Author Archives: Jonathan Lee

Now the real season begins. After opening the year with three easy wins, the top-ranked UCLA women’s water polo team is scheduled to travel north to face its first real test of the season at the Stanford Invitational this weekend. Entering a field that includes six of the top seven teams in the nation, including […]

UCLA women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis has made a habit of winning. Taking three consecutive Pac-10 titles, and making three straight appearances in the College Cup, Ellis has turned the Bruins into one of the elite programs in the nation. This year, Ellis is a winner again, but this time in recruiting battles. The Bruins […]

Signing day is finally here, and with that we officially get to learn the names and faces of the players who embody the future of the Bruin football program. And with the signing of more than 20 players, coach Karl Dorrell and his staff have ensured that UCLA will be able to build upon its […]

This past weekend’s road trip to Oregon presented the UCLA men’s basketball team with a dual opportunity: solidify its spot atop the Pac-10 standings, and leave an impression in the minds of pollsters. The Bruins succeeded on both counts with two road wins over Oregon and Oregon State, moving up three spots to No. 14 […]

How do the Bruins keep doing it? Every sense of logic points to this year’s Bruins eventually falling apart. The ridiculous string of injuries, the extreme youth, the lack of a consistent front-court scorer ““ everything says the Bruins shouldn’t win games like they did Thursday against the Oregon Ducks, 56-49. Yet they keep winning. […]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas “”mdash; Just 1 minute and 32 seconds. That’s all it took for Portland’s Christine Sinclair to end UCLA’s run through NCAA tournament play without allowing a single goal. Before Sunday’s 4-0 loss to Portland, UCLA had shut out each of its five previous playoff opponents, outscoring them 25-0. The Bruins had been […]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas “”mdash; It wasn’t supposed to end this way, not this time, not this year. After reaching the College Cup for the third consecutive year, the third time was supposed to be the charm for UCLA’s two decorated seniors, captain and defender Jill Oakes and forward Iris Mora, to finally win that elusive […]