Editor’s note: Every Thursday for the next month, the Daily Bruin will be running a series of profiles on the newcomers to the UCLA men’s volleyball team. Read more...
Photo: Freshman outside hitter J.T. Hatch moved from his original position as setter in his senior year of high school in order to fill holes with his club team, Spiral Volleyball. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
In the afterglow of UCLA men’s basketball’s win over USC on Jan. 14, sophomore guard Bryce Alford took to Twitter to share his excitement. “Mission Complete #9D3W on to the next!” Alford tweeted, referencing UCLA’s three consecutive wins over a nine-day span. Read more...
Photo: Senior guard Norman Powell said just getting the two wins is all the motivation UCLA needs in its Oregon road series. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Once a week, Spieker Aquatics Center becomes a strange sight for those not entirely familiar with the UCLA swim team. Instead of merely repeating lap after lap in the same way, the UCLA swim team members can be seen swimming furiously toward one end of the pool where teammates are pulling them back as aggressively with athletic elastic bands. Read more...
Photo: Coach Cyndi Gallagher has incorporated a variety of creative drills during UCLA’s swim practice. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Coach Billy Martin said he was worried. As his team prepared for its first match of the regular season against UC Irvine, his lineup was up in the air. Read more...
Photo: Coach Billy Martin awarded junior Karue Sell the MVP after No. 4 UCLA’s 4-0 victory over Irvine for helping to seal the victory for the Bruins. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin)
After the Monday gymnastics meet at Pauley Pavilion, a Bruin squeezed her way into the Wildcats, hugging each one of them. But there wasn’t a need for either side to be alarmed – that was just UCLA’s fifth-year senior Jordan Williams saying hello to her old college teammates from Arizona. Read more...
Photo: Fifth-year senior Jordan Williams scored a 9.850 during her first home meet as a Bruin. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Three UCLA men’s soccer seniors saw their names picked at the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. After earning many postseason awards including the MAC Hermann Trophy and Soccer America Men’s Player of the Year, senior midfielder Leo Stolz was drafted by the New York Red Bulls with the No. Read more...
With the third week of Pac-12 conference play in the books, Daily Bruin Sports delivers its third installment of its Pac-12 power rankings. 1. No. 7 Arizona (16-2, 4-1) The Wildcats silenced any doubts regarding their conference hegemony on Saturday, as they trounced the conference’s emergent power – the Utah Utes – 69-51. Read more...
