If a coach needs to find evidence to show players that practicing free throws is important, just dig up the video of the last minute and a half of Monday’s UCLA women’s basketball game. Amid a furious Pepperdine (1-1) rally to cut a double-digit deficit to as little as two, UCLA junior guard Thea Lemberger […]
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Atonye Nyingifa positively leads UCLA women’s basketball team
Atonye Nyingifa is always smiling. While running wind sprints in practice, the smile races by, sideline to sideline, in a blur. In games, the smile could be misconstrued as softness until she plows her way through two defenders for the offensive rebound and two points. For five years, that smile has been a front for […]
UCLA men’s soccer hoping for a little luck in hunt for Pac-12 title
With three games remaining on the schedule, the UCLA men’s soccer team finds itself third in the Pac-12, with the goal of a third straight Pac-12 championship beginning to show cracks – cracks that could shatter a goal that the team had set for itself since the very beginning of the season. Winner of the […]
UCLA men’s soccer breaks overtime streak, beats Washington
After playing to four straight winless overtimes in the past two weeks, the UCLA men’s soccer team was not just physically tired, but also mentally and emotionally fatigued, said coach Jorge Salcedo. But after a pregame ceremony celebrating UCLA’s seniors and their families, the Bruins seemed to get an extra surge of energy that carried […]
UCLA men’s soccer aims to settle score with Oregon State and Washington
Following a trip up to the Pacific Northwest for two hard-fought games that both ended in draws after two overtimes, the UCLA men’s soccer team came home to a nice surprise: homemade Rice Krispies Treats delivered by coach Jorge Salcedo’s wife and kids at the end of practice on Thursday But these treats provided only […]
Men’s soccer determined to bounce back against Oregon State
After last match’s overtime loss to No.1 California, the UCLA men’s soccer team can get away from where it happened, traveling out of Drake Stadium, and out of California, to Oregon. UCLA will go up north to play Oregon State today, hoping to put behind a game many coaches and players believed to be one […]
UCLA midfielder becomes No. 1 goal-scorer after transition to offense
Throughout practices and games, Leo Stolz hears his name called out more often than any other player on the UCLA men’s soccer team. Whenever he has the ball, which is often, Stolz is constantly attacking and probing the defense. But the junior midfielder wasn’t always the center of attention on the soccer field. For nearly […]