Category Archives: Sports

Swimmers treading in friendly waters at Pac-10s Young team hopes to upend perennial favorite Stanford By A. CinQue Carter Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA will host the 1996 Pacific 10 Championships at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, today through Saturday. Preliminaries begin at 11 a.m. each day, with finals starting at 6 p.m. […]

Climbing the ladder Despite undefeated record, junior Eric Taino stays at No. 3 singles By Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Contributor The season is almost halfway over, and so far junior Eric Taino has been nothing but the hottest member of the second ranked UCLA men’s tennis team. Thus far, Taino has taken his game from […]

W. tennis set to devour Anteaters’ team whole Irvine has fresh talent, but UCLA expects sure victory as Phebus returns from injury By Hye Kwon Daily Bruin Staff Kicking off a tough weekend of tennis against three formidable West Coast foes, the UCLA women’s tennis team will host UC Irvine today at 1:30 p.m. at […]

Waves crash again, securing Bruin hold on Kilgour Cup Bruins easily serve up Pepperdine in tourney named for alumnus By Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Contributor Pepperdine just can’t seem to beat the Bruins in anything this year. The UCLA men’s volleyball team gave the Waves a lesson on who’s best on the West Coast this […]

Bruins put another feather in cap M. tennis improves record to 6-0 with victory over Oregon By Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Contributor It was a match that had all opportunities to be exciting as the UCLA men’s tennis team took on the University of Oregon at the Los Angeles Tennis Center yesterday. With No. 1 […]

M. water polo flooded with awards By Mark J. Dittmer Daily Bruin Contributor The UCLA men’s water polo team won the NCAA championship in December, but it is still enjoying the fruits of its success two months later. UCLA goalie Matt Swanson won the Player of the Year award and head coach Guy Baker earned […]

Softball sweeps Gauchos despite inconsistent performance Freshman Adams steals show; pitcher has third shutout By Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Contributor After a sluggish start, the UCLA softball team put on an explosive offensive display to sweep UC Santa Barbara in a nonconference doubleheader Tuesday. The Bruins improved their season record to 7-1, after defeating the […]