‘Rico’ provides wealth of talent for women’s hoops German-born Kuypers finds niche in America as UCLA point guard By Hye Kwon The UCLA women’s basketball might be having a hard time going where they want to this season, but one player who has already traveled a long way to be where she wants to be is Ricarda Kuypers. Read more...

Men’s tennis rides out Waves No. 4 UCLA holds off No. 5 Pepperdine, 4-3, in thriller on Tuesday By Mark Singerton Victory could not have been any sweeter for the UCLA men’s tennis team as they survived a 4-3 battle against Pepperdine Tuesday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Read more...

Spikers take shot at Loyola Marymount Top-ranked Bruins host lowly Lions in conference opener By Eric Branch Daily Bruin Senior Staff Tonight’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation season-opener between top-ranked UCLA and unranked Loyola Marymount could be reminiscent of some of history’s greatest battles. Read more...

Déjà vu? Let’s hope not … What is it, exactly, about the California Golden dadgum Bears that makes the UCLA men’s basketball program go into hibernation? Read more...

Waves enter LATC seeking revenge M. tennis readies for Pepperdine, one year after bouncing them in Region VIII By Mark Singerton UCLA faces No. 10 Pepperdine today at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in what should be their toughest match of the early season. Read more...

Coaching more than just wins and losses Question. Who is the better college basketball coach, Jerry Tarkanian or Jim Harrick? Before you poke your eye out in a frantic attempt to circle Tarkanian’s name as quickly as humanly possible, put down your copy of the Official Guide to Harrick-Bashing for a moment and listen up. Read more...

No. 1 men’s volleyball beats UH to win Hawaii Tournament title By Eric Branch Daily Bruin Senior Staff Coming off several days of luaus and mahi-mahi, the UCLA men’s volleyball team thanked Hawaii for its hospitality by kicking around the home team. Read more...