This post was updated Oct. 1 at 12:12 a.m. A team full of new players will have its growing pains. But it is only a matter of time before a fresh squad reaches its growth spurt. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is senior outside hitter Cheridyn Leverette about to hit the ball. Leverette combined for 35 kills over the first weekend of Big Ten play. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Women’s soccer Hannah Westerhold, Daily Bruin contributor Chemistry can be just as valuable as talent for young teams without much collective experience. That’s proven true for UCLA this season. Read more...
Photo: Four UCLA women’s soccer players hug in celebration. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Sept. 25 at 12:39 p.m. Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen didn’t capture an NBA championship until their third season together, struggling to defeat Eastern Conference juggernauts in the “Big Three” Boston Celtics and the “Bad Boy” Pistons that dominated the 1980s. Read more...
Photo: Members of UCLA women’s volleyball speak in a circle after a point. (Tszshan Huang/Daily Bruin)
UCLA has a long history of athletes returning to Westwood to coach their alma mater – DeShaun Foster, Kelly Inouye-Perez and Adam Wright, just to name a few. Read more...
Photo: From left to right, former UCLA gymnast Emma Malabuyo, sophomore attacker Ryder Dodd, former UCLA men’s basketball guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr, senior guard Gabriela Jaquez, former UCLA men’s volleyball libero Matthew Aziz and senior outside hitter Cheridyn Leverette are pictured. (From left to right: Daily Bruin file photo, Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor, Daily Bruin file photo, Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor and Daily Bruin file photos. Photo illustration by Crystal Tompkins/Design director)
UCLA women’s volleyball has been in the middle of the pack the last three seasons. Not great. Not bad. Just OK. But this year, third-year head coach Alfee Reft finally has a roster of his own, one that could redefine this narrative. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)
A final tune up awaits before the gauntlet begins. UCLA women’s volleyball (4-3) will close out its pre-conference lineup with a trip up north to the Stanford Tournament, where it will face Texas State (4-4), Hawai’i (4-4) and the tournament host, No. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Cheridyn Leverette begins to swing at the ball. (Tszshan Huang/Daily Bruin)
Everything is bigger in Texas, including UCLA’s redemption arc. After last week’s setbacks in Texas, a weekend away in El Paso was the perfect backdrop to flip the script. Read more...
Photo: Junior defensive specialist/libero Kat Lutz digs a ball. (Daily Bruin file photo)
