The women’s volleyball team entered its first match against Oregon this season with a fully healthy roster, but left with its starting setter sidelined. Now, as UCLA approaches the teams’ second matchup, its lineup has been retooled. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Kyra Rogers has been an outside hitter for the UCLA women’s volleyball team after playing as a middle blocker for all four years of high school. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Knoxville 2015 Challenger Junior Mackie McDonald traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee this week to play in the Knoxville 2015 Challenger, receiving a wild card into the main singles draw. Read more...
Photo: Junior men’s tennis player Mackie McDonald lost in the first round of the Knoxville 2015 Challenger Wednesday morning. The event was his third Challenger of the fall season. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Rejected repeat After playing the hero for the New Orleans Saints last week, former Bruin kicker Kai Forbath had another chance on Sunday. With his team tied 28-28 against the Tennessee Titans with a minute to play, Forbath lined up for a 46-yarder. Read more...
Photo: Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks, the Butkus Award winner in his senior season at UCLA, was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for October. (Daily Bruin file photo)
One of the most historic moments of UCLA men’s basketball never happened. It was 1995, and the No. 1 Bruins were headed into familiar territory: The NCAA Tournament. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon, who has led the charge in favor of compensating student-athletes, played on the 1995 national championship team that considered boycotting the NCAA Tournament. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Cobi Jones is a former UCLA midfielder who played for the men’s soccer team from 1988 to 1991. Initially a walk-on, Jones led the team to a national championship in 1990 and went on to play for the L.A. Read more...
Photo: Now a commentator for Fox Sports and the Pac-12 Network, Cobi Jones walked on to the UCLA men’s soccer team in 1988 and developed into a team leader for the 1990 national championship team. (Pac-12 Network)
UCLA has controlled its own destiny for two weeks, ever since Utah lost to USC back on Oct. 24. Those two rival teams will largely define the second half of the Bruins’ conference schedule, as the Utes and Trojans sit at the very end of conference play. Read more...
Photo: Senior receiver Jordan Payton leads the Bruins with 50 catches and 752 yards on the season. Growing up in the L.A. area, Payton played football when he was younger with Washington State’s leading receiver, Gabe Marks. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The women’s volleyball team has boasted an impressive offense all season long. But recently, the UCLA attack has taken on a mythological quality. The Bruins’ leading duo of outside hitters, junior Jordan Anderson and sophomore Reily Buechler, has been tested in the past couple of weeks, with Anderson struggling some nights and Buechler recently sitting out with an injury. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Jessyka Ngauamo has received increased playing time recently and taken advantage of it, averaging over 15 kills in the Bruins’ two matches last week. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
