Tuesday, May 12

Bruins dive into deep water against Cardinal, Golden Bears

To be the best, you have the beat the best. The UCLA swimming and diving teams will have an opportunity to do just that this weekend. Read more...

Photo: The No. 19 UCLA swimming and diving team travels north this weekend to take on No. 2 Stanford and No. 6 Cal. The final days of January will include two of the last three meets that the Bruins will participate in before the Pac-12 championships. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Gymnastics adopts new training strategies to try to vault to new heights

On Wednesday, UCLA gymnastics went through its training session. Assistant coach Chris Waller kept tabs on the bars, making sure everyone was hitting their daily handstand quota. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Stella Savvidou and the UCLA gymnastics team will take on Oregon State after having a bye week. The Bruins utilized the time off to upgrade and perfect their routines while also emphasizing recovery. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Men’s tennis looks to step up play at ITA kickoff weekend

UCLA men’s tennis didn’t lose its first doubles point last year until its sixth match, against then-No. 1 Virginia. It happened in the second dual match of this season against unranked UCSB. Read more...

Photo: Junior Austin Rapp is one of four Bruins undefeated this season in singles. He swept both of his matches against Grand Canyon and UCSB at court six while dropping only seven games combined. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Women’s basketball shoots for 24th consecutive home win

Nicole Kornet is relatively old for a college student. At 23, the redshirt senior guard is the second oldest player on the women’s basketball team. After living in Kentucky, Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma, she landed at UCLA after transferring from the University of Oklahoma last year. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior Nicole Kornet will try to stop the younger Arizona State backcourt this weekend. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)


Men’s basketball addresses lack of communication after two straight losses

The ball movement sputtered, the shots wouldn’t fall and then the team chemistry wilted. Over the past week, everything that made the Bruins a title contender has disappeared. Read more...

Photo: UCLA had just its third loss of the season against USC on Wednesday. The Bruins struggled with communication down the stretch in the tight contest. (Michael Zschornack/Assistant Photo editor)


Women’s tennis aims to ace No. 20 Kentucky at ITA qualifiers

From one end of the country to the other, UCLA women’s tennis travels to Atlanta, looking to continue a strong start to 2017 following a season-opening win. Read more...

Photo: Terri Fleming and the Bruins will kick off the National Indoors tournament against the Kentucky Wildcats. UCLA won its first match of the year with Fleming sweeping her singles match. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA women’s water polo starts season strong, aims to improve offense

No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo is off to a 6-0 start after the first two invitationals of the season. But the Bruins have put up other numbers that differentiate this season’s undefeated start from the rest of the past seven undefeated starts. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt senior defender Alys Williams and the No. 2 women’s water polo team are off to a dominant start. The team has only let in 18 goals through six games, one short of the all-time best mark for UCLA six games into the season. (Courtesy of Pam Monahan)