As hip-hop music boomed throughout Pauley Pavilion, UCLA
women’s basketball’s Atonye Nyingifa took her turn in the latest practice
drill. The forward dribbled into the lane, niftily Euro-stepped by a defender and finished
by coolly finger-rolling the ball in.
Author Archives: Chris Kalra
UCLA men’s soccer gains fresh talent with No. 1 recruiting class
After a guided tour of UCLA’s campus, a look inside the Bruins’ athletic locker room and a meal at the dining hall, Nathan Smith found himself in coach Jorge Salcedo’s office, face-to-face with Salcedo himself. It was then that the coach offered Smith, who was later ranked as the No. 5 high school recruit by College Soccer […]
UCLA men’s soccer stunned by Cal Poly in home opener
UCLA men’s soccer’s redshirt junior goalkeeper Earl Edwards kneeled down on the edge of the goalkeeper box. His head lay buried in his hands. His hands rested atop his thighs. Moments earlier, the ball had been drilled past him straight into the back of the net for Cal Poly’s second goal of the game and […]