One win was expected. Two wins proved to be too much to ask for. The No. 11 UCLA women’s tennis team defeated No. 20 Cal 5-2 on Friday before falling to top-ranked Stanford 5-2 the next day. Read more...

He wasn’t even on the traveling squad before Thursday. He hadn’t started a match in nearly two years. But when UCLA coach Al Scates held an open audition for the middle blocker position during Thursday’s practice, it was junior middle blocker David Russell who commanded the coach’s attention. Read more...

Meet by meet, the questions have been answered. Questions about how untested freshmen and how nagging injuries would affect the team. Questions about how to improve upon low early-season floor exercise scores. Read more...

Here’s a scary thought for the nation’s top quarter-milers going into the heart of the outdoor season: UCLA’s Monique Henderson says she’s running faster than she ever has this early in the year. Read more...

The crosstown rivalry will be renewed this weekend as UCLA’s baseball team travels to USC’s Dedeaux Field in a match-up between two teams in vastly different situations. Read more...

For a team that has yet to reach its full potential, the postseason is looking pretty bright for the UCLA gymnastics squad. The second-ranked Bruins, who according to coach Valorie Kondos Field and junior gymnast Kate Richardson, still have room to improve upon their already solid routines, will head to Seattle, Wash., on Saturday to participate in the NCAA West Regional. Read more...

Growing up in Los Angeles, I was surrounded by a laid-back, easygoing culture. Going to Dodger games all my life, fans would lounge about in their seats, sitting passively on their hands in 75-degree weather as Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully would quasi-creepily obsess over all the little children in the crowd. Read more...