NORTHRIDGE “”mdash; It was a familiar postgame scene for the UCLA men’s volleyball team: the away team erupting in elation while the home team slunk off the court, hanging their heads after being dominated in the serving and blocking categories.
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Close, but not close enough
The ball teetered on the net during the second set before falling on UCLA’s side of the floor, giving USC a point in the crosstown rivalry Wednesday night.
UCLA loses 2 of 3 in invitational at UCSB
Trailing 19-21 in the second set of Thursday’s match against Brigham Young, UCLA’s Garrett Muagututia went back to serve. He scored nine points in a row, including three aces en route to a serving exhibition that coach Al Scates called “the best run of serving I’ve seen since 2001 when Adam Naeve had 10 aces in a match to get my 100th win.”
Passion fuels club badminton
At the conclusion of an open-gym Thursday at Pardee Gymnasium, student athletes gulp down water while donning their sweat-soaked athletic garb, creating a scene that’s nothing like the traditional perception of badminton as a backyard sport played at family reunions.
Accomplished local golfers recruited for 2010 season
With a little more than two months until its next tournament, the UCLA men’s golf team used its short offseason to hit the recruiting trail. The Bruins ended their courtship of local talent on Monday, nabbing their first, and likely last, pair of signees for the 2010 season.
UCLA men’s golf team places fourth at Gifford Collegiate Championship
Coming in fourth at the Gifford Collegiate Championship at CordeValle feels a bit like déjà vu for the men’s golf team as this is its second fourth-place finish in as many events.
UCLA men’s golf to host Gifford Collegiate Championship
The UCLA men’s golf team will be hosting the Gifford Collegiate Championship at CordeValle Country Club in San Martin this week.