Six weeks, five tournaments, four countries. For the first time in their careers, UCLA beach volleyball’s rising seniors Megan and Nicole McNamara spent the first half of their summer competing around the world against top professionals in the sport – and it paid off. The Canadian pair garnered their first international gold medal, winning the […]
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Sons of Westwood deliver come-from-behind victory, advance to TBT Super 16
This post was updated July 16 at 5:30 p.m. Matt Barnes made his presence felt – even from the bench. The NBA veteran and former Bruin opted out of playing due to a calf injury, but knew that it was his duty to serve as a mentor to the younger guys rather than to be […]
Alumni basketball team Sons of Westwood advances to second round after 90-65 win
Tyrone Nash was lounging at home when he received a last-minute phone call to join the team. “I was like, ‘Yeah definitely, I’ll come support, just don’t tell Notre Dame,’” said the former forward of the Fighting Irish. “But the guys were great and they welcomed me, so it made it easy.” Nash was never […]
Bruin alumni reunite as ‘Sons of Westwood,’ shoot for $2M prize in TBT 2018
It didn’t take long for Grant Kitani to miss Bruin basketball. “I just missed being part of the UCLA family and being around UCLA basketball in general,” said Kitani, the former UCLA men’s basketball manager. “So that kind of made me want to see if I could get enough guys to form a team and […]
Hong’s Huddle: Men’s water polo team will need to fill in gaps left by graduated seniors
As temperatures shoot up, the Bruins are ready to heat up too. The heat wave of Los Angeles County hit 117 degrees Friday – a warm welcome for UCLA men’s water polo, which will be striving for UCLA’s 117th NCAA championship this fall. UCLA released its 2018 schedule Tuesday – and it looks like the […]
The Rundown: July 9
Beach volleyballJoy Hong, assistant Sports editor They couldn’t do it again. In their second professional beach volleyball tournament together, rising UCLA senior Sarah Sponcil and former Bruin Lauren Fendrick fell short in the 2018 AVP San Francisco Open this weekend. No. 6-seeded Sponcil and Fendrick reached the finals in the AVP Austin Open in May […]
UCLA inducts eight former Bruins to Athletic Hall of Fame
UCLA Athletics inducted eight former Bruins into its Athletic Hall of Fame on June 6. The 2018 Hall of Fame class garnered a total of 12 NCAA championships earned either as players or coaches. The eight will be officially inducted on Oct. 5, and then honored at the UCLA-Washington football game the following day. Nikki […]