Tuesday, May 26


Women’s volleyball rolls with varied lineups

If the UCLA women’s volleyball team seems unfamiliar, there’s a reason why. Twelve games into the 2013-2014 season, only three players – senior outside hitter Kelly Reeves, senior middle blocker Mariana Aquino and junior middle blocker Zoe Nightingale – have started all 12 games for the Bruins, while junior outside hitter Karsta Lowe has started 11. Read more...

Photo: Senior middle blocker Mariana Aquino sees UCLA’s depth as one of the team’s strengths.


Against Utah, UCLA likely to continue mixing spread offense, rushing attack

Following UCLA’s 59-13 victory over New Mexico State last Saturday, Brett Hundley joked to reporters about how he tells offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone that the Bruins have no need to run the football. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt junior running back Jordon James leads UCLA’s tough-nosed running attack. Though UCLA frequently has four receivers on the field, the Bruins have been successful on the ground.


Nguyening: NCAA targeting rule is too ambiguously enforced

Last season, Anthony Barr laid a hit that was heard around the city – a sack so thunderous under the rain at the Rose Bowl it ended USC quarterback Matt Barkley’s college career. Read more...

Photo: Senior outside linebacker Anthony Barr registered his first sack against New Mexico State, and his strong hit on Aggie quarterback King Davis III came close to warranting a targeting penalty.


No. 1 UCLA water polo picks up three weekend wins

With just three seconds left in the fourth period of UCLA men’s water polo’s game against Princeton, redshirt freshman center Patrick Woepse scored the last goal to win the game at the Spieker Aquatics Center, and the crowd jumped on its feet, cheering and yelling. Read more...

Photo: Playing at Spieker Aquatics Center at night for the first time this season, senior defender Chris Wendt and the Bruins earned a 15-3 win over Princeton on Saturday.


Unranked Colorado defeats UCLA women’s volleyball

The UCLA women's volleyball team found itself on the wrong side of history Friday night. Leading 12-2 and within one set of leaving Boulder, Colo. with a victory, No. 11 UCLA looked as if it would finally put away unranked Colorado. However, as they had done all match, the Buffaloes answered the Bruins. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore libero Karly Drolson attributed UCLA volleyball’s loss to Colorado to a “funk” and said the team will need to return to the fundamentals in order to improve.


UCLA soccer kicks off Pac-12 action with a win at Arizona

UCLA women’s soccer concluded its nonconference schedule and kicked off Pac-12 action with a 2-1 win over the Arizona Wildcats in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday. Similar to their previous matches, the Bruins scored early in the game to take the lead, after sophomore forward Taylor Smith took a pass from junior defender Ally Courtnall to score her second goal of the season. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore forward Taylor Smith scored a goal before the five-minute mark and UCLA never gave up the lead in its 2-1 victory over Arizona.