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Features, Men's Tennis, Sports

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February 12, 12:52 am

Manager Raymond Ajoc strings men’s tennis team together

For six years, Raymond Ajoc lived about 100 steps away from a tennis court. But, for the six years before high school, he had never used it. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year biology student Raymond Ajoc was able to find a way to pay for his tuition at UCLA after landing a spot as a manager for the men’s tennis team and subsequently earning an athletic scholarship. Ajoc is one of the most reliable racket stringers on the team, able to complete the racket stringing process in about 12 minutes. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)

Features, Men's Volleyball, Sports

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February 12, 12:49 am

New Kids on the Block: Jake Arnitz remains tenacious despite status as top recruit

The box score from any recent UCLA men’s volleyball game tells the same story: freshman Jake Arnitz has made an instant impact for the Bruins. The outside hitter already averages more than three kills per set – the most on the team – and has earned himself a recurring role in coach John Speraw’s starting lineup. Read more...

Photo: Freshman outside hitter Jake Arnitz averages more than three kills per set – the highest on the UCLA men’s volleyball team. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)

Features, Men's Tennis, Sports

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February 11, 3:14 am

Sophomore Joseph Di Guilio overcomes adversity, finds solace in tennis

Practice was winding down. The UCLA men’s tennis team was finishing stretching and packing up. Players were talking about where they were going to eat, while others were talking about what midterms they had to study for that week. Read more...

Photo: For Joseph Di Giulio, the tennis courts are where the sophomore finds solace, a place where he escapes from problems small and large. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)

Features, Men's Basketball, Sports

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February 11, 3:04 am

Cameroonian sensation circumnavigates globe in basketball conquest

Alfred Aboya had never seen snow. Clad in flip-flops and shorts, the 18-year-old unfolded his 6-foot-8 frame from the confines of the minivan that transported his life to the grounds of the Tilton School in New Hampshire, landing him on a prep school campus covered in a white blanket of winter weather. Read more...

Photo: Alfred Aboya played four seasons for UCLA, a pit stop in a journey that took him from his native Cameroon to prep school on the East Coast, college in Westwood and a professional career overseas. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Features, Sports, Women's Basketball

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February 11, 12:54 am

Women’s basketball’s Cori Close carries forward Coach Wooden’s legacy at UCLA

Twenty-one years ago, in the spring of 1994, coach Cori Close, then the restricted-earnings coach for the UCLA women’s basketball team, was not prepared. She was dressed in sweats one Tuesday evening when Steve Lavin, her counterpart on the men’s basketball team, told her that she was coming with him to coach John Wooden’s apartment – he said she didn’t have a choice. Read more...

Photo: UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close first met John Wooden while working as a restricted-earnings coach for the Bruins. As she moved forward to be assistant coach for UCSB and finally head coach for UCLA, her relationship with Wooden influenced her approach to her job. (Erin Ng/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Features, Men's Basketball, Sports

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February 11, 12:00 am

Freshman forward Gyorgy Goloman makes smooth transition from Hungary to UCLA

The town of Körmend, Hungary is about 145 miles away from Budapest, the nation’s capital. It’s about 5,235 miles away from Weston, Fla. And, as far as Gyorgy Goloman was concerned, it was about a world away from UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Coming from the town of Körmend, Hungary, freshman forward Gyorgy Goloman had to make the decision between playing professional basketball in Europe or going to the United States for college. After months of deliberation, Goloman decided to go to school in the United States, so he made the trip alone to Florida to join the private prep Sagemont School. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Features, Sports, Swim & Dive

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February 10, 1:38 am

Diving deepens sibling bond

Friends, teammates, competitors, sisters. UCLA swim and dive team members Montana and Ciara Monahan are all of those things to each other. They’ve never known life to be any other way. Read more...

Photo: Junior diver Montana Monahan (left) and freshman diver Ciara Monahan (right) are sisters on the UCLA dive team. The Monahan sisters picked up the sport of diving together after moving from the East Coast to home in Burbank that came with a swimming pool and a diving board. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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