Senior guard Michelle Greco is confident the UCLA women’s basketball team can improve its 1-1 record. “We just need to build more confidence,” she said, “and there’s nothing better than doing that on the road.” The Bruins will have another opportunity to prove themselves away from Pauley Pavilion this weekend as they travel to Las Vegas for their second tournament of the season hosted by UNLV. Read more...

The single player who made the single biggest difference in UCLA’s 86-81 overtime loss wasn’t Jason Kapono. It wasn’t Cedric Bozeman. In fact, it wasn’t any of the Bruins’ assorted All-American, all-league, all-everything superstars. Read more...

Every year, most teams enter the MPSF tournament in do-or-die mode. Most years the UCLA men’s water polo team is not among those teams ““ but this year it is. Read more...

It wasn’t a huge serve or even a crucial point, but to Lauren Hogan, it meant everything. Despite a debilitating shoulder injury that has spelled a premature end to her volleyball career, the senior outside hitter stepped on the court at Pauley Pavilion for the first time since 2000, serving the first point of Friday’s match against Arizona. Read more...

There are no more excuses. No longer can the UCLA basketball team write off poor, low-energy performances as preseason experiments designed to give everyone playing time, rather than win. Read more...

Rowing signs six recruits The UCLA women’s rowing team has scanned the nation for recruits, signing three women from each coast to National Letters of Intent. Read more...

Moments before the final team relays on Saturday’s meet against Arizona, the Wildcats suddenly ceased activity to hear the score at that point: “Arizona 144, UCLA 120.” The Bruins’ opponent then heaved a sigh of relief at its margin of victory. Read more...