This post was updated on May 15 at 10:18 a.m. Chloe Beverina’s first few minutes in a boxing ring went like how most peoples’ would’ve gone. Stepping onto the canvas at Rise Athletics LA boxing gym with her all-black ASICS, the second-year economics student did more flailing than punching in her first sparring session. UCLA […]
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UCLA Esports to become official club sport in 2018-2019 school year
This post was updated July 6 at 12:36 p.m. The UCLA club sports scene welcomed a new member to its ranks Thursday. Esports @UCLA was officially added to the UCLA Recreation and Club Sports list for the 2018-2019 school year. Members of the esports group and the school administration met over the past year to […]
Hearthstone team takes competitive gaming into own hands, finds national success
The Bruins have always boasted a strong resume in Pauley Pavilion and at the Rose Bowl – but a new wave of competition is coming to campus in the form of online card battles. Founded in summer 2017, Esports at UCLA has structured the community at UCLA to encourage competition. The gaming group offers a […]
UCLA’s Kendo club practices Japan’s aggressive yet reverent martial art
Onegai shimasu – “Please let me train with you.” Two players face each other and bow, wearing Bogu with their Shinais in hand – a Kendo match begins. Kendo – which translates to “the way of the sword” – is a Japanese sport similar to fencing, but done with armor, known as Bogu, and bamboo […]
Men’s club rugby falls in championship finals against Lindenwood
The Bruins fell one match short of clinching their first collegiate rugby championship after a testing path to the final. UCLA men’s club rugby dropped the 2018 Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship Cup final to Lindenwood University by a score of 24-7 on Sunday. Lindenwood opened the scoring with a try from second row Chris […]
Club men’s rugby ready to try for first collegiate championship
The Bruins will have a chance to hoist their first-ever Pete Dawkins Trophy this weekend. UCLA men’s club rugby will face three opponents in pool play of the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship in Philadelphia this weekend. The Bruins are in Pool E along with Arkansas State, Delaware and Virginia Tech. In 2013 and 2014, […]
UCLA women’s lacrosse club team to compete in collegiate tournament
Though the collegiate lacrosse stronghold famously lies on the East Coast, the fast-paced sport exists at UCLA, too – specifically as a women’s club team. Now, after an 8-4 run during the regular season, UCLA club lacrosse will head to Round Rock, Texas, to compete in the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associates national tournament from May […]