After starting in one game at middle linebacker last season, UCLA redshirt junior linebacker Steve Sloan has decided to forgo his senior season at UCLA and graduate this spring. Read more...
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Steve Sloan
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Men's Volleyball, Sports
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January 20, 1:05 am
Men's volleyball win MPSF opener 3-1 over Northridge
The main focus for the UCLA men's volleyball team going into this season has been the competition in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, and the anticipation for league play finally came to fruition when Cal State Northridge came to Pauley Pavilion on Read more...
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Redshirt Junior middle blocker Weston Dunlap hit nine kills in UCLA’s victory over Cal State Northridge at Pauley Pavilion. The match opened Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play for UCLA, which will play Long Beach State on Friday.
Club & IM Sports, Sports
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January 20, 1:04 am
Snowteam rides to success on campus and in competition despite lack of local snow
In a city where snow is as rare as Atlantis, and on a campus with a legacy of greatness in athletics, one of UCLA's largest club teams is also perhaps one of its more unlikely: the UCLA Snowteam. Faced with the challenge of existing in a region in which temperatures seldom enter the low 40s "“ much less the low 30s "“ UCLA's Ski and Snowboard Team, better known as the Snowteam, has not only survived but thrived. Read more...
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COURTESY of UCLA SNOWTEAM
Members of the Snowteam make up one of the largest club teams at UCLA. The club isn’t deterred by obstacles in Los Angeles like a lack of snow.
Sports
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January 20, 1:01 am
Bruin men’s basketball homeless next season
I remember being taken into Pauley Pavilion on my campus tour when I was considering enrolling at UCLA and standing in awe of the 11 championship banners hanging from the rafters. Read more...
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Men’s basketball coach Ben Howland, men’s volleyball coach Al Scates, and women’s volleyball coach Mike Sealy at the Pauley Pavilion ground breaking.
Sports, Women's Tennis
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January 20, 12:58 am
Women’s tennis outserves Saint Mary’s 5-2 in season opener
In a closely-contested match, the UCLA women's tennis team outdueled Saint Mary's 5-2 in both teams' first dual match of the 2011 season. Read more...
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Junior transfer McCall Jones made her UCLA debut on Wednesday against St. Mary’s, defeating the Gaels’ senior Alex Poorta 6-4, 6-1 at the No. 1 position. UCLA went on to win its season-opening match 5-2.
Sports, Women's Basketball
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January 19, 11:52 pm
Applying the Pressure: UCLA women’s basketball is developing a new identity through its tough full-court defense
It's something coach Nikki Caldwell calls "organized chaos." Senior guard Darxia Morris describes it as "aggressive." Read more...
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Senior guard Darxia Morris guards a member of the Oregon State offense.
Sports, Women's Basketball
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January 19, 11:43 pm
Stanford, UCLA women’s basketball teams meet to battle for the lead in the Pac-10
Ben Howland has already led his team into a hostile arena to battle a formidable low-post sibling tandem this season against Kansas, and now it's Nikki Caldwell's turn. Read more...
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Jasmine Dixon and the No. 8 Bruins will face off with No. 4 Stanford tonight at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto. Both teams are undefeated in Pac-10 play.