After a long offseason, fans and analysts often quench their thirst for sports by examining preseason games under a magnifying glass, hoping to predict information about the regular or even the post season. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Ally Carda has struggled at times in the Bruins’ early-season tournaments, which feature several games in a weekend and wear heavily on pitching staffs. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
Editor’s note: Each week, Daily Bruin Sports is offering an in-depth look at each of the four apparatuses in women’s competitive gymnastics through the perspectives of the UCLA gymnasts and coaches. Read more...
Photo: Amid speakers blasting the theme from the James Bond movies, the British-born junior Danusia Francis incorporates gestures that harken to the fictional British secret agent. Her dance elements, which include mimicking the firing of a handgun, have delighted the Pauley Pavilion crowd throughout the season. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA football hired former Penn State defensive coordinator Tom Bradley to the same position at UCLA Monday, according to ESPN. Bradley joins the staff of coach Jim Mora after former defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich left to serve as the linebackers coach of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons on Feb. Read more...
Photo: Former Penn State defensive coordinator and former West Virginia associate head coach Tom Bradley was hired by UCLA football as the team’s new defensive coordinator. (Courtesy of Kyle Lewis/Daily Collegian)
An ovation filled Pauley Pavilion as coach Cori Close embraced her three senior players in celebration of their respective UCLA home careers playing on the Nell and John Wooden Court. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Madeline Poteet posted seven points and four assists in her final game at Pauley Pavilion as a Bruin. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Close sets fell both ways for the No. 4 UCLA women’s tennis team (7-2) in the Bay Area. After notching a 6-1 victory against the St. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Kristin Wiley (pictured) and her doubles partner, freshman Terri Fleming, were able to claw back from a 1-5 deficit against their Cal opponents to force a tiebreak and eventually win 8-6 to clinch the doubles point. UCLA, however, was unable to take advantage of the lead, eventually falling to Cal 4-3. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It came down to the last round of UCLA’s final rotation on floor to decide the winner of the gymnastics quad meet Saturday. The Bruins’ two leaders in the floor exercise – redshirt junior Sadiqua Bynum and junior Danusia Francis – rose to the occasion, posting career highs and leading UCLA to its first win over a top-10 team this year. Read more...
Photo: Junior Danusia Francis scored a career-best 9.950 on the floor exercise, leading UCLA to a quad meet win Saturday. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Coming off two decisive victories against No. 18 Loyola Marymount and No. 7 Hawai’i on Saturday, No. 2 UCLA had plenty of momentum entering the second day of the four-game UC Irvine Invitational. Read more...
Photo: Junior attacker Charlotte Pratt scored three goals on the first day of the UC Irvine Invitational. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
