Their 0-2 record may suggest otherwise, but the Bruins have limited their mistakes so far this season. The start of the Chip Kelly era has been a slow one for UCLA football, highlighted by a last-minute home loss to Cincinnati and a road blowout to Oklahoma on Saturday. The Bruins’ third and final chance to […]
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Despite loss to Oklahoma, UCLA football shows potential in early season games
NORMAN,Okla.— Baby steps. After playing in front of a sold-out crowd of over 85,000 people and entering as a 30.5-point underdog, freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson had a succinct assessment of his first career start. “It was a lot better than last week,” he said. UCLA remained winless after spotting then-No. 6 Oklahoma 42 unanswered points […]
The Rundown: Sept. 10
Soccer Gabriel McCarthy, assistant Sports editor The Bruins had one more player named to national team rosters and another receive recognition. UCLA women’s soccer junior midfielder Jessie Fleming was named a 2017 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year in Ottawa, Canada this past week. She has won the award for three consecutive years. Fleming has […]
Men’s water polo walks away from weekend undefeated, looks to make improvements
Winning a national championship causes some teams to become complacent in the early parts of a new season. For the Bruins, that hasn’t been the case. No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo (8-0) won all five of their games at the Princeton Invitational, beating Wagner (2-4), St. Francis Brooklyn (0-8), Air Force (1-4), No. 17 […]
Men’s soccer vanquishes Maryland in 1-0 shutout victory
Another clean sheet and another Mohammed Kamara goal led to another Bruin victory on the East Coast. UCLA men’s soccer (3-1-0) went on the road and took down a winless Maryland (0-2-2) squad Saturday morning. After dropping a game against San Francisco on Sunday, the Bruins beat the Terrapins the same way they beat their […]
Women’s volleyball bested twice by Cal Poly in pair of weekend losses
Two nights, two losses. No. 9 UCLA women’s volleyball (4-2) dropped two matches both in four sets against No. 22 Cal Poly (7-1) on Thursday and Friday, marking the Bruins’ first losses of the season and their first losses to the Mustangs since 1985. “We just felt very disconnected,” said junior libero Savvy Simo. “Like […]
Sooners boom by Bruins as UCLA football suffers 49-21 blowout loss in Oklahoma
This post was updated Sept. 8 at 2:56 p.m. NORMAN, Okla.—The Bruins couldn’t stand up to the boom. While Oklahoma’s offense revved down the field like a sports car, true freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was bombarded left and right, and UCLA’s offense sputtered like a lemon. Coach Chip Kelly’s road debut ended on a sour […]