Thursday, April 30

M. tennis: NCAA matches mix it up for UCLA

Philipp Gruendler is tired of Ken Nakahara. And rightly so. After three matches this season in which the UCLA men’s tennis team faced California, the last time coming Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament, many of the Bruins have become a little too familiar with their conference foes. Read more...



Laying the foundation

The year women’s rowing gained varsity status at UCLA, coach Amy Fuller Kearney didn’t go on recruiting trips or make phone calls to prospects. Instead, she would stand out on Bruin Walk, seeking out tall, athletic-looking females to fill out her roster. Read more...



Sports serve a skewed life view

Reconciling the lessons learned in team sports with real world experience has been my pet project ever since I was, like, 5. Theoretically, playing American Youth Soccer Organization soccer is supposed to initiate us to functioning within a group, thus preparing us for society. Read more...



M. tennis: Duo overcomes tie to nab crucial point

Of the four points UCLA captured in the men’s regional tennis match against California on Sunday, none came harder than the first. After UCLA’s Luben Pampoulov and Chris Lam handily defeated Lennart Maack and Dean Wallace 8-3 on Court 3, the Bruins saw themselves heading into two simultaneous tiebreakers on the top two courts ““ a rarity. Read more...