Bruins gain invitational win over Penn State

It wasn’t pretty, but it was much needed. UCLA men’s volleyball regained momentum Thursday when it outlasted No. 11 Penn State to start the Outrigger Hotels Invitational on a victorious note. The game was uncomfortably close after UCLA followed up its 25-15 first set with losses in the second (22-25) and third (23-25) sets to […]

Despite injury, Korver inspires UCLA women’s basketball team

Knees bent, elbows in, eyes on the basket, follow through and swish. Kari Korver has made a name for herself off her deadliness from behind the three-point line. But after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and lateral meniscus in her right knee in the first week of practice, the sophomore guard can now only watch […]

New defensive style pays off for UCLA women’s basketball

Senior guard Thea Lemberger and sophomore guard Nirra Fields converged on a Utah women’s basketball player dribbling near half-court. They reached in with their arms and shut the gaps with their lean frames, trapping the Utes’ ball handler. The end result? A Utah turnover and an easy score for UCLA. It happened over and over as the Bruins […]

Men’s volleyball loses to Stanford in season opener

When asked what factor led to the UCLA men’s volleyball loss to Stanford Saturday, sophomore setter Steve O’Dell offered a familiar response: inconsistency. Saturday’s game at UCSB’s Asics Invitational felt like déjà vu, after last year’s team suffered a similar outcome when losing 3-1 to the Cardinal, who were, at that point, tied with UCLA […]

UCLA football’s most unforgettable moments of the season

Run of the Year: Jack Bursts Through Myles Jack reached the first-down marker to convert a third-and-2 by doing all that coaches could reasonably ask of a situational offensive player. One cut to the outside later, the former track relay athlete exploded down the right sideline and swatted away a few desperate arm tackles en […]

Women’s basketball searching for team identity as it readies for Notre Dame

Almost one month into the season, the UCLA women’s basketball team still hasn’t found what it’s looking for: an identity. But senior guard Thea Lemberger isn’t worried. No identity, no problem. “I think we’re growing, and still trying to find our identity,” Lemberger said. “There has been a lot of ups and down, but we’re […]

No. 2-seeded UCLA women’s soccer advances past UNC to Final Four

There’s going to be a different NCAA women’s soccer champion this year. For the first time in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, UCLA’s women’s soccer team had to claim a victory outside of Drake Stadium, and in the process, knocked out the defending champion, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels. It was an […]