March Madness is nearly here, but coach John Savage wants no part of it. UCLA baseball is riding a hot streak as the winners of six games in a row and 11 wins out of 12 total games but the team isn’t getting caught up in the hype. “You don’t want to be playing your […]
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UCLA sand volleyball fields young team in first match of season
UCLA sand volleyball may have already had two seasons under its belt, but the opening match of the Bruins’ third season still managed to feature several firsts. Even though the No. 7 Bruins (1-0) opened their first game of the season in a similar fashion to last year, with a win over the Cal State […]
Sand volleyball entrenched in team focus before season opener vs. CSUN
UCLA sand volleyball may be playing its first opponent of the season on Thursday, but the team’s focus remains internal. So much so that a typical practice up in Sunset Canyon Recreation Center almost takes the appearance of a Bruins vs. Bruins scenario. The team prepared for its Thursday afternoon matchup with California State University, […]
Sand volleyball expects to benefit from new facility at Sunset Rec
Carpool? Check. Volleyballs and volleyball net antennas distributed among the passengers? Check. Ample time? Not quite. When UCLA sand volleyball’s practice facility is more than a 7-mile drive through early morning traffic away from campus, time becomes a precious commodity. “We had to force our practice into a two-hour window, and with warmups and everything […]
Bruins hope to trample CSUN Matadors at home
UCLA men’s volleyball sits squarely in the middle of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation standings. With a 5-6 record, the Bruins are seventh in the league, two games behind the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos and three games behind the USC Trojans. When the team takes on No. 14 Cal State Northridge on Tuesday, it has […]
Women’s basketball caps regular season with 74-61 loss to Washington
Seattle — In the span of one week, it is both the city of setbacks and the city of rekindled ambition. UCLA women’s basketball left the Emerald City on Saturday afternoon after a hard loss to cap off its regular season, but the Bruins will fly back later this week to test their postseason drive […]
Baseball intends to reignite offensive surge
There are flat-seamed baseballs, then there’s flat baseball. The former may or may not have been related to UCLA’s offensive surge through the first seven games of the season. But the latter most definitely contributed to the Bruins’ lowest offensive output of the season in game eight Tuesday night, said Kort Peterson. “We got back […]