After the news that Jackie Carleton and Feriel Esseghir had their scholarships revoked due to attitude-related problems, the women’s tennis team has now suffered another blow. Senior Lauren Fisher has decided to forgo her final year of eligibility at UCLA to pursue a career on the singles and doubles circuit of the Women’s Tennis Association […]
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W. basketball: Women’s basketball coaches, players host skills camp
One by one, many of 85 girls shot their hands up in the air, hoping UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier would call on them. As each one listened to the advice given by the women’s basketball players and coaching staff, it was apparent she wanted to come away with something positive from the annual […]
M. basketball: Incoming freshmen provide hope for reaching NCAAs
After a tumultuous 11-17 season last year, UCLA fans became petulant. Coach Ben Howland this, free throws that, but the pangs known as Bruin basketball can now be allayed for this upcoming season by the play of UCLA’s incoming freshman class. Down by eight with less than four minutes to go in a Nike Los […]
W. basketball: NCAA says no to Bruins for summer
The annual Los Angeles Summer Showcase, previously known as the Women’s Say No Classic, has been a staple for UCLA women’s basketball players during the summer. But, before Nikki Blue, Lisa Willis, Emma Tautolo, Noelle Quinn, Amanda Livingston and Shaina Zaidi even set foot on the court, they received notice that Division I athletes were […]
UCLA perimeter run an exercise staple
Every campus has its hidden gems, its nooks and crannies that only students know about. It may very well be a clandestine path only known to UCLA frequent runners, but the course dubbed “the perimeter” has gained increasing popularity over the past years. “I first heard about it from my cross-country coach from high school […]
Dodgeball hits IM sports winter lineup
In the good ol’ days when kids weren’t tall enough to touch the rim or even grip a football, one sport had them all ducking and leaping for more. It was a sport of kings where one player tried to outlast, out-avoid, and out-punish the opponent. And the thrill of it all was having the […]
W. polo: Staying afloat
At the start of the fourth quarter, women’s water polo coach Adam Krikorian was nowhere to be found. Neither was his assistant coach. After disputing a call in the Stanford Invitational championship game against USC, the first tournament of the season, both Krikorian and Catharine von Schwarz were tossed from the match. As it would […]