Brett Tashman was irate and frustrated. Not because of the constant whirring machinery, the IV drips scattered around his room or the rounds of chemotherapy he had endured for his soft tissue cancer over the last two years. Read more...
Features
Features, Sports, Women's Tennis
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June 5, 3:54 pm
Dedication to tennis takes walk-on player to starting lineup
Laura Luca sat in a classroom at UCLA waiting for a sign of hope. The third-year senior couldn’t focus on the class lecture because her mind was completely occupied by something else. Read more...
Photo: Senior Laura Luca, a Romanian native, played two years on the club tennis team before getting the call to join UCLA women’s tennis this season. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Features, Men's Water Polo, Sports
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June 5, 3:48 pm
Men’s water polo manager’s behind-the-scenes work reinforces team efforts
Fifty. Give or take an hour or two, Eitan Peled accumulates nearly 50 demanding hours a week working for the UCLA men’s water polo team. When water polo season is in full swing from September to early December, the head manager runs around campus – from the pool to the coach’s office to training – doing as much as he can for the team. Read more...
Photo: Graduating men’s water polo manager Eitan Peled was part of two national champion teams during his time in Westwood. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)
Club & IM Sports, Features, Sports
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June 5, 2:34 pm
Women’s lacrosse captain finds voice by stepping into leadership role
Sam Fletcher: the quintessential team captain. The senior midfielder from Virginia finished her final season on the turf for UCLA and prepares to, temporarily, hang up her cleats. Read more...
Photo: Senior midfielder Sam Fletcher has won numerous individual awards both locally and across the country. But Fletcher’s biggest accomplishment in lacrosse might be changing the UCLA women’s team from a solid program to a national championship contender. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Baseball, Features, Sports
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June 5, 2:13 pm
Baseball seniors reflect on historic 2013 College World Series win
A group of UCLA baseball seniors sits in the locker room and thinks. The players look back to June 2013, and try to describe what it was like to win the first College World Series in school history. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Eric Filia, Christoph Bono, Brett Urabe and Trent Chatterton are four of the key remaining holdovers from the 2013 national championship team. They will all graduate from UCLA this spring. (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Baseball, Features, Sports
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June 5, 1:57 pm
Walk-on catcher Daniel Rosica enters spotlight in 2016 season
The first catcher on the depth chart wasn’t going to be able to play. The second catcher on the depth chart quit. That left UCLA baseball with options three and four. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/ Illustrations director)
Features, Football, Sports
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June 2, 2:24 am
UCLA commit Brandon Burton’s decision reflects desire to represent city
It’s 3 o’clock in the morning, and Mike Burton hears noises coming from the living room. When he walks over to see who the culprit is, he finds his son Brandon doing pushups. Read more...
Photo: (Jesse Wang/Daily Bruin)