Geography is not the only aspect of a crosstown rivalry. Southern California is a recruiting hotbed, and since UCLA and USC are the only Power Five programs in the area, they target many of the same players. High school teammates frequently become college rivals. “There’s a lot of guys that played high school football together […]
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After slicing past foes, women’s tennis ends ITA run just short of semifinals
Two tiebreakers ended the hopes of a Bruin championship. “It was a great experience,” said coach Stella Sampras Webster. UCLA women’s tennis sent five players to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships this past week in Arizona, registering two quarterfinal appearances in doubles and a quarterfinals appearance from freshman Elysia Bolton in singles. Doubles pair […]
While swim sees weekend meet suddenly cancelled, dive surfaces with solid scores
What would appear to be a normal weekend quickly took an unexpected turn for the Bruins. In UCLA swim and dive’s first split weekend of competition, the swimming team’s (3-0) Saturday morning meet against UC Santa Barbara (1-2) and UC San Diego (1-3) at Spieker Aquatics Center was abruptly cancelled due to poor air quality […]
Team effort from women’s basketball halts Rice in first home game match
This post was updated Nov. 12 at 10:14 p.m. Everybody got in on the action in the Bruins’ home opener. UCLA women’s basketball (1-1) had four starters score in double digits in its 59-50 home-opening win over Rice (0-2) on Sunday. “We have a ton of weapons,” said redshirt freshman guard Lindsey Corsaro. “That’s when […]
No. 21 women’s volleyball frustrated after sweep from No. 25 Washington
Michael Sealy’s words underscored the Bruins’ disappointment Saturday night. “It was an embarrassment for the program, an embarrassment for the school, and I think every single one of us has some ownership in that,” the coach said. No. 21 UCLA women’s volleyball (12-11, 7-9 Pac-12) was swept by No. 25 Washington (17-9, 9-7) in three […]
Major strides by two runners land Bruins just shy of chance at championship
In what could have been the last race of the season, two runners stepped up, but it might not have been enough. UCLA cross country ran at the NCAA West Regionals on Friday, and redshirt junior Millen Trujillo and redshirt sophomore Lilly Schmidt both helped score for the men’s and women’s team, respectively, for the […]
Men’s water polo falls to USC in annual Crosstown Splashdown
A late surge by the Bruins wasn’t enough to get a win in their last regular season game. The Woolsey fire filled the skies over Uytengsu Aquatics Center with smoke Saturday and caused ash to fall into the pool as No. 1 USC (28-1, 2-1 MPSF) defeated No. 2 UCLA (20-3, 1-2) 12-11. Despite the […]