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Football, Sports

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January 19, 12:02 am

UCLA football recruiting, led by coach Jim Mora, promises strong roster for 2012 season

Jan. 12, everything was quiet. In fact, it was dead "“ at least that's what the NCAA football recruiting calendar said. From Jan. 9-12, teams could not call, text, email, or Facebook recruits under any circumstance because it was a dead period in the recruiting calendar. Read more...

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Redshirt senior cornerback Aaron Hester brings down a Sun Devil during UCLA’s 29-28 upset over Arizona State earlier this school year. The Bruins have received two 4-star cornerback commitments for next season.

Sports, Women's Tennis

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January 18, 12:08 am

Freshmen make instant impact on women’s tennis

When Stella Sampras Webster announced the 2011 recruiting class in June of last year, ranked No. 3 in the country at the time by TennisRecruiting.net, she couldn't help but get excited. The sixteenth-year coach received commitments from three blue-chip recruits in Robin Anderson, Skylar Morton and Kaitlin Ray, who had all been ranked top-five in the country at some point during the 2011 year. Read more...

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McCall Jones, one of two seniors on the women’s tennis team, advanced to the round of 16 of the Freeman Memorial Championships in Las Vegas for the second straight year this weekend.

Sports

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January 18, 12:06 am

Men’s basketball places March Madness hopes in playoff tournament

Last season's Pac-10 basketball player of the year was Arizona's Derrick Williams, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. The leading scorer in the Pac-12 conference to date is Oregon State's Jared Cunningham, who isn't getting so much as a sniff at the NBA's first round by draft experts and is relatively unknown to those outside of the conference's scope. Read more...

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Junior guard De’End Parker may transfer away from UCLA to be closer to family in Northern California. Parker has played in two games this season and is averaging four points per game.

Sports, Women's Soccer

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January 18, 12:05 am

Leroux selected as No. 1 overall pick for women’s soccer

Senior forward Sydney Leroux solidified her spot in UCLA athletic history Friday, becoming the first women's soccer player to be picked No. Read more...

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Senior forward Sydney Leroux was selected by the Atlanta Beat with the first overall pick in the Women’s Professional Soccer draft Friday. Leroux becomes the ninth Bruin to be selected first overall in a professional draft.

Men's Soccer, Sports

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January 18, 12:04 am

6 Bruins selected in 2012 MLS draft

The UCLA men's soccer team's season ended abruptly over a month ago in the College Cup semifinals in Alabama, but several members of the team kick-started their professional careers by getting drafted into Major League Soccer over the past week. Sophomore midfielder Kelyn Rowe (3rd overall to the New England Revolution) and junior forward Chandler Hoffman (13th overall to the Philadelphia Union) were chosen in the first round of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft on Jan. Read more...

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Sophomore midfielder Kelyn Rowe was picked third overall in the Major League Soccer draft by the New England Revolution. Rowe is one of six Bruins who will begin their MLS careers.

Sports, Women's Water Polo

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January 17, 1:49 am

Finding culture through sports

For UCLA's women water polo players Sarah Orozco and Gisselle Naranjo, the summer of 2011 was an adventure that they would never forget as they continued their season by joining Mexico's national water polo team. Read more...

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UCLA women’s water polo players Sarah Orozco (left) and Gisselle Naranjo played on the Mexican national team this summer, gaining valuable playing experience and learning more about Mexican culture.

Men's Volleyball, Sports

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January 17, 1:47 am

Men’s volleyball wins its seventh Outrigger Hotels Invitational title in undefeated play

Most people don't go to Hawaii for a cruise in mid-January. But the UCLA men's volleyball team isn't most people. Read more...

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Senior setter Kyle Caldwell averaged 11 assists per set in three games to lead the Bruins to victories over Lewis, Springfield College and Hawai’i. UCLA captured its seventh Outrigger Hotels Invitational title in 12 appearances. The team will host Stanford on Friday.


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