marymount 5-2 on Tuesday. Sophomore Evan Zhu won his match in straight sets, beating Loyola Marymount’s Lukas Moenter 6-3, 6-2. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Evan Zhu’s return to collegiate tennis continued with a straight-set victory over Loyola Marymount’s Lukas Moenter. Zhu won the first set 6-3 and the second 6-2, playing a role in the Bruins’ victory over the Lions. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
The 2018 track and field season began last weekend, and UCLA’s field athletes well outplaced their track counterparts. The Bruins took a total of 44 athletes to the Dr. Read more...
Photo: Junior thrower Dotun Ogundeji started off the 2018 season with a second-place finish. He fell only to fellow Bruin sophomore thrower Nate Esparza, who out-threw him by less than a meter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
