Racing up and down the basketball court, Nirra Fields is at home – it’s her place of solace. It’s been there to give her a place to escape the struggles of living in a family with a single mother who could not always provide for her seven children in the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec. It […]
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UCLA edged out by Duke in ITA National Indoor championship
For the UCLA women’s tennis team, Monday evening brought both good and bad news. The team, after defeating three straight opponents reached its third consecutive finals appearance in the annual ITA National Women’s Team Indoor championship. But for the second straight year, the Bruins lost their final matchup in the tournament, leaving them with a […]
UCLA women’s basketball loses to rival USC, 68-54
Walking off the court, surrounded by a sea of cheering fans in red, was not how UCLA seniors, Thea Lemberger and Atonye Nyingifa, imagined the outcome of the game. UCLA women’s basketball fell to USC 68-54 in the second and final scheduled rivalry game of the season – a game that the Trojans controlled right […]
No. 9 UCLA gymnastics to host No. 20 Arizona State
In the first half of its season, UCLA gymnastics has seen its ranking steadily fall, to the point that it goes into this weekend’s competition in Pauley Pavilion barely holding onto a spot in the top 10. The team has steadily slid away from its No. 4 preseason ranking and, despite being originally picked to […]
2014 UCLA football recruiting class signs impact players
UCLA football came away from National Signing Day with a new batch of players, and not all of them were 2014 recruits. Senior offensive lineman Malcolm Bunche transferred to Westwood from Miami for his redshirt senior year, and 2013 recruit Mossi Johnson, a defensive back, delayed his enrollment until this winter. The influx of fresh […]
UCLA women’s water polo finishes 2-1 at Stanford Invitational
Three weeks into the season, the UCLA women’s water polo team is still a bit rough around the edges. While the team easily handled its first nine opponents, two tougher opponents showed some chinks in the Bruins’ armor during the Stanford Invitational last weekend. While No. 3 UCLA (11-1) easily dispatched Michigan and San Jose […]
Women’s basketball finds success with new formula
The game clock was ticking down and UCLA was only up by three over Washington State. But after the ball found its way into senior guard Thea Lemberger’s hands and she drew the foul, a wave of relief washed over the Pauley Pavilion crowd. About a minute later, the Bruins closed out the game by […]