Saturday, August 22

In the news:



Women’s soccer advances to NCAA round of 16 after holding off fourth-seeded Central Florida 2-1

If the past two matches have been any indication, the Bruins are banking on perseverance to guide them through the postseason bedlam. After grinding out a wild, shoot-out win on Thursday, the UCLA women's soccer team was back at it again on Saturday, delivering yet another gutsy performance against a similarly relentless No. Read more...

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Sydney Leroux heads in the Bruins’ second goal in UCLA’s 2-1 win against Central Florida.


After beating Cal State Northridge 83-50, men’s basketball team is ready to begin NIT Season Tip-Off

You couldn't draw up two more different beginnings to a basketball season, not even if you were Pablo Picasso or Vincent van Gogh. A year after being stunned in double overtime by Cal State Fullerton to open the 2009-2010 season, the UCLA men's basketball team hosted Cal State Northridge Friday in the inaugural contest of the 2010-2011 campaign. It was quickly apparent that this was a different Bruin team. Read more...

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Coach Ben Howland and the UCLA men’s basketball team made a successful season debut with a 83-50 win against Cal State Northridge on Friday. The Bruins next play Pepperdine at home in the NIT Season Tip-Off.




For women’s volleyball team, improved offense yields weekend sweep of Sun Devils and Wildcats

It only took the UCLA women's volleyball team seven sets to get back on track over the weekend. The Bruins hosted the Arizona schools in Collins Court at the Wooden Center, handing the Sun Devils a three-set sweep on Friday and defeating the Wildcats in four on Saturday. The No. Read more...

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The No. 10 UCLA women’s volleyball team had yet another successful weekend. It beat the Arizona State Sun Devils in three straight sets on Friday and disposed of the No. 20 Arizona Wildcats in four sets on Saturday to improve its record to 19-7 on the year. The Bruins now have three regular season games remaining.