Saturday, May 9

Defensive strength allows women’s basketball to overcome Stanford 64-53

UCLA women’s basketball got out to an early lead Sunday afternoon and, despite a late push by Stanford, the Bruins held on tight for the win. Read more...

Photo: Senior forward Monique Billings became the third player in UCLA women’s basketball history to record 1500 points and 1000 rebounds in their career on Sunday. The Bruins took down Stanford 64-53. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Track and field has strong opening weekend, individual success

The UCLA track and field team began the indoor season this weekend at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Invitational, a meet where no team scoring took place. Read more...

Photo: Jessie Maduka now holds the top spot on the UCLA all-time top ten list for indoor triple jump. The junior landed a jump of 45 feet 1 inch on Saturday at the Bruins the first meet of the 2018, the Dr. Martin Luther King invitational. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Successful weekend reveals strengths, weaknesses of women’s water polo

The Bruins remain undefeated after their second weekend of play. No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo (5-0) took down No. 7 Michigan (3-2), Fresno Pacific (0-3), No. Read more...

Photo: Junior attacker Lizette Rozeboom led UCLA with four goals in its win over Fresno Pacific. She also added two against UC Santa Barbara, two against UC San Diego and one against Michigan. (Keila Maybery/Daily Bruin staff)


Men’s tennis sweeps Pepperdine despite top-ranked Redlicki’s absence

The two top UCLA singles players found themselves down early in their respective third-set tiebreakers. Yet, with the support of their teammates and the crowd, freshman Keegan Smith and sophomore Evan Zhu fought back from deficits to win their matches, earning the No. Read more...

Photo: Junior Maxime Cressy and the No. 6 UCLA men’s tennis team logged their third sweep in three days on Saturday against Pepperdine. The Bruins will host Loyola Marymount on Tuesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Despite late comeback, UCLA men’s basketball falls to Oregon 94-91

Ball movement and ball security – one team exhibited both of those traits Saturday night, and it wasn’t UCLA. Oregon (13-7, 3-4 Pac-12) assisted on 19 of its 32 made field goals, including all but two of its 3-pointers, and held off a late UCLA comeback for a 94-91 win in Eugene, Oregon. Read more...

Photo: Coach Steve Alford’s bunch looked at a 1-point deficit multiple times late in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t find a way to take the lead in the game’s final minutes. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA gymnastics claims victory against Arizona in Pac-12 opener

Facing their first Pac-12 road meet, the Bruins did not let the Wildcat fans get to them as they secured their third-straight victory to start the season. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Felicia Hano competed on the uneven bars for the first time as a Bruin and fell, but she rebounded on vault and scored a 9.900. UCLA outscored Arizona 197.300 to 195.750 in its Pac-12 opener. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA men’s volleyball topples Ohio State in five sets, continues win streak

UCLA men’s volleyball beat the two-time defending national champion, Ohio State, on Saturday in Pauley Pavilion. The No. 2 Bruins (7-0) hosted the No. 3 Buckeyes (3-2) in their final game of the 2018 AVCA Men’s Showcase on Saturday afternoon. Read more...

Photo: UCLA took down the Ohio State in five sets Saturday. Sophomore middle blocker Daenan Gyimah logged nine kills and seven blocks for the Bruins. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)