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 […]
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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 […]