Men’s soccer prepares to face Santa Barbara and its home crowd

UCLA men’s soccer will run into an unfamiliar foe on Saturday. That opponent is not so much another team but the opposing team’s fans. Saturday’s matchup will mark the end of the No. 7 Bruins’ (3-1-1) lengthy homestand as they travel to the No. 13 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (4-2). The Gauchos have won every […]

Olympians, five-star recruits to don blue and gold

Every year, Westwood eagerly anticipates its next wave of superstar athletes – a result of UCLA’s reputation as a top-notch academic and athletic institution. Here are some incoming freshmen that Daily Bruin Sports is most excited to see competing in the blue and gold. Lonzo Ball, men’s basketball Ball is by far coach Steve Alford’s […]

Women’s soccer 2015 recruiting class marking 2016 as their year

Not much went well for UCLA women’s soccer in 2015, as the team suffered through its worst season in recent history and missed the NCAA Tournament. By contrast, 2016 could not have begun on a more positive note. On signing day, the Bruins announced a star-studded recruiting class featuring two of the most promising young […]

Battle of the Editors: Most anticipated 2016 Bruin teams

Along with new faces, new classes and new opportunities, the start of the school year brings about the beginning of Division I athletics. This year’s Daily Bruin Sports editors will square off to state their case on which team they’re the most hyped about for this upcoming year. This is the Battle of the Editors. […]

UCLA track and field Olympic streak ends, but coaches produce medalists

UCLA athletes racked up nine medals in total at the Olympic games this year, but none came came from track and field, a sport in which the Bruins have historically had a strong presence. At least one member of the program has medalled in every Summer Games since 1984 – and nearly all of the […]

Transfer Julia Hernandez displays drive, talent on soccer field

Eleven women clad in blue and white jerseys scattered across the field in San Diego, prepared to kick the new season off in style. One player zipped past multiple San Diego State defenders, threatening to score several times, the number 10 stamped on her back. No, it wasn’t alumna Kodi Lavrusky, the forward that clinched […]

Five UCLA baseball draftees conclude their first professional seasons

Grant Dyer grew up watching the MLB draft. As the end of his junior year approached and the draft landscape materialized, it became pretty clear that the righty would make an appearance in the 2016 rendition of the first-year player draft. “Dyer will go fairly good,” said coach John Savage. “He’ll be (UCLA’s) first pick.” […]