Like last year, the Bruins were faced with penalty kicks to keep their season alive – but this time they couldn’t pull out the win. Despite the loss, No. 2-seeded UCLA women’s soccer (17-3-2, 9-2-0 Pac-12) persevered through injuries and missing personnel all season to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. “We had […]
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Women’s basketball loses three straight games in Paradise Jam tournament
The Bruins were tasked with making a second-half comeback in all three games of the Paradise Jam. UCLA women’s basketball (3-4) exchanged a three-game winning streak for a three-game losing streak at the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam this weekend with losses to North Carolina (5-2), Kentucky (7-0) and No.17 South Florida (5-2). UCLA’s 83-49 […]
Bruins’ bid for College Cup ends as women’s soccer falls to UNC in penalty kicks
This post was updated Nov. 25 at 4:28 p.m. The Bruins will not be returning to the College Cup this year. No. 2-seeded UCLA women’s soccer (17-3-2) fell in penalty kicks to No. 1-seeded North Carolina (20-3-2) after tying 2-2 in regulation in the quarterfinal match of the NCAA tournament Saturday. “My main takeaway right […]
UCLA football’s decade-long losing streak to Stanford continues with shootout loss
This post was updated Nov. 24 at 6:04 p.m. Freshman running back Martell Irby raced into the end zone untouched for his first career touchdown, and UCLA tied Stanford less than three minutes into the second half. The Bruins’ 10-year losing streak against the Cardinal was teetering on the edge of existence. With nine minutes […]
UCLA football heads into halftime down 27-20 to Stanford in last game of season
Senior Day couldn’t have started any better for the Bruins. Redshirt senior safety Adarius Pickett intercepted a pass less than a minute into his last collegiate game. But for the rest of the first half, Stanford quarterback KJ Costello flung the ball all over UCLA’s defense. He completed 14-of-24 passes for 192 yards and two […]
UCLA women’s volleyball misses chance for postseason play with loss to USC
The Bruins could not pull off the comeback. UCLA women’s volleyball (13-14, 8-12 Pac-12) fell at home against rival No. 15 USC (21-10, 13-7) in its final game of the season. The Bruins finished the year with a losing record for the first time in program history, having lost 9 of their last 11 matches. […]
UCLA football hopes to outsmart Stanford, end losing streak with Cardinal
Freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson hadn’t been born yet. Chip Kelly was the offensive line coach at the University of New Hampshire. Next’s “Too Close” finished atop the year-end Billboard charts in the United States. It’s been awhile since UCLA last swept all three of its in-state Pac-12 rivals in 1998. That streak – and the […]