Seven months ago, a controversial call in a crucial tie-breaking match stopped the UCLA men’s tennis team inches short of winning UCLA’s 109th championship, ending its season in heartrending fashion. Read more...
Photo: No. 1 singles player Clay Thompson and the UCLA men’s tennis team looks to win an NCAA championship this season.
Does men’s basketball’s close loss to No. 1 Arizona show that the Bruins are turning a corner? Kevin: UCLA fell into a 13-point hole after halftime,but battled back to nearly send the game to overtime. Read more...
Three years ago, as she sat in the passenger seat of a car navigating the relatively slow surface streets of Los Angeles gridlock, UCLA gymnastics freshman Hallie Mossett seemed about as sheltered as she could possibly be from a career-altering injury. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Hallie Mossett was injured in a car accident in high school and went on to tear her ACL shortly thereafter. But one of the injuries deterred her from returning to gymnastics.
The UCLA gymnastics team crowded around sophomore Danusia Francis as she stuck the landing on her beam routine. She flipped sideways once, lightly landed on the beam, and immediately lifted off again into another flip that propelled her off the beam and solidly onto the floor mat. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Danusia Francis stuck her landing on a high beam dismount that had never been done before in competition. Francis earned a score of 9.90 for her routine.
UCLA men’s volleyball came out swinging in the team’s last opportunity for improvement before conference play opens this weekend. The Bruins captured the first set of every match they played over the weekend at the Outrigger Hotels Invitational, setting the tone for a dominant performance that culminated in their 3-1 win over the Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors Saturday to claim the tournament title. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Robart Page led the Bruins to a tournament title over the weekend. Page was also named the tournament’s most outstanding player.
This weekend saw the UCLA swim and dive team put in strong performances after winter break. The swim team beat Utah by a score of 157-134. Read more...
Photo: Senior freestyle sprinter Kathryn Murphy said that despite the victory against Utah, an upcoming Washington State competition will be important in determining the team’s performance outside of its comfort zone.
UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close didn’t need to be verbose to express how it felt not to finish the weekend’s trip to Arizona with two wins: “It stinks.” But an elaboration upon that answer makes it clear why she feels that way. Read more...
