The UCLA women’s tennis team’s newest opponent in the NCAA championships, the University of Miami, is a familiar foe. In fact, the Hurricanes’ coach used to be a Bruin. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s tennis coach Stella Sampras Webster (right) squares off against one of her former player’s in Miami coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin)
If the UCLA softball team knows one thing about its third base coach, it’s that he has a sweet tooth. “He loves his sweets,” said freshman shortstop Delaney Spaulding. Read more...
Photo: Junior catcher Stephany LaRosa and the rest of the UCLA softball team has an extra sweet incentive to hit home runs, thanks to assistant coach Kirk Walker. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Adrien Puget, a senior and captain of the UCLA men’s tennis team, describes his favorite memory on the team, what it means to him to be team captain, and discusses his decision to have surgery this past fall in order to continue chasing his dreams. Read more...
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.tennis-infobox { background-color: rgba(0,0,0, 0.05); margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; } .tennis-infobox audio { width: 100%; } Men’s Tennis: A Second Chance After last year’s 4-3 loss in the finals, UCLA men’s tennis begins NCAA team championship play Friday in Athens, Ga., looking for another chance at the national title. Read more...
Photo: After an emotional loss in last year’s NCAA finals, senior Adrien Puget missed nearly all of this season with an injury. But now, having returned to the court for the postseason, Puget has proved to be the missing piece for UCLA men’s tennis and is looking for retribution in the NCAA tournament. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Junior softball pitcher Ally Carda was announced as the Pac-12 Player of the Year on Wednesday, adding yet another accolade to what has been a career year for Carda thus far. Read more...
Photo: Junior pitcher Ally Carda was named Pac-12 Player of the Year for her play in the circle as well as in the batter’s box. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero was one of four Football Subdivision recipients of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year Award for 2013-2014, UCLA Athletics announced Wednesday. Read more...
All 24 of UCLA’s Division I teams scored above the minimum in this year’s NCAA Academic Progress Rates, the school announced Wednesday. APR, which measures the eligibility and retention of all of a school’s student-athletes is calculated based on a four-year period, the most recent report showing rates from 2009-2010 to 2012-2013. Read more...
