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Features, Men's Volleyball, Sports

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June 10, 7:12 pm

Bruin volleyball seniors get ball rolling into new stages of life

It’s time for Jackson Bantle and Hagen Smith to get out of California. The two volleyball seniors have always called Southern California home and have attended school together in Los Angeles for 17 years. Read more...

Photo: Following the conclusion of the men’s volleyball season, seniors Hagen Smith and Jackson Bantle decided to hit the sand and compete in the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Championships. The duo placed second in the tournament despite rarely having paired up in the past. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)

Club & IM Sports, Features, Sports

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June 10, 7:06 pm

Bruins Racing members discuss experiences, plans for future races

Dozens of students converge in a small workshop in Boelter Hall every day. It is constantly crowded, always smells of motor oil and produces several brand new cars each year. Read more...

Photo: Members of Bruin Racing regularly have to tear apart major mechanical components – like the motorcycle engine that powers the car – and rebuild them from the inside out. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)

Features, Sports, Track and Field

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May 31, 12:23 am

Pattriana Perry hurdled tough childhood en route to UCLA track and field

A 9-year-old Pattriana Perry woke up famished in her home – an old pickup truck. Unable to find food, she begged her mother, Barbara Perry, to get some for her. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore Pattriana Perry beat an impoverished childhood thanks, in part, to her supportive track community. She had the options of going to Stanford, USC or Oregon, but chose UCLA, where she’s now the top hurdler on the women’s track and field team. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Beach Volleyball, Features, Sports

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May 15, 11:19 pm

Beach volleyball’s Kamila Tan talks personal, program growth at UCLA

When Kamila Tan entered UCLA as its first beach volleyball-exclusive athlete in 2012, there was only one 2-inch deep court the team had to practice on. Read more...

Photo: In 2012, Kamila Tan became UCLA’s first beach volleyball-exclusive athlete. In that time, the sport has gone from a niche group to one with its own NCAA Tournament. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Features, Sports, Women's Water Polo

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May 11, 12:59 pm

Dream big: Olympian Maddie Musselman three games from UCLA water polo history

Adam Krikorian still remembers the day he met freshman attacker Maddie Musselman. The Women’s Senior National Team coach was at Boston Logan International Airport, on his way home from the 2013 NCAA Tournament at Harvard. Read more...

Photo: The skills freshman attacker Maddie Musselman has developed en route to becoming one of the most dominant players in the NCAA in her very first year took her through the trials and tribulations of playing with some of the world’s greatest water polo players before she was a junior in high school. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Features, Sports, Women's Water Polo

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May 4, 12:54 am

Far from home, Dutch water polo player Lizette Rozeboom shines at UCLA

A thick Dutch accent rang through the air at Spieker Aquatics Center as the UCLA women’s water polo team was practicing its drills in the winter of 2015. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore attacker Lizette Rozeboom was one of the top players on Widex GZC Donk, one of the Netherlands’ most competitive water polo clubs, before traveling halfway around the world to UCLA. This year, she’s tied for sixth on the team in goals with 24. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)


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