Author Archives: Colin Yuhl

If UCLA women’s volleyball has any chance at avenging its NCAA quarterfinal loss from a year ago against two-time defending champion USC on Saturday, it cannot serve as poorly as it did last weekend against Stanford. The Bruins, who have lost seven consecutive matches to their crosstown rivals, made 11 service errors in their loss […]

Needing just one point to seal the Cardinal’s seventh consecutive victory over UCLA, Stanford outside hitter Ogonna Nnamani went up for her 65th kill attempt of the night. She encountered three Bruin blockers at the net, desperately trying to find a way to stop the player that had torched UCLA the entire match. But the […]

Try this logic riddle on for size: hitting a baseball is fun, therefore batting cages are fun. Rather bored one night, a group of college students on summer break decide to amuse themselves at the local batting cages. I should begin by saying that properly done, a pure hit to straightaway center feels great off […]

Sports often run in streaks. When the mysterious intangibles of sport result in a victory, call it fate. On the losing end, call it a curse. But just don’t call it a fluke. Over the long haul, streaks and trends tend to balance out. But sometimes, things just aren’t even. Three wins in a row? […]

Standing just a hair over 5-foot-5, senior libero Chrissie Zartman is hardly the picture of intimidation on the volleyball court. But despite her modest stature, Zartman possesses one of the most powerful serves on the team. Now, a new and somewhat controversial rule implemented this season allows her to show her stuff. The libero position […]

Locked in a heated struggle with its crosstown rival, UCLA seemed poised to pull off what could have been one of the greatest upset victories in school history. The Trojans, by far the most dominant women’s volleyball program of the last two years, were suddenly vulnerable in their 2003 NCAA Regional Final matchup. But then-freshman […]

The Olympic Games are the premiere sporting events in the world, determining every four years who the greatest athlete is in his or her sport ““ period. They create national heroes and international villains and provide an intoxicating blend of sports and politics. Soon enough, Athens, Greece, will become the center of basically all sports-related […]