UCLA men’s soccer has been decimated by injuries throughout this season, forcing the team to adapt and learn on the fly. Players have had to change positions, formations have been altered and new roles established. But heading into their first game of the 2014 NCAA Tournament on Sunday against the San Diego Toreros, the Bruins’ […]
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UCLA men’s basketball leads Nicholls State 60-29 at halftime
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. UCLA continually attacked on offense and used a dominant defensive effort en route to building a 60-29 lead over Nicholls State in the first half. Sophomore guard Bryce Alford led all scorers with 18 points, while junior forward/center Tony Parker chipped in with 13 points and six rebounds. […]
No. 2 seed men’s soccer seeks redemption in NCAA tournament
Then-No. 1 UCLA men’s soccer was rolling. The Bruins hadn’t lost in over a month and were leading 2-0 through the first 15 minutes of their third-round NCAA Tournament game against the unseeded University of Connecticut Huskies on Dec. 1, 2013. It was almost a foregone conclusion: the Bruins were going to the NCAA quarterfinals […]
Men’s soccer could face its defeaters in first two games of NCAAs
UCLA men’s soccer was ranked No. 1 in the new NCAA RPI rankings on Monday. But the Bruins were hit with some disappointing news when the NCAA Tournament bracket was released later in the day. In the bracket, not only were the Bruins (11-4-4) given the No. 2 overall seed, they were also placed in […]
QB Brett Hundley helps raise awareness for epilepsy at annual 5K
Brett Hundley’s trip started at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. He was headed from his home state of Arizona to the Rose Bowl for an event that he has participated in for the last three years. It wasn’t a football game, meeting or practice. It was the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles’ annual 5K […]
UCLA men’s basketball leads Coastal Carolina 32-28 at halftime
UCLA men’s basketball started the first half of its game against Coastal Carolina much the same as it did its season opener on Friday: sloppily. But unlike Friday, the Bruins didn’t turn things around quickly. Instead of a blowout in UCLA’s favor, the Bruins hold just a 32-28 lead at halftime against the Chanticleers. After […]
Former UCLA Director of Athletics Peter Dalis dies at 76
This post was updated on Nov. 17 at 1 a.m. Former UCLA Director of Athletics Peter Thomas Dalis, who helped bring the Bruins to first place on the all-time NCAA championships list, died early Saturday morning at his home in Pacific Palisades because of complications from multiple myeloma, according to a statement released by UCLA […]