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By Sabrina Messiha (Sanjana as managing editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 3 min read
Bruins fail to stand on podium for Olympic women's golf tournament
A podium finish was not in the cards for Bruin golfers at the Olympic Games. Despite being ranked second internationally, former member of UCLA women's golf Lilia Vu finished tied for 36th after four rounds of stroke play at Le Golf National. Boasting the top two female golfers in the world, Team USA seemingly fell short of expectations as both...
By Sabrina Messiha (Sanjana as managing editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 4 min read
UCLA women's soccer opens season with victory, debut of new recruits
A plethora of new Bruins stepped onto the pitch for the Bruins' Big Ten debut. After bagging two goals within the first 16 minutes to surge to an early lead, UCLA women's soccer trounced Loyola Marymount 3-0 in an exhibition match Saturday to kick off its 2024 season. The Bruins maintained their lead at Wallis Annenberg Stadium throughout the game,...
By Noah Massey (Sanjana as managing editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 4 min read
UCLA football evaluates roster depth ahead of conference debut
Change has become familiar for UCLA football. Topping off the major shifts of conference realignment and novelty at the helm, the Bruins' offensive unit will have a different look in 2024. Associate head coach and offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy – widely touted as the offensive mind behind two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes – has begun igniting a potentially transformative era...
By Sabrina Messiha (Sanjana as managing editor) + 3 others for Daily Bruin - 4 min read
UCLA women's soccer prepares for Big Ten conference debut in season opener
UCLA’s Big Ten debut is only two days away. When UCLA women’s soccer kicks off its 2024 season with an exhibition game against LMU on Aug. 10, it will be the first time that the Bruins compete with the Big Ten logo embossed on their jerseys.“We’re just excited and hungry to get out there, especially changing to the Big Ten,”...
By Sabrina Messiha (Sanjana as managing editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 3 min read
Bruins wrap Olympic run before reaching women's basketball podium
Only a quarterfinal berth was in the cards for the Bruins. Point guard Lina Sontag and forwards Angela Dugalić and Emily Bessoir represented their respective countries, competing in the women's basketball knockout stage at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Dugalić wore the Serbian badge, while Bessoir and Sontag represented Germany. The trio advanced out of the group stage by ranking...
By Ira Gorawara (Sanjana as managing editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 4 min read
Jrue Holiday steers USA men's basketball to undefeated slate, two wins from Olympic gold
Each game was reminiscent of the other. It's rare for basketball scorecards to reflect eerily similar results across four duels, but such was destiny for the United States. Landing in Paris as the most venerated Olympic basketball crop, Team USA was six wins shy of a fifth straight gold. And four contests into its golden quest, the Americans seem duly...
By Aaron Doyle (Sanjana as managing editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 4 min read
Jordan Chiles of UCLA gymnastics notches Olympic bronze, her 1st individual medal
The score popped in, and it was good enough for fifth. It seemed Jordan Chiles was out of luck for an individual medal. But then, a judging error was noticed. Team USA inquired about the score, and before she knew it, Chiles had done it. Chiles – the two-season UCLA gymnastics phenom – notched the bronze medal in the women’s...
By Una O'Farrell (Sanjana as managing editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 2 min read
Aided by Bruin alumni, US women's water polo advances to semifinals at Olympics
The only nation to medal in every Games since water polo joined the Olympic catalog is one step closer to the podium. The United States women’s water polo team – which rosters three UCLA alumni as players and two as coaches – finished second in its preliminary rounds to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Led by...
By Kai Dizon (Sanjana as managing editor) + 4 others for Daily Bruin - 3 min read
US women’s volleyball led by three Bruins advance to Olympic knockout stage
UCLA is under a month away from its first Big Ten women's volleyball season. But three Bruins of the past and one present took to the hardwood early, in Paris for Olympic women’s volleyball preliminary rounds from July 29 to Aug. 4. Less than two months after graduation, former UCLA women’s volleyball outside/opposite hitter Iman Ndiaye made her Olympic debut...
By Sabrina Messiha (Sanjana as managing editor) + 3 others for Daily Bruin - 3 min read
Dugalić, Bessoir, Sontag continue to Olympic women's basketball knockout stage
Three Bruins will continue to the women’s basketball knockout stage of the Paris Olympics. Athletes represented UCLA in each of the three groups during the group phase of the Olympic women’s basketball tournament. Angela Dugalić, a current UCLA forward, represents Serbia, while recent UCLA graduates Emily Bessoir and Lina Sontag play for Germany. Former Bruins Nirra Fields and Noelle Quinn...
