Author Archives: Ajaybir Behniwal

Within seconds of the opening tip-off, on his team’s first possession of the game, Lorenzo Mata had gathered two offensive rebounds and drawn a defensive foul. As his headband nearly came off his head, the UCLA center emerged from within a group of players. Something was different. Rather than flashing his usual smile of content, […]

In a meet designed for Olympic-caliber swimmers to tune-up for international competitions and a chance to race against top-notch competition, it comes as no surprise that many members of UCLA’s women’s swimming team were present. Thirteen Bruins were at the Janet Evans Invitational swim meet this weekend at USC as a part of their summer […]

Sitting among the sold-out crowd in the Long Beach Pyramid at an NBA Summer Pro League game on Saturday night, I watched as several players desperately tried to impress their coaches, the crowd and most importantly the scouts. With everyone cheering for the Los Angeles Lakers, I almost felt bad for the Dallas Mavericks. After […]

Last June, the relatively successful UCLA women’s rugby team was in a bind. It only had six players returning to a team requiring 15 individuals to compete, and there was much fear that the team would be unable to compete. A year and 19 new players later, not only are the Bruins competing, but they […]

It’s a feat no UCLA triple jumper has accomplished in years, but Demetre Howard is convinced that he can change that this weekend. Howard, one of three Bruins who will compete in the triple jump this weekend at the NCAA West Regionals, hopes to become the first UCLA athlete to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor […]

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 ““ […]

It was a sacrifice that many athletes would be unwilling to make: sitting out the last regular season home match as a senior and letting a freshman take the spot. Then again, most athletes haven’t had the experience that senior Sarah Gregg of the UCLA women’s tennis team has. After capturing an 8-4 doubles victory […]