UCLA football’s defense dominated the first two weeks of spring practice. But to start the third week, Jalen Starks gave the offense something to get excited about. The hybrid fullback/running back plowed his 250-pound frame through the Bruins’ second-team defense, breaking multiple tackles to score a long touchdown. The sophomore’s offensive teammates hurled water in […]
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Women’s soccer’s Mal Pugh to leave UCLA for professional career
The headliner of UCLA women’s soccer’s No. 1 recruiting class for the 2016 season will not be suiting up for the Bruins for an official in-season game. United States women’s national team starter Mal Pugh has left UCLA to pursue a professional soccer career, UCLA Athletics announced Monday. “This decision was certainly not easy for […]
Men’s tennis continues perfect Pac-12 season with weekend sweep
An undefeated Pac-12 record sounded good to UCLA men’s tennis coach Billy Martin, and that’s exactly what he has heading into the last week of regular season competition. The No. 7 Bruins (16-4, 5-0 Pac-12) defeated the unranked Utah Utes (15-9, 1-5) 4-2 and Arizona Wildcats (9-15, 0-6) 4-0 on Friday and Sunday to maintain […]
Men’s volleyball season ends with four-set loss to UC Irvine
For UCLA men’s volleyball, it was win out or go home. But in the end, the team returned to Westwood for the rest of the year. In a close four-set match, the No. 6 Buins (17-10, 10-8 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) fell to the No. 5 UC Irvine Anteaters (20-6, 13-5) in the MPSF tournament […]
No. 3 women’s water polo outlasts No. 1 Stanford for 10-9 upset win
STANFORD — It was evident from the very first minutes Saturday afternoon – the Bruins meant business. In No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo’s first three possessions, redshirt senior center Alexa Tielmann, redshirt senior defender Alys Williams and redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal each rattled off a goal to build a 3-0 lead over the […]
Bruin softball routed in mercy-rule loss against Oregon State
No. 8 UCLA softball won its first two games against a school from Oregon this season. The next two didn’t go as well. For the second straight game, the Bruins’ (28-11, 4-6 Pac-12) pitchers struggled. UCLA conceded four runs in the third and four more in the fourth en route to an 8-0 run-rule loss […]
Baseball to take advantage of extra practice day before Stanford series
This week is an odd one in the Bruins’ schedule. Following last weekend’s conference series against Washington, UCLA will forego a typical Tuesday matchup for an added day of practice to prepare for the next leg of the Pac-12 season. “You don’t get that many opportunities during the season,” said coach John Savage. “It’s always […]