This post was updated July 6 at 12:36 p.m. The UCLA club sports scene welcomed a new member to its ranks Thursday. Esports @UCLA was officially added to the UCLA Recreation and Club Sports list for the 2018-2019 school year. Read more...
Photo: The Esports @UCLA group became an officially sanctioned Club Sport on Thursday. The squads will compete in Tespa tournaments and other collegiate matches across the country next year. (Quanzhao He/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins have always boasted a strong resume in Pauley Pavilion and at the Rose Bowl – but a new wave of competition is coming to campus in the form of online card battles. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Blue fell to Penn State in the Tespa Collegiate Hearthstone Championship final. The UCLA players, Shawn Footitt, Riley Dunne and Andrew Piro, walked away with $6,000 in scholarship money. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Onegai shimasu – “Please let me train with you.” Two players face each other and bow, wearing Bogu with their Shinais in hand – a Kendo match begins. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Kendo competes in tournaments in Southern California and across the country and has consistently shown strength in recent years. The club’s co-founder, Nathan Makino, said Kendo has become like a brand that maintains a strong reputation year after year. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins fell one match short of clinching their first collegiate rugby championship after a testing path to the final. UCLA men’s club rugby dropped the 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship Cup final to Lindenwood University by a score of 24-7 on Sunday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s club rugby fell to Lindenwood University in the 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship final. The loss marked the second time the Bruins lost in the final, with the other being their last appearance against California in 2016. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins will have a chance to hoist their first-ever Pete Dawkins Trophy this weekend. UCLA men’s club rugby will face three opponents in pool play of the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia this weekend. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s sevens squad will be competing in the Collegiate Rugby Championship for the sixth consecutive year. The Bruins were eliminated by Indiana in the quarterfinal round last season. UCLA lost to rival California in the 2016 final. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
Though the collegiate lacrosse stronghold famously lies on the East Coast, the fast-paced sport exists at UCLA, too – specifically as a women’s club team. Now, after an 8-4 run during the regular season, UCLA club lacrosse will head to Round Rock, Texas, to compete in the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates national tournament from May 8 to 12. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s club lacrosse will head to Texas for the national lacrosse tournament this week. This year it goes in as the No. 10 seed and will face No. 7 Virginia in the first match of the tournament. (Courtesy of Suzanne Bernardy)
The Plaza Room at De Neve Commons is a modest space. With beige walls and floral carpets, it’s a banquet hall that could be anywhere. Except that it’s on UCLA’s campus. Read more...
Photo: The rugby teams from UCLA and California faced off against one another at the North Athletic Field on Jan. 14th, with the reigning national champion Golden Bears winning the game with a final score of 45-0. (Edward Figeuroa/Daily Bruin)
