Spikers destroy SDSU in road win

By Eric Branch Daily Bruin Staff SAN DIEGO – On Tuesday night, the only difference between San Diego State women’s volleyball coach Myles Gabel and General Custer is that Gabel has to watch the game films the next day. After the third-ranked Bruins systematically dismantled the Aztecs, 15-5, 15-5, 15-6, in a swift one hour and three minutes, Gabel […]

Cal’s youthful spikers might provide surprise

The UCLA women’s volleyball team will travel to the Bay Area this weekend for a pair of matches with California and Stanford. The Stanford match figures to get most of the attention. Rightly so, but in Cal, UCLA faces a young team that could give the Bruins a run for their money. On Friday night, the third-ranked Bruins will […]

Full speed ahead

By Mark Singerton At the northern end of Ethiopia, Africa, you will find the country of Eritrea and its capital, Asmara. At one time, Asmara was the home of UCLA freshman distance runner Mebrahtom Keflezighi. However, the city and its people were eventually engulfed in Eritrea’s war for independence from neighboring Ethiopia, and Keflezighi remembers […]

Taylor crosses the country to lead UCLA

By Mark Singerton Shelley Taylor came back to Los Angeles because she loves to run. Originally, the two-time All-American junior from Huntington Beach left California to pursue her cross country career at a top-flight collegiate program. The University of Arkansas ranked in the top five in the sport, and she had grand ideas of attending. Taylor wanted to win, and […]