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...

The UCLA men’s volleyball team has never lost a game in the NCAA Tournament when it has been held at Pauley Pavilion. And it certainly doesn’t intend to start now. Read more...

The UCLA women’s tennis team missed out on a top-eight seed in the NCAA Tournament, and it couldn’t be happier. The Bruins were given a No. 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...

One of the few highlights for the UCLA softball team in a weekend in which it lost three of four games was the pitching and hitting of Lisa Dodd. Read more...