Thursday, August 20

In the news:


New and returning talent to carry men’s soccer team after the departure of star players

Twice the UCLA men's soccer team thought it had punched its ticket to the NCAA College Cup championship game with goals in its semifinal game, and twice it was wrong. In the semifinals of the College Cup in Alabama, No. Read more...

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Rising junior midfielder Victor Munoz, pictured here in UCLA’s loss to UNC in the NCAA championship finals, will likely play a different role this upcoming season.


Women’s golf looks to swing in the right direction come fall

After winning the national championship in 2011, the UCLA women's golf team swung and missed at its title defense last season. Despite performing at an elite level throughout the year, as evidenced by their seven tournament wins and long run as No. Read more...

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Rising junior Ani Gulugian will be one of the returning upperclassmen and will be a pivotal member of the women’s golf team in the coming season. (Credit: UCLA Athletics)



UCLA volleyball alumna Nana Meriwether finds a new way to compete by participating in pageants

When Nana Meriwether transferred to the UCLA volleyball team as a sophomore, she was a shy girl with "goofy" footwork, the sort of player then-head coach Andy Banachowski called "a little (OK, a lot) bashful." Read more...

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Former UCLA women’s volleyball player Nana Meriwether found a new way to compete following her time in school by participating in beauty pageants. This year, she finished as runner-up in the Miss USA pageant. (Daily Bruin File Photo; Courtesy of Nana Meriwether)