Al Hoisch, a star UCLA running back from 1946 to 1947 and a decorated World War II veteran, died of natural causes on Friday at his home in Beverly Hills. Read more...
Photo: Al Hoisch (left), a star UCLA running back and a decorated World War II veteran, died of natural causes on Friday at the age of 91. (UCLA Athletics)
Last year, it took UCLA softball 18 games before it finally fell from the ranks of the unbeaten. This year, even though all but two starters returned from that squad, the wait before the team’s first loss wouldn’t endure past the second day of the season. Read more...
Photo: Senior pitcher Ally Carda ended the SoCal Collegiate Classic with a 3-1 record and a 1.29 earned run average in 16.1 innings pitched. But the rest of the Bruins’ pitching staff struggled to match Carda’s consistency, accruing a 3.09 ERA and allowing allowing 32 hits in 22.2 innings of work. (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA women’s basketball won’t allow a five-game losing streak this season. The Bruins (10-13, 6-6 Pac-12) started the season with four straight losses, a deed that was repeated once again when the Bruins dropped four consecutive games to Stanford, Cal, Oregon and Oregon State. Read more...
Photo: Facing a possible five-game losing streak, junior guard Nirra Fields scored 24 points against Colorado to lift UCLA to a 72-65 win. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA women’s tennis team said it experienced a flurry of emotions in Virginia over the past few years: jubilation, disappointment, frustration. After letting a 3-0 lead slip through their fingers in 2014, the Bruins had a chance to replace the memories of that devastating loss with a run for a second ITA National Women’s Team Indoor Championship title. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Kristin Wiley attempted to play through an Achilles tendon injury in the team’s loss to Georgia on Saturday. (Aubrey Yeo/Bruin senior staff)
Although the regular all-around gymnast, redshirt senior Samantha Peszek, didn’t compete in all four rotations at the previous meet on Feb. 1, several freshmen shone with strong performances and helped push the team’s total to a season high of 196.800. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Samantha Peszek will not be able to compete in all four apparatuses for the second week in a row, as she is still suffering from a sore calf muscle. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)
BERKELEY — One way or another, history was going to repeat itself. On Thursday, UCLA survived a last-second heave by Stanford senior guard Chasson Randle to win by two. Read more...
Photo: Junior forward/center Tony Parker (left) scored 13 of his game-high 20 points in the second half, but his teammates floundered down the stretch, allowing Cal to come back and win 64-62 in the final seconds. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Early on, the UCLA men’s basketball game against Cal Saturday night looked like it would be a reprise of a game the Bruins played in Eugene, Ore. Read more...
