UCLA swimmers gathered along the side of the pool on Saturday afternoon, facing the stands. They called out to their family and friends, inviting them to join in for a series of eight-claps. The UCLA swim and dive team came together for its first combined Pac-12 meets last weekend at the Spieker Aquatics Center. Although […]
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UCLA men’s, women’s cross country qualify for NCAA championships
UCLA cross country has been running a race for 29 years. This past weekend, it finally crossed the finish line. For the first time since 1985, both of UCLA’s men’s and women’s cross country teams were able to qualify for the NCAA championships. A breakout performance on Friday at the NCAA West Regional – where […]
Guard Bryce Alford ready to face pressures of 2014 basketball season
Bryce Alford was alone in the left corner, raising his hands frantically. Trailing Oregon 65-60 in the final minute of a late-season game last year, UCLA needed a miracle to pull off the win, with its stars guard/forward Kyle Anderson and guard Jordan Adams relegated to black jumpsuits on the bench as they served one-game […]
No. 1 UCLA is cautious of overlooking final opponent of season
With the No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo team sitting on top of both national and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rankings, as well as having clinched at least a tie for the regular season MPSF championship, it’s easy to look past this weekend’s game against No. 4 Long Beach State and ahead to the impending […]
No. 1 seed UCLA women’s soccer to mount NCAA title defense
It didn’t take long for the announcement to come. It took even less time for the UCLA women’s soccer team to react. The cries of disbelief that pervaded Barney’s Beanery in Westwood last year were a thing of the past, now replaced by an outburst of joy and cheers in response to the announcement that […]
UCLA women’s tennis wins doubles draw at USTA/ITA championships
The fall season ended on a high note for the UCLA women’s tennis duo, juniors Catherine Harrison and Kyle McPhillips, as they won the women’s doubles draw at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Sunday in New York. The pair capped the tournament off with a straight-set victory over the No. 2-seeded Auburn duo, […]
Football scouting report: Washington
OFFENSE: RB Shaq Thompson (No. 7, Jr.) What sophomore linebacker Myles Jack brings to UCLA, Shaq Thompson brings even more to Washington. Although he’s a game-changing player on defense, Thompson has transitioned to a more expansive role on offense recently for the Huskies. In Washington’s last two games against Arizona State and Colorado, Thompson has […]