Sunday, December 14





America’s team: Unlikely UCLA sand volleyball duo finds success

It didn’t have any stake in the matter, but the crowd gathered around court No. 4 nonetheless. On this particular day, Rachel Inouye and Karly Drolson, the Bruins’ “smallest” sand volleyball pair at 5-foot-6 each, were faced with a Pepperdine duo, each player over 6 feet tall. Read more...

Photo: Sophomores Rachel Inouye and Karly Drolson may form an unlikely pair, but the two have found success. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)


Kodi Lavrusky balances women’s soccer, softball

Kodi Lavrusky is not looking to be the center of attention. “She’s just very quiet like that. … I’ve seen articles that coaches have written say that she might not say two words to you if you didn’t say stuff to her,” said Lavrusky’s father, Charles Lavrusky. Read more...

Photo: Kodi Lavrusky, who scored the golden goal at the national championship game against Florida State, helped UCLA women’s soccer obtain its first NCAA title. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin)


UCLA volleyball player Hagen Smith finds mental clarity in surfing

The early morning sky began to brighten as the car sped west down Sunset Boulevard. UCLA men’s volleyball player Hagen Smith’s fingers were crossed as he looked out the window toward the horizon. Read more...

Photo: Smith once surfed competitively on the Loyola High School team, but he found the need to appease judges counterintuitive to the “free-spirit” nature of surfing. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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