A trip to Arizona, one of the toughest places to play in the country, doesn’t scare the struggling UCLA softball team, even though the Bruins aren’t exactly playing well these days. Read more...

It appeared to be a mismatch on paper, and mostly played like one on the court. The top-ranked Pepperdine men’s volleyball team disposed of fourth-seeded Ohio State, 3-0 (30-16, 31-29, 30-26), Thursday night in an NCAA semifinal match before 5,125 at Pauley Pavilion to advance to Saturday’s championship match. Read more...

Winning the Pac-10 Championship is considered an accomplishment. Winning the NCAA Championship is considered a once-in-a-liftetime opportunity. Yet winning the tournament that comes in between the two, the NCAA Regionals, is merely considered a relief. Read more...

There’s a reason you hadn’t heard of Paul Johnson until this year, even though he is one of the best male athletes on this campus. Compared to his teammates on the UCLA men’s volleyball team, he’s dull. Read more...

There are different ways to approach the release of an NCAA Tournament draw. There’s the expression of unrestrained glee, the look of abject disappointment, or the attitude of quiet confidence. Read more...

Walking into UCLA men’s volleyball coach Al Scates’ office last spring, David Russell didn’t know what to expect. Just one season earlier, the redshirt junior had walked away from the team, and now he was asking the coach for a second chance. Read more...

Kristen Maloney is going to have to make a little more room on what must be an already award-cluttered mantle at home. After receiving the Gymnast of the Year award everywhere from “Sports Illustrated on Campus” to the West Region, the first-team All-American was presented with the Honda Award for gymnastics, which is annually awarded to the nation’s top gymnast. Read more...