After a rocky 2013 campaign, the UCLA women’s volleyball team incorporated a new strategy to bring a much-needed breath of fresh air into its offseason training: reading. At last season’s start, the team faced the loss of several key senior players. With many close losses and injuries throughout the rest of the season, the team […]
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Gonzalo Quiroga brings professional mentality to UCLA volleyball
One night seven years ago, at the age of 14, senior Gonzalo Quiroga of the UCLA men’s volleyball team sealed his future with a handshake. That night, Quiroga’s father, Daniel, came to discuss his son’s future with volleyball. While Quiroga’s older brother declined education at a university and began playing professionally in Italy straight after […]
Worn out from NCAA play, women’s tennis to finally rest
By the time junior Chanelle Van Nguyen stepped on the court for the NCAA singles quarterfinals, she had already been playing tennis for 10 straight days, with only a few days of rest scattered throughout. Just days before, the UCLA women’s tennis team had won the NCAA championship title, bringing UCLA’s grand total to 111 […]
UCLA Kendo Club finds balance between combat and discipline
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Yelling resonates throughout the entire second floor of the John Wooden Center. Some yells are long, some are short. Some yells are high-pitched shrieks, while others are deep, guttural sounds. But they’re all intense, […]
UCLA women’s tennis advances to NCAA semifinals
The energy was electric as the UCLA women’s tennis team played a match for more than just a chance to move on in the NCAA championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Saturday. The team played a match of revenge. The Bruins’ win against the Duke Blue Devils was long sought-after and hard-fought. It […]
Women’s tennis outlasts Duke to advance to NCAA semifinals
UCLA women’s tennis emerged victorious from a back-and-forth battle against No. 4 seed Duke University in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA championships, with a 4-2 win. The No. 5 seed Bruins started off strong, with the doubles team of senior Courtney Dolehide and junior Chanelle Van Nguyen fighting fierce heat and humidity to […]
UCLA women’s tennis prepares to take on Miami at NCAAs
The UCLA women’s tennis team’s newest opponent in the NCAA championships, the University of Miami, is a familiar foe. In fact, the Hurricanes’ coach used to be a Bruin. Years ago, coach Stella Sampras Webster of UCLA acted as the assistant coach to Paige Yaroshuk-Tews of Miami during Yaroshuk-Tews’ time playing on the UCLA women’s […]