The last time UCLA men’s volleyball faced UC Irvine, the Anteaters ended the Bruins’ 2017 season in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation quarterfinals. No. 3 UCLA (3-0) will host No. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Bruins will take on the UC Irvine Anteaters on Wednesday night. UC Irvine ended UCLA’s season last year in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation quarterfinals. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin)
Men’s volleyball Melissa Zhang, Assistant Sports editor No. 3 UCLA (3-0) is currently the highest ranked MPSF team in the NCAA, coming in behind Ohio State (1-0) and Long Beach State (4-0). Read more...
Photo: The Bruins came into this season projected to win the Pac-12 and are ranked fifth nationally. The No. 4 Utes kicked off their season with a win over Brigham Young behind standout performances from Mykayla Skinner and MaKenna Merrell-Giles. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
No. 4 UCLA men’s volleyball returns all but two members of its starting lineup from last year. But the 2018 Bruins, who swept their first three matches of the season, will no longer run a 6-2 offense like they did last year. Read more...
Photo: Junior setter Micah Ma’a will be the lone starting setter for the Bruins this year. Ma’a previously ran a 6-2 offense alongside Hagen Smith, but will now transition to a 5-1 offense this season. (Hannah Burnett/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA gymnastics returns all four gymnasts who scored a perfect 10 last year, while also bringing in a star-studded freshman class. The No. 5 Bruins (1-0) enter the 2018 season as the favorite to win the Pac-12 title and took down the Ohio State Buckeyes (0-1) in their season opener. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Nia Dennis competed in all four events in UCLA’s home opener win over Ohio State. Dennis scored a 39.05 in the all-around. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA women’s basketball went 2-2 in its first week of Pac-12 play, good for fifth place in the conference standings, but the team’s improving on-court chemistry has left a sense of optimism moving forward. Read more...
Photo: Despite a 2-2 start to Pac-12 play, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close sees plenty of reasons to be optimistic. Her team posted back-to-back season highs in “passion plays” last week for the first time this year. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Coach Valorie Kondos Field was sick for the home opener, but the Bruins were still able to dominate the Buckeyes in their season opener. “We reminded them all about how we should do this for Val, and what Val loves more than anything is when people put themselves out there as big and as beautiful as they can and that inspires everyone around them,” said associate head coach Chris Waller. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Peng-Peng Lee posted the highest scores of the meet, with a 9.975 on bars and a 9.925 on beam in the Bruins’ home opener against Ohio State on Saturday. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA faced its third consecutive top-25 team and saw its 20-game Pac-12 home win streak snapped Sunday. After clinging to a one- or two-possession lead through the majority of the fourth quarter, a triple by Oregon guard Lexi Bando sealed the team’s late victory – UCLA never made a field goal in the game’s final three minutes. Read more...
Photo: Senior forward Monique Billings led all scoring for UCLA over the weekend. Against Oregon State, she logged 19 points and was 8-of-12. She did even better Sunday, scoring 22 of the Bruins’ total points. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
