In an effort to improve on last season’s NCAA Tournament appearance, the UCLA women’s volleyball team has made significant changes to its future roster. The Bruins have received a verbal commitment from Brenn Larson, a former Pac-10 All-freshman setter, who decided to transfer from Washington State after her sophomore season. Even though she has not […]
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Crossing over
Nearly five years ago, two strangers had a similar dream to one day play professional basketball. It now seems the dream may become a reality. Marcin Jagoda and Chris Peña, two graduating seniors on the 2004 UCLA men’s volleyball team, have embarked on a plan to play professional basketball next season in Europe. “It is […]
W. volleyball: Volleyball scrimmage pits Bruin against Bruin
The UCLA women’s volleyball team held their first intrasquad scrimmage Wednesday at Collins Court in preparation for the USA Volleyball Nationals next week in Atlanta, Ga. The scrimmage marked the end of the spring practice for the Bruins and the first game experience for Bruin transfer Nana Meriwether and redshirt freshman Rachell Johnson. “The scrimmage […]
W. volleyball: Women’s volleyball setter leaves team, will transfer at end of spring quarter
At the end of the 2002 volleyball season, Haley Jorgensborg received an honorable mention for the Pac-10 Freshman Team and looked to be on her way to a successful career at UCLA. But now it appears her success will have to come somewhere else. UCLA coach Andy Banachowski confirmed Tuesday that Jorgensborg has left the […]
Greco secures spot with Seattle Storm
As the names appeared on the 2003 WNBA draft board, former UCLA guard Michelle Greco watched anxiously to see where she would be headed to complete her dream to play in the WNBA. The only problem was that her dream had to wait one more year than planned. On Tuesday, a year after the 2003 […]
M. basketball: Growing PAINS
As he spent his summers playing night and day on the courts in his hometown of Chino Hills, UCLA freshman Jeron Smith always felt he could be a Division I college basketball player. But as a 5-foot-3 junior at Diamond Bar High School, his chances of developing into a top college prospect were slim to […]
M. volleyball: Season proves Bruins don’t die hard
If people thought last year’s near .500 finish was the beginning of the demise of the UCLA men’s volleyball program, 2004 proved to everyone that UCLA is not quite ready to go away. The Bruins (24-6, 17-5 MPSF) finished the season ranked No. 3 in the country and were one win away from making their […]