Maxime Cressy took out the No. 1 seed, but he wasn’t able to take out USC’s top returning player. In the semifinals of the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships, the sophomore fell 6-3, 6-4 to senior Nick Crystal who split time at No. 1 and No. 2 singles for USC last year. Cressy got a signature […]
Author Archives: Hanson Wang
Wang’s Word: Promising basketball recruits don’t guarantee a strong season
Last Tuesday, I felt like I was on top of the world. There I was, sitting in my friend’s two-bed closet in Dykstra, staring out the window at my immaculate view of a lone pine tree and readying myself for the seven-month roller coaster known as NBA season. The Golden State Warriors were finally back […]
Men’s and women’s tennis conclude participation in Southwest regionals
Three straight years. That’s how many times a UCLA Bruin and a USC Trojan have faced off in the men’s singles final of the ITA Southwest Regional Championship. And for the third time in a row, the Bruin beat the Trojan. Senior Gage Brymer defeated USC junior Thibault Forget 6-1, 7-6(3) Monday afternoon to clinch […]
Women’s soccer defeats Washington State in physical game
The Cougars tried to bring the bite, but the Bruins didn’t flinch. Washington State’s on-ball pressure and physicality disrupted UCLA’s offensive tempo, culminating in a game-tying tally from Cougar forward Alysha Overland in the 77th minute. But 41 seconds later, senior midfielder Gabbi Miranda rifled the go-ahead goal, a left-footed dagger into the top left […]
The Rundown: Oct. 18
Shibahara snags championship title Two tournaments into Ena Shibahara’s collegiate career, and she’s reached two finals. This time, the freshman put away her opponent in three sets. One week removed from a second-place finish at the 2016 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships, Shibahara defeated top-seeded Pepperdine sophomore Luisa Stefani 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 to capture the Oracle ITA […]
Four-star recruit Cody Riley announces commitment to UCLA basketball
Class of 2017 four-star power forward Cody Riley announced his commitment to UCLA Friday afternoon. A top-50 recruit according to both ESPN and 247Sports, Riley also received offers from Connecticut, Kansas, Oklahoma and USC. He averaged 12.5 points per game and 7.9 rebounds per game last year at Sierra Canyon High School. Before Riley’s commitment, […]
Women’s and men’s tennis players deliver strong tournament play
Ena Shibahara needed 11 straight wins to capture the 2016 Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Singles Championship. She only got 10. The UCLA freshman dropped only two sets while cruising through the prequalifying, qualifying and main draws in Pacific Palisades. She ran out of steam against third-seeded Ohio State sophomore Francesca Di Lorenzo, however, falling 6-4, 6-3 […]