Editor’s note: Daily Bruin Sports will be running a three-part series on UCLA recruiting over the course of the next three days. Today, we focus on the Bruins’ out-of-state recruitment strategy and how it pertains to the recent decommitment of former recruit Oluwole Betiku as well as what it says about the intricacies of the […]
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Women’s soccer fails to overcome early deficit, falls to Oregon State
The women’s soccer team continued its season-long struggles on Saturday, falling 2-1 to Oregon State (6-5-3, 2-4 Pac-12) in Corvallis, Ore., and bringing its record to 6-7-1, 2-3-1. Although the match was tightly contested for 90 minutes, the Bruins could not recover from early mistakes, a situation reminiscent of their losses to the Washington Huskies […]
Five-star recruit Oluwole Betiku excels with only two years of experience
GARDENA — Rewind to 2013, and no one had ever heard of Oluwole Betiku. A tall and bulky teen who was too large for soccer but not tall enough for basketball, the Nigerian native settled on football. At first, he couldn’t figure out how to put on his helmet. Two years later, the 250-pound high […]
Women’s soccer fails to make chances pay in tie against Arizona State
The strain was becoming more and more visible on the faces of both sides’ players as each minute passed. However, the UCLA women’s soccer seemed to receive a spark when the second period of extra time commenced. The bleachers started to increase their volume, and you could hear the sense of distress from many of […]
Lack of consistency sees women’s soccer fall short in Washington
The state of Washington proved to be a difficult location for UCLA women’s soccer this weekend. After losing its first Pac-12 match since 2012 to unranked Washington (9-2-1, 2-1-0 Pac-12) Thursday night in Seattle, UCLA (5-6-0, 1-2-0) suffered its second straight loss to No. 21 Washington State (9-2-0, 2-1-0) three days later in Pullman. Falling […]
UCLA sends 13 track and field athletes on to NCAA Championship
Redshirt senior Derek Eager was right on the bubble. In the 2015 NCAA Division I West Preliminary Championships in Austin, Texas, this past weekend, Eager needed to finish in the top 12 in the javelin competition to qualify for the NCAA championship meet in Eugene, Ore., on June 10. With one throw left, Eager sat […]
Bruins move on to NCAA West Regional following Pac-12 championship
Of the 21 participants competing in the women’s 800 meters on Saturday at the Pac-12 conference championship at UCLA’s Drake Stadium, Ally Courtnall was the lone senior. Courtnall, who sported a large pink headband throughout the weekend, was easily visible from anywhere on the track. As she and the other six participants in her heat […]