The Bruins couldn’t make it five in a row. For the first time since the 2014 season, UCLA men’s soccer (6-6-1, 3-2-0 Pac-12) went four consecutive games without a loss. That streak was ended Sunday in a 3-1 loss to San Diego (8-3-2, 2-0-1 West Coast Conference). Despite the final score, the matchup was not […]
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UCLA cross country ends regular season with two strong finishes
The regular season is over for UCLA cross country. The year ended with the team splitting its runners between the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational and the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational. Wisconsin The No. 20 men’s team placed ninth overall in Wisconsin and the women claimed 25th. “The goal in Wisconsin was to finish closer to the […]
After repeat losses, men’s soccer strikes back with successive shutouts
The Bruins have found their way in conference play. Now there’s just one Pac-12 team left to face – San Diego State (4-8, 0-4 Pac-12). After two consecutive shutout losses to the first two conference opponents it faced, UCLA men’s soccer (5-5, 2-2) flipped the script and snagged two shutout wins of its own against […]
Men’s soccer to focus on offense in combating conference play woes
Pac-12 play has not been kind to UCLA men’s soccer. After going 0-2 in its first two games against conference opponents, UCLA (3-5, 0-2 Pac-12) faces two more this weekend – Oregon State University (3-6, 0-1) on Thursday and No. 22 Washington (8-2, 1-0) on Sunday. After getting shut out in its most recent games […]
Cross country team has strong showing at Master’s despite inexperience
UCLA cross country was running on a fresh set of legs this weekend – everyone in a Bruin jersey had less than two years of collegiate cross country experience under their belts. The men ran to a first place finish – outrunning teams like UC Irvine, Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara – and […]
UCLA cross country sending fresh, eager athletes to race in invitational
UCLA cross country will compete in its third meet of the year Saturday, in Santa Clarita, California. Assistant coaches Devin Elizondo and Jennifer DeRego both plan on using the TMU cross country invitational as a place to let some fresh athletes stretch their legs. “We’re going to take a group that did not race this […]
Q&A: New cross country assistant coaches discuss program goals, future
Forest Braden will not return to the men’s and women’s cross country teams after eight years as the distance coach. Avery Anderson, the new director of track and field and cross country, found his new coaches in Devin Elizondo and Jennifer DeRego. Daily Bruin Sports recently caught up with Elizondo and DeRego to talk about […]