The stage was set under the roof of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Friday morning. It housed a nervous atmosphere for former UCLA midfielder Sarah Killion as she and several other recently graduated women’s soccer players waited for their dreams to become a reality. “To hear your name called and just walk up there, it was […]
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Bruins overcome first-half deficit to defeat Trojans 71-60, win season series
One second on the shot clock and the ball found freshman guard Jordin Canada. Falling back, she had no other choice but to shoot. The Bruins were up two with 1:17 left in the game but hadn’t found lasting momentum all game. After moments where the Bruins appeared to have momentum on their side, play […]
UCLA women’s water polo kicks off season with invitational
UCLA women’s water polo will begin its season Saturday at UCLA’s Spieker Aquatics Center, facing both California Baptist University and Loyola Marymount University. In both of their encounters with the Lancers and the Lions last year, the Bruins were able to emerge victorious. As UCLA prepares to begin its new season, the team is more […]
Public health students, faculty to run charity relay to support research
Taking a sick day was never an option for Ana Mascareñas’ mother, who had to upkeep her job as a high school counselor to support four children. Staying healthy was integral to taking care of her family. Mascareñas, a graduate student at the Fielding School of Public Health, said she grew up admiring her mother’s […]
Men’s basketball channels recent wins to prepare for USC matchup
For the majority of the past two decades, UCLA has reigned as basketball royalty in Los Angeles, crowned champion over crosstown rival USC 30 out of their 43 meetings since the 1994-1995 season and in seven of the past eight matchups. That throne may finally be contested Wednesday. As the Bruins (10-7, 2-2 Pac-12) continue […]
UCLA women’s water polo hopes to turn the tides after last season’s defeat
After seeing a 5-2 lead in the national championship game turn into a 9-5 loss, then-sophomore UCLA attacker Rachel Fattal was already thinking ahead to the next season. “I always see us going forward. I can only see us getting better next year, and I can only see this loss as fueling us next year,” […]
Coach Steve Alford’s goal-setting meeting sparks Bruins’ turnaround
When UCLA men’s basketball returned home, battered and bruised, from its four-game road trip having lost five straight games, coach Steve Alford took to the whiteboard to get his team back on track. Nine days, three wins. Those words that Alford wrote became a rallying cry for a team needing to turn its season around […]