By Christina Teller Daily Bruin Senior Staff Home-court advantage gives any team a boost in morale, and for the past five years, USC has called the North Gym home. Read more...

By Jeff Agase Daily Bruin Reporter By the end of the year, UCLA athletic teams will have traveled to places like Tuscaloosa, Ala., Manhattan, Kan., Williamsburg, Va., and Honolulu, Hawaii. Read more...

  COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Freshman Chrissie Zartman hopes to continue in her mother’s footsteps as a volleyball player for UCLA. By Andrew Borders Daily Bruin Reporter Chrissie Zartman doesn’t have much to say about her brief college volleyball experience. Read more...

Photo by CATHERINE JUN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Quarterback, Cory Pares, wrestles the ball away from the opposition in UCLA’s 13-6 victory against the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Rose Bowl this past Saturday By Scott Bair Daily Bruin Reporter Logic was defied on Saturday at the Rose Bowl. Read more...

CATHERINE JUN and DANIEL WONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Senior driver Jon Puffer takes a few moments before morning practice to joke around with his teammates. CATHERINE JUN and DANIEL WONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Puffer prepares to drive the ball into the net during the team’s afternoon practice. Read more...

MEN’S SOCCER STARTERS Dru Hoshimoya (So.) Scot Thompson (Jr.) Tim Pierce (Jr.) Ryan Futagaki (Jr.) Nelson Akwari (So.) Alex Yi (So.) Zach Wells (So.) Cliff McKinley (So.) Leonard Griffin (So.) Jimmy Frazelle (Jr.) Ty Maurin (So.) SOURCE: UCLA Sports Info JARRETT QUON AND VICTOR CHEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff   Daily Bruin File Photo Junior midfielder Jimmy Frazelle heads the ball last season. Read more...

Photos by CATHERINE JUN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Brynn Murphy spikes the ball into the opposition’s court on Friday’s volleyball match against USC. By Andrew Borders Daily Bruin Reporter As close as the volleyball squads at UCLA and USC are in the polls just three spots separate the fifth-ranked Trojans from the eighth-ranked Bruins only the Trojans played at the level of a nationally elite team Friday night. Read more...