The UCLA baseball team is not buying into the hype that comes with being the defending national champions as it gets ready to begin its title defense at Jackie Robinson Stadium Friday night against Portland. However, after being predicted to finish behind Oregon State and Oregon in the Pac-12 conference preseason coaches’ poll, it is […]
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UCLA baseball eyes 2014 NCAA title, faces season setbacks
After a long and difficult journey, reaching the top of the mountain is an elating feeling, but it’s also a fleeting one. Last season ended with the UCLA baseball players defying expectations and reaching the summit, where they formed their own mountainous dog pile as they hoisted the NCAA championship trophy. The players are now […]
UCLA baseball reveals Filia, Kramer and Williams injured
The baseball season does not start until the end of this week, but the Bruins will already be without several of their starting players.
UCLA’s women’s tennis team serves defeat to UC Irvine
Despite the cold weather and rain falling on their heads, the UCLA women’s tennis players stood shoulder to shoulder on an adjacent court as they watched junior Chanelle Van Nguyen battle UC Irvine’s senior Franziska Goettsching in a third-set tiebreaker. The No. 5 Bruins had already clinched the win over the No. 38 Anteaters, but […]
UCLA women’s tennis hopes to qualify for championship
BY JASON DRANTCHBruin Sports reporterjdrantch@media.ucla.edu At the USTA/ITA National Team Indoors Championship last season, UCLA women’s tennis was on the verge of capturing the title for the second straight year. However, then-senior Pamela Montez fell in the third set tiebreaker, resulting in a 4-3 loss to North Carolina. With the National Indoors qualifying tournament starting […]
UCLA water polo players gain competitive experience as part of Team USA
After spending more than a week competing in Hungary, Team USA finished in fifth place in the FINA Men’s Junior World Championships.