It seemed like a tall order for Karsta Lowe. It was less than a year after the outside hitter completed a four-year run at UCLA that she managed to land an unexpected spot with the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Karsta Lowe goes for the kill in her first match with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team. The recent graduate helped the Americans clinch the FIVB World Grand Prix title this past weekend. (Courtesy of USA Volleyball)
Football – Josh Rosen Josh Rosen’s early enrollment at UCLA last January gave him a definitive edge over all other rookies in that he is familiar with the ins and outs of the school and football team before the first day of orientation. Read more...
Photo: Josh Rosen was nearly unanimously regarded as the top quarterback recruit from 2015. He was rated the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the nation by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com; ESPN ranked Rosen the No. 2 quarterback recruit in the country. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
An 11-year-old Julie Consani looked a little out of place on the volleyball court. Still a few years too early for her eventual growth spurt, the undersized young athlete’s footwear of choice was a combination of pink low-top Converse sneakers and white Adidas soccer socks with black stripes. Read more...
Photo: In her last season with the UCLA women’s indoor volleyball team, senior Julie Consani notched 11.5 assists per game, good for No. 12 in the nation and 8th-highest all-time for the Bruins. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Senior Zoë Nightingale walked onto the sand volleyball court at the Stanford Invitational Pairs Tournament on Sunday with her partner, junior Kamila Tan, to play in the No. Read more...
Photo: Junior Kamila Tan makes up one half of the UCLA sand volleyball’s No. 1 team that powered the Bruins to a championship victory at the Stanford Invitational Pairs Tournament. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Three years ago, the No. 9 UCLA women’s volleyball team found itself in Kentucky for the Regional semifinal of the NCAA championship, looking across the net at No. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Karsta Lowe scored a game-high 22 kills in the final installment of her college career. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
With only the top 16 teams left in the NCAA tournament, the UCLA women’s volleyball team will face its biggest challenge yet. “It’s going to take a lot but I think we can do it,” said senior middle blocker Zoë Nightingale. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Karsta Lowe and No. 12 UCLA will have a rematch with No. 5 Penn State in the Sweet 16 after the Bruins lost to the Nittany Lions earlier in the season. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
For the first time in over a month, No. 12 seed UCLA women’s volleyball team swept two teams in the same week, scoring 3-0 against both LIU Brooklyn and Long Beach State at home. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore middle blocker/outside hitter Claire Felix registered 10 kills in UCLA’s NCAA second round victory over Long Beach State. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)
