In an exposition of underwater exuberance, the swimming and diving team traveled down to Dallas, Texas to take fourth place in the Southern Methodist Classic competition and tournament. On Friday and Saturday, UCLA competed in the annual tournament, racing against SMU, the host, Cal, Florida State, Alabama and Pacific. The Bruins had flown in during […]
Author Archives: Regina Yeh
Current team clinches narrow win over alumni
The stands rumbled with the usual cacophony of voices humming, the ache of the benches and the dull thunder of footsteps rapidly ascending into the rows. It’s Friday evening at the John Wooden Center. The volleyball nets are set up, adjusted, approved and then, forgotten; there were no real dividing lines in this game. The […]
Bruins take control in first meet of season
Parkas cast off, sunglasses and sunblock donned. Bruin swimmers warming up in the pool, already mounting the blocks and focusing on their return to competition. The heat is on. It was the first meet of the season, with UCLA matched up against UC Santa Barbara and Oregon State. All day Saturday, the Bruins were the in control […]
Bruins frozen out in Canadian tournament
It seemed as if improvisation was the word of the weekend, or rather, the tournament for the UCLA men’s volleyball team. Without a set lineup, the Bruins, playing north of the border in Edmonton, Canada, battled valiantly, but lost all three matches against three elite teams in the Husky Dino Cup Tournament on Friday and […]
Putting with perspective
Take a step backwards, look around; a circumspective view, if you will. Look up, a beautiful expanse of terrain and green. And above it, paradoxically incongruous and fitting, the legendary Hollywood sign. Behind the carefully planted precision of trees within the Wilshire Country Club, and surrounding it, is the world of Los Angeles as we […]
New coach brings outside look to team
It’s like shaking one of those snow globes, a jarring change to something firmly established or even just settled comfortably. But there is no shook-up confusion or even ruffled composure within the men’s golf team. With the advent of another promising season and school year, each golfer has trained rigorously throughout the off-season and played […]
Women’s golf foresees a competitive season
Within the barely contained anticipation of a new season on the green, and an early start to competition lies the challenge of maintaining concentration on the golf course. From September 16-18, the women’s golf team had already begun swinging the clubs in the Oregon State tournament in Corvallis, sizing up their competitors. The Bruins have been […]