Wednesday, August 12

In the news:

UCLA men’s water polo to test undefeated road record against USC

Nationally competitive Division I teams face a plethora of challenges along the course of a season, one being traveling. As it forges its journey to the NCAA title game, UCLA men’s water polo has parlayed foreign environments and opposing fans into an undefeated road record so far. Read more...

Photo: Junior defender Anthony Daboub said that although going on road games presents a new set of challenges, the Bruins have thrived on that adversity as of late and have even stopped a two-game home losing streak with a road win against Cal. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)


After high school career in Hundley’s shadow, Perkins shines at UCLA

On UCLA’s opening play in its 40-37 win over Colorado this year, redshirt sophomore running back Paul Perkins took the hand-off from his own eight-yard line and sprinted down the left sideline and away from everyone, landing in the end zone 92-yards later. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore running back Paul Perkins shared a friendship with redshirt junior quarterback during their days together on the Arizona Cheetahs youth track team. Now the two share a backfield and 1415 yards. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)


No. 1 men’s soccer draws the Card 2-2 after surrendering lead

What began as a showdown between two of the nation’s top teams quickly evolved into a duel between two freshmen. By the 77th minute, the score was: Stanford’s Corey Baird 2, UCLA’s Seyi Adekoya 2. Read more...

Photo: Freshman forward and reigning Pac-12 Player of the Week Seyi Adekoya (middle) scored both goals for No. 1 UCLA in its 2-2 draw against No. 8 Stanford on Thursday. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)



Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Arizona

Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score and give a short reasoning behind their predictions. To keep track of how far off each writer’s predictions are from reality, the “prediction differential” statistic shows the average difference between the writer’s predicted margin of victory and the actual margin of victory in each game. Read more...



UCLA women’s volleyball looks to best undefeated Washington in rematch

In its first match this month, the then-No. 20 UCLA women’s volleyball team traveled to Seattle, where it suffered a loss against undefeated then-No. 4 Washington. Read more...

Photo: Freshman outside hitter Reily Buechler said that the Bruins’ first meeting against Washington, a 3-2 loss, was a tough match, but the Bruins have grown stronger since that defeat. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)