Saturday, May 9

Women’s basketball prepares to go on the road, looks to focus on strengths

After a streaky start to the new year, coach Cori Close has already moved on to this weekend. “Every week exposes the things you’re really good at and it exposes the things you still need to work on,” Close said. Read more...

Photo: Senior forward Monique Billings and UCLA women’s basketball, currently eighth place in the Pac-12 standings, will have a chance to climb up to as far as third with a pair of wins this weekend against Utah and Colorado. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)


Men’s tennis to finish off preseason with weekend tournament

This weekend offers one more opportunity for the members of UCLA men’s tennis to make a play for spots in the regular season lineup. The Bruins will compete in the Sherwood Collegiate Cup, the last tournament prior to UCLA’s dual match openers against George Washington University and Grand Canyon University on Thursday. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Evan Zhu is the No. 5 seed going into the Sherwood Collegiate Cup this weekend. This is the final tournament before the Bruins kick off their regular season Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UCLA men’s basketball triumphs over Utah in 83-64 blowout home win

This post was updated Jan. 11 at 11:08 p.m. It wasn’t until their sixth shot Thursday night that the Bruins finally missed. Even then, they grabbed the offensive rebound and promptly scored. Read more...

Photo: Kris Wilkes fell just two points short of his career high Thursday night. The freshman guard put up 19 points on 7-of-11 field goal shooting, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc.(Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Podium meet offers welcome challenge for UCLA gymanstics

The Bruins will face a new challenge this week: a platform meet in the regular season. No. 4 UCLA gymnastics (1-0) will take on Pac-12 rivals Stanford, No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Felicia Hano hit a Yurchenko 1.5 vault for a score of 9.825 and added a 9.875 on floor in UCLA’s season opener against Ohio State on Saturday. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)


Men’s volleyball match against UCSB postponed due to mudslides

UCLA men’s volleyball will no longer host UC Santa Barbara on Friday night. Road closures along the 101 freeway due to mudslides created transportation issues for the Gauchos, and the Friday match has been rescheduled for March 28 at 7 p.m in Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will no longer have another game this week after the UC Santa Barbara match in Pauley Pavilion was rescheduled to later this season. UCLA will travel to UC San Diego on Tuesday next to face the Tritons. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Women’s water polo will depend on underclassmen in upcoming season

UCLA women’s water polo graduated a strong group of seniors in 2017 that had reached the national championship game three times and will now have to rely on the strength of its underclassmen. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore attacker Maddie Musselman led the Bruins in goals with 69 last season, setting a freshman season record. The Bruins open their 2018 season Saturday against Loyola Marymount and USC. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)