Thursday, July 30

Women’s tennis duo narrowly miss national championship title

Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara almost had another national championship. As teammates in women’s doubles, redshirt freshman Hart and freshman Shibahara suffered a 6-3, 6-4 defeat Sunday to Kentucky in the finals match of the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt Freshman Jada Hart (right) and freshman Ena Shibahara made it to the last round of USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships before losing to Kentucky. (Creative Commons photos by si.robi via Wikimedia Commons)


Swimming and diving sweeps Arizona schools with weekend wins

Swimming in what is often dubbed the “dreaded lane eight,” UCLA senior swimmer Michaela Merlihan pulled away in a close contest to win the 500-yard freestyle, notching a time of 4 minutes, 54.35 seconds. Read more...

Photo: No. 15 UCLA advanced to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in the Pac-12 after defeating both No. 22 Arizona and Arizona State over the weekend. (Rohan Kumar/Daily Bruin)


Men’s soccer clinches win against Oregon State after up-and-down game

It took seven goals and three blown leads from both teams for the game to be decided, but ultimately the Bruins came out on top Sunday afternoon at Oregon State’s Senior Day in Corvallis, Oregon. Read more...

Photo: Junior forward Abu Danladi notched two goals in UCLA’s 4-3 win over Oregon State. One of those two goals came in the final 10 minutes of play. Sophomore midfielder Jackson Yueill tapped a short pass to Danladi for the eventual game-winner. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


Punting struggles central in football’s loss to Colorado

Jim Mora didn’t see his team’s longest offensive play of the night, a 47-yard catch-and-run by redshirt sophomore tight end Austin Roberts late in the fourth quarter of UCLA’s Thursday night loss at Colorado. Read more...

Photo: Following a 20-10 loss to Colorado on Thursday, coach Jim Mora’s squad is now 3-6 overall and 1-5 in conference play. Mora has coached the Bruins since 2012. (Jintak Han/Assistant photo editor)


Offense picks up pace as men’s water polo defeats San Jose State, Whittier

The two matches on men’s water polo’s senior day both ended in victory, but each came in a starkly different manner. On Saturday, No. 1 UCLA (24-0, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) took down San Jose State and Whittier 10-3 and 18-5 respectively, to add to an NCAA-record 57-game winning streak. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore attacker Austin Rone had three goals over two games Saturday as the No. 1 Bruins ran their winning streak to 57 games. The 18 goals in the second game against Whittier tied for the team’s best offensive output in over a month and a half. (Frank To/Daily Bruin)


Women’s volleyball bounces back in win against Arizona State

If the Bruins were upset about the previous night’s loss marking the end of their winning streak, they didn’t let it slow them down for long. Read more...

Photo: Reily Buechler became the 28th Bruin in the program’s history to record 1000 career kills Saturday. The junior has played outside hitter for much of the last two seasons, but switched over to opposite in UCLA’s win over ASU. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin staff)