The Bruins’ season opener saw new faces – obscured by on-court masks – and athletes playing in different places. In No. 8 UCLA men’s volleyball’s (1-0) sweep of conference foe No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior outside hitter/setter Sam Kobrine had a career-high 40 assists in Friday’s victory as the Bruins adjusted without 2020 All-MPSF Freshman setter/opposite Mads Kyed Jensen, who signed with a professional team in Italy after a single year in Westwood. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 10:43 p.m. Playing in a home opener without fans in the stands, the Bruins started the season with a victory in a top-10 showdown. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore outside hitter/opposite Cole Ketrzynski rises for the spike over two Grand Canyon blockers. Ketrzynski led all players Friday with 13 kills. (Ellie Tsai/Daily Bruin)
After signing a national letter of intent with UCLA men’s volleyball on Nov. 11, Matthew Ignacio’s teammates sent him a playlist of songs they listen to before games. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right) Grayson Quintero, Matthew Ignacio, Melina Quintero and Mikey Ignacio spend time together in their Pico Rivera, California, home. Eleven-year-old Matthew signed with UCLA men’s volleyball in November through Team Impact, an organization that connects children with chronic illnesses with college teams. (Photo illustration by Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin & Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The beats have changed, but the artist hasn’t. During Kevin Kobrine’s sophomore year of high school, his friend Sam Parhamfar got him to rap for the first time. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman opposite Kevin Kobrine has worked on his music during quarantine and expects to drop an EP in 2021. (Daanish Bhatti/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Aug. 18 at 5:16 p.m. to reflect a new illustration for the Swim & Dive team. With the Pac-12’s recent cancellation of all athletic competitions for the rest of the 2020 calendar year, many UCLA sports will be waiting longer than usual to start their seasons. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
Much like the rest of the sports world, the Daily Bruin Sports editors spent the last five Sundays watching ESPN and Netflix’s 10-part documentary series, “The Last Dance.” The 10-hour saga detailing the rise and fall of the Chicago Bulls’ dynasty with Michael Jordan earned national praise and set Twitter ablaze every week, and it has left audiences begging for more. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)
Coach John Speraw had warned the team, but that didn’t take the sting out of it when the news became certain. The former microbiology and molecular genetics student at UCLA said he had read up on the coronavirus and told his team about it weeks before it ended No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s volleyball ended its season with a No. 9 ranking and a record one game above .500. The Bruins will return most of their roster next season, including the 12 freshmen who featured for coach John Speraw. (Courtney Quirmbach/Daily Bruin)
