Sunday, May 11


On Target

Archery is a quiet sport. Read more...

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Huy Huynh, a second-year biochemistry student, retrieves his arrows during Club Archery practice Friday afternoon. The UCLA Club Archery team practices five days a week on campus and is comprised of both experienced archers and beginners.


Women athletes more prone to ACL injuries

Lauren Carr, a member of UCLA's club soccer team, was playing in her first game of the season when she felt her left knee pop. That pop, as it turned out, was a torn anterior cruciate ligament "“ an injury that can bench an athlete for more than a year, said Dr. Gerald Finerman, a professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA and director of intercollegiate sports medicine. Read more...



Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gains popularity and becomes a club sport

Dave Bryant gave his students two minutes to escape from their opponents' side control, a dominant grappling position where the combatant has his opponent pinned down and locked perpendicularly. Read more...

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Members of UCLA’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club practice in the Wooden Center’s Blue Room on Monday. The club practices five days a week with beginner and intermediate classes available. The classes have seen an increase in participants, and the club has grown in popularity as a result of Jiu Jitsu’s influence in Mixed Martial Arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.



Poolside Pupil

The first practice of the men's club water polo season began with a gnarly moustache and a burly goatee. Read more...

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Coach Doug Merkel guided the UCLA men’s club water polo team to a national championship last season. A first-year law student, Merkel decided to return to the same team he has been affiliated with since his undergraduate years at UCLA.



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