Though it made the postseason last year and finished with an admirable 35-29 record, the UCLA baseball team is being shown none of the respect usually afforded a playoff team. Then again, this team is quite different than the playoff team from last year. With only two returning starters and a coach not named Gary […]
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[Football insert] Rivalries go beyond Victory Bell
The battle for the Victory Bell is only half the story of the rivalry between USC and UCLA in football. Long before Matt Leinart and Drew Olson face off on the field, the students of UCLA and USC will face off in far more bloodthirsty competition: flag football. Among the most competitive games that won’t […]
M. polo: UCLA shakes off loss, looks to NCAAs
In the span of a couple of minutes, the UCLA men’s water polo team lost a 17-game winning streak and the top seed for the NCAA Tournament. But it doesn’t really matter right now. Despite their 7-6 loss to No. 2 Stanford in the finals of the MPSF Tournament, the Bruins still qualified for the […]
M. polo: UCLA confident about NCAAs
Each and every one of the Bruins has something to prove. Almost exactly a year ago to the day, the UCLA men’s water polo team found itself with no hope of getting into the NCAA Tournament and with a consolation finish of third in the MPSF Tournament. But one year later the Bruins are bringing […]
M. polo: Bruins ready for MPSF games
Though some members of the UCLA men’s water polo team are itching to dive back into the pool after a weeklong layoff, coach Adam Krikorian views the time off as beneficial rather than rust-inducing. “When you’re at the end of the season and you’ve played this many games, you feel re-energized with the time off,” […]
M. polo: UCLA aims for win over USC, MPSF title
With the season winding down and the stakes getting ever higher for the UCLA men’s water polo team, the Bruins must face what coach Adam Krikorian is calling their “toughest weekend of the year.” UCLA will play its crosstown rival USC on Saturday and then it must face a team on Sunday that has given […]
M. polo: No. 1 Bruins dismantle UCSB
In water polo, rankings mean everything. And this past Saturday was a testament to that. The No. 1 Bruins showed how large the gap between the top 4 teams and everyone else is with a 16-5 drubbing of No. 7 UC Santa Barbara. In what could only have been described as an easy victory, the […]