About a month ago, Clay Thompson lost in the first round of the ITA Men’s All-American Championships. Then, only after several rounds of convincing from his coaches, Thompson reluctantly agreed to play in the tournament’s back draw, a bracket for players who lost in the first round. However, the senior player rallied from his early […]
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UCLA begins selling international clothing line on campus
UCLA’s international clothing line, which is sold as a fashion brand overseas, is being offered on campus for the first time. The UCLA Store began selling a part of UCLA Clothing International’s Autumn/Winter 2013 collection on Tuesday, marking the first time the items are available in the United States, said Cynthia Holmes, director of UCLA […]
UCLA graduate students take top prizes in Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards
Inspiration comes in strange forms, and the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards chose to validate an array of idiosyncratic ideas, from inept frontier doctors to spider private investigators. The awards were given out Monday at the UCLA Faculty Center. All University of California students are eligible to apply to the annual contest. First prize is awarded […]
UCLA women’s soccer eager to play USC in last regular season game
It’s always a good thing when a team clinches a conference title before the end of the regular season. The team gets a chance at some relief, and the stakes of those last remaining games may not seem that high anymore. But all that changes for the Pac-12 champion UCLA women’s soccer team when the […]
Men’s water polo looks forward to week of practices
Coach Adam Wright set two main goals for UCLA men’s water polo before its upcoming games. The first is to get healthy. “We’ve got some guys out, whether it’s sickness, or just a little banged up where they got to keep going,” Wright said. Of these guys, junior attacker Daniel Lenhart will be out for […]
UCLA women’s soccer secures Pac-12 championship
When a coach is drenched from head to toe with a sports drink, it’s usually because she’s done something right. For first-year UCLA coach Amanda Cromwell, that feat was guiding the team to its first conference championship since 2008 with a 2-0 win over Oregon on Sunday. And her reward: one of the most extensive Gatorade […]
Women’s basketball wins exhibition, but still has ‘soul-searching’ to do
On a night that usually sees its fair share of ghouls and ghosts, UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close kept with the supernatural theme when she said her team had some soul-searching to do during a halftime interview. UCLA took over the Halloween night exhibition matchup against the Vanguard Lions early in the game, at […]