Talking, yelling and the bouncing of basketballs reverberate throughout the Student Activities Center gymnasium. Over six different half-courts, basketball players are warming up. Samahang Pilipino’s annual Hoop-A-Thon – a three-on-three, co-ed, single elimination basketball tournament – is just minutes away. A voice blares over the microphone, “Each game will have 30 minutes … get ready.” […]
Author Archives: Chris Kalra
UCLA sand volleyball shaping up for the future
Among the many UCLA national championship banners sprinkled around athletic facilities throughout campus, 23 of them can be traced back to the Bruin volleyball lineage. Nineteen to the men’s program. Four to the women’s. But none to the sand’s. That much UCLA sand volleyball, a fledgling program entering its third season next year, hopes to […]
Weekend Predictions: May 30 – June 1
Every Friday, The Bruin Sports section will predict the outcome of the weekend’s top UCLA sporting events. Track and field: NCAA championships – Preliminary round (Thursday to Saturday) It’s difficult to predict track and field’s performance in the NCAA championships this weekend considering the meet is dominated by individual events. Of the two relay teams […]
UCLA athletes, coach receive Pac-12 men’s tennis awards
Another year, another round of Pac-12 men’s tennis all-conference awards for UCLA men’s tennis. Coach Billy Martin was named Pac-12 men’s tennis coach of the year for the third consecutive year. And again, many Bruin players stacked the lists of the all-Pac-12 teams. Senior Clay Thompson and junior Marcos Giron, who entered the NCAA tournament […]
Women’s tennis players earns top honors at Pac-12 awards
It seems as if a national championship was only the beginning of the hardware collection for this year’s UCLA women’s tennis team. On Wednesday, the Pac-12 women’s tennis all-conference awards were announced and the Bruins were heavy winners. Junior Robin Anderson, who spent much of the year as a top-two nationally ranked singles player, took […]
Men’s tennis’ Marcos Giron to compete for NCAA singles title
Perhaps UCLA men’s tennis’ Marcos Giron can still win an NCAA championship after all.
Tennis’ Marcos Giron advances to NCAA semifinals
Of the three UCLA men’s and women’s tennis players who advanced in singles to Saturday’s NCAA individual tournament quarterfinals, just one survived to play another round. No. 2 seeded junior Marcos Giron took a straight set win (6-1, 6-3) over California’s Ben McLachlan to earn a berth in Sunday’s semifinal round. UCLA men’s tennis freshman […]