It’s 5:30 a.m. on a cool morning in early April and both senior utility Danny McClintick and junior center Patrick Woepse are headed to their morning weight training. But the UCLA water polo players won’t make it to their morning workout today. As the two teammates traveled through a green light on a Vespa, a […]
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Women’s volleyball digs out USC upset, earns No. 14 seed for NCAAs
The women’s volleyball team seized its final opportunities to impress the NCAA selection committee this past week, as two impressive performances against top-10 opponents helped the Bruins earn the No. 14 seed in the national tournament. On Wednesday night, UCLA (23-7, 14-6 Pac-12) sprung a monumental upset, handing No. 1 USC (30-2, 18-2) its only […]
Freshman attacker brings worldly experience to men’s water polo
At any of the UCLA men’s water polo games, you can be sure to hear coach Adam Wright yelling the names of his players as he directs his offense from the opposite end of Dirks Pool. He’s made the names “Fellner,” “Ryder” and “Chance” resound throughout aquatics complexes across the nation for three years and […]
Men’s basketball hangs on to beat UNLV Rebels 77-75
In its first road game of the season, UCLA men’s basketball found a home at the free throw line. After junior guard Bryce Alford missed his first free throw attempt almost eight minutes into the first half, the Bruins (3-1) didn’t miss for the rest of the game, hitting 23 straight to finish 23-of-24. UCLA […]
UCLA women’s basketball falls late to No. 2 South Carolina
With under a minute remaining in Sunday’s matchup, Jordin Canada was thrown to the ground by South Carolina guard Khadijah Sessions. The UCLA sophomore guard did not seem to care. She got up and slapped hands with Sessions. The referees looked at the replay monitor for a while before officially confirming the flagrant foul. The […]
UCLA receives yet another chance to benefit from Utah misfortune
UCLA football’s season has largely been shaped not by the Bruins’ own efforts, but by those of a Pac-12 South foe. Time and again over the course of the past 11 weeks, Utah has gifted UCLA with timely bailouts. UCLA’s upset loss to Arizona State was offset by USC’s overthrowing of Utah before last week’s […]
Senior Lane Werley shapes the future of UCLA running
Sitting in a lab deep in the heart of South Campus, senior runner Lane Werley’s tall frame and blue UCLA Athletics backpack look entirely out of place. As the only student in the entire Athletics Department to major in chemical and materials science, Werley has spent the past five years finding a balance between the […]