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. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Robart Page hurtles the ball over the net. Beginning the Outrigger Hotels Invitational in Honolulu, Hawaii, with a victory against Penn State, Page said that the focus of the week has been on personal play rather than opponents.
On Saturday, UCLA gymnastics starts this season off exactly as it finished 2013 – squaring off against Florida on the mats of Pauley Pavilion. And, in an exact mirroring of the way both finished the 2013 season, UCLA comes in ranked No. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA gymnastics team, shown here in last year’s NCAA team competition, kicks off its 2014 season against No. 1 Florida, the defending NCAA champion.
UCLA swim and dive will seek to replicate last year’s record of three straight victories after winter break and anticipates more challenging teams such as Cal, USC and Stanford later in the season. Read more...
Three games into the Pac-12 conference schedule, UCLA women’s basketball could easily have a record of 3-0 instead of the 1-2 conference record it currently holds. Read more...
Photo: Junior center Luiana Livulo and the Bruins could be 3-0 in Pac-12 play, but a few missed opportunities have the team off to shaky start, 1-2, in conference play.
Steve Alford knew what he was up against. The UCLA men’s basketball coach spoke Tuesday about the strength of Arizona’s defense in anticipation of the tough opposition the team would face Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore guard Jordan Adams and the Bruins struggled offensively against a stringent Wildcats defense. UCLA was held to just 40 percent shooting on the night.
Another big-time opponent, another tally in the loss column for UCLA basketball. In a 79-75 loss, the Bruins’ first at home this season, the sequence momentarily appeared to be a rerun of UCLA’s previous defeats this season: face some adversity, turn the ball over and stand idly by as the game is pushed out of reach by a hungrier opponent. Read more...
Photo: Arizona sophomore center Kaleb Tarczewski puts the ball into the basket over UCLA sophomore forward/center Tony Parker. The Bruins fell to the Wildcats 79-75 on Thursday night.
It took a few minutes for patches of empty Pauley Pavilion seats to be filled in for Thursday night’s game against No. 1 Arizona. The culprit? Read more...
