Around the League: Pac-12 sees battles for top spot in gymnastics, women’s basketball

GymnasticsAngie Forburger, assistant Sports editor Three matchups between ranked Pac-12 gymnastics programs are slated for this week. No. 4 Utah (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12) is set to travel to No. 21 Oregon State (3-0, 0-0) on Saturday. The Utes defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions before taking down in-state rival the No. 6 BYU Cougars on […]

Women’s basketball loses two games over weekend, sets sights on deep NCAA run

Cori Close said the Bruins experienced two different shooting performances in their two losses this past weekend. “It was totally different,” the coach said. “I didn’t think shots were hard to come by on Friday (against Oregon State) … (but) I didn’t feel like we ever got in an offensive rhythm (against Oregon).” UCLA women’s […]

Women’s basketball drops third straight game in 72-52 defeat to Oregon

Each of the Bruins’ four prior losses to the Ducks were by single digits. This time, Oregon won a bit more handily. UCLA women’s basketball (9-8, 2-3 Pac-12) dropped its third straight game Sunday, losing 72-52 to No. 5 Oregon (15-1, 4-0) in a wire-to-wire defeat in front of its largest home crowd of the […]

Bruins see defensive weakness in battle with Beavers, lose second straight game

The Bruins had won three consecutive home games against the Beavers. But they weren’t able to come up with the win this time. “This was the first time in a long time that in our building, they did exactly what they wanted to do,” said coach Cori Close. “We’ve been successful in the past here, […]

Women’s basketball focuses on driving for upcoming Oregon State, Oregon games

The Bruins will face back-to-back top-10 teams this weekend. UCLA women’s basketball (9-6, 2-1 Pac-12) will battle No. 10 Oregon State (12-2, 2-0) on Friday and No. 5 Oregon (13-1, 2-0) on Sunday at Pauley Pavilion. These games will be the third and fourth consecutive times the Bruins will play a ranked team. The Beavers […]

Around the League: Pac-12 and MPSF sports remain competitive as winter season heats up

Gymnastics Angie Forburger, assistant Sports editor The gymnastics season is underway. Eight Pac-12 gymnastics programs kicked off their 2019 seasons this past weekend or will begin their season this week. No. 1 UCLA (1-0) began its run to defend its 2018 NCAA title Friday with a home win against No. 11 Nebraska. The Bruins will […]

Women’s basketball tries to maintain positive outlook after loss to Stanford

This post was updated Jan. 9 at 4:52 p.m. Japreece Dean picked up the stat sheet as she sat down for the press conference – and then she rolled her eyes and released a sigh of frustration. The senior guard – who logged 22 points and four assists in UCLA women’s basketball’s (9-6, 2-1 Pac-12) […]