Sunny Los Angeles is anything but a competitive skiing hot spot – for Kelsey Wittels, though, the two go together just fine. Read more...
Photo: No Snow, No Problem: Bruin pursues passion for competitive skiing even at UCLA
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Features, Men's Soccer, Sports
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May 23, 12:05 am
UCLA assistant coach leads US national beach soccer team to World Cup berth
Six months after he watched UCLA’s season come crashing to a halt with a 5-2 loss to San Diego in the second round of the NCAA tournament, men’s soccer assistant coach Eddie Soto stood on a beach in the Bahamas, his feet buried in the sand. Read more...
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Features, Sports, Women's Water Polo
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May 23, 12:02 am
Wearing Two Caps: UCLA water polo goalkeeper trains with US senior national team
When faced with the chance to take a year off from school to train alongside the United States women’s senior national water polo team, a pipeline to the Olympics, goalkeeper Sami Hill jumped at the opportunity. Read more...
Photo: UCLA goalkeeper Sami Hill redshirted her second season as a Bruin in order to train with the U.S. women’s water polo senior national team. The experience was a different one for the young athlete, who found herself somewhat intimidated by the nation’s top players. However, Hill is eager to apply what she learned to her current UCLA team.
Club & IM Sports, Features, Sports
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May 16, 12:20 am
Up, up & away: Bruins head outdoors for bouldering
In the forest of Mount San Jacinto State Park, six friends from UCLA spent a recent Sunday climbing seemingly sheer rock face. Read more...
Photo: On a recent climbing trip, third-year political science student Guillaume Hansel overcame the psychological challenge of climbing without ropes to scramble high up a boulder.
Features, Sports, Women's Tennis
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May 15, 12:39 am
Tennis player’s aspirations reach beyond the court
And while she can’t stand to be off the tennis court as her team closes the season in the NCAA tournament, Ray, a communication studies student, seeks to eventually apply her skills from tennis to the broadcasting booth. Read more...
Photo: Kaitlin Ray, a sophomore communication studies student on the women’s tennis team, aspires to play professional tennis, which she then plans to transition into a career in sports broadcasting. Her love for sports and her competitive nature fuel her goals.
Features, Sports, Track and Field
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May 14, 1:34 am
Track twins make a home at UCLA
Although freshmen pole vaulters Renee and Sara Greene may be the youngest members of the women’s pole vault team, the story of how they got into the sport may seem familiar to some of the upperclassmen on the team. Read more...
Photo: Despite only having started their pole vaulting careers in their junior year of high school, freshman pole vaulters Sara and Renee Greene have helped motivate each other to improve quickly.
Features, Men's Volleyball, Sports, Women's Volleyball
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May 3, 1:18 am
Scates’ Students: Sealy and Speraw reunite as UCLA’s volleyball coaches
When John Speraw was contemplating taking over the UCLA men’s volleyball head coaching job last year, he didn’t think about the pressure or expectations that would come from replacing the legend that was Al Scates. Read more...
Photo: The current UCLA men’s and women’s volleyball coaches, John Speraw (No. 14) and Michael Sealy (No. 7), were both members of the 1993 men’s volleyball squad.