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Sports

Club & IM Sports, Features, Sports

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February 10, 1:04 am

UCLA student initiative Rockin’ Autism combines sport with therapy

Head tilted back, arms crossed, gazing up at the wall, Justin Saco encouraged Marco Zepeda, 13, to keep climbing. Nervous of the height and unsure of what to do next, Marco asked to come down, but Saco wasn’t ready to let him give up. Read more...

Photo: Justin Saco (right), a fourth-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, and Matthew Wai, a fourth-year physiological science student, created Rockin’ Autism, a program meant to teach children with autism rock climbing, in the hope that the kids on the autism spectrum develop social and motor skills. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)

Features, Sports, Swim & Dive

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February 10, 1:01 am

UCLA’s Maria Polyakova leads Bruins to new diving records

Maria Polyakova constantly checked her email waiting for a response from the diving coaches at Stanford, Texas, USC and UCLA. She waited weeks for responses from the first three schools, but it only took three days for UCLA diving coach Tom Stebbins to reply. Read more...

Photo: Maria Polyakova reached out to four different U.S. schools when applying for college. Three of them took weeks to respond, while UCLA took just three days expressing interest. The Bruins had enough scholarships available, and was the right mix of academics and athletics for Polyakova. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

Men's Tennis, Sports

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February 9, 10:46 pm

Men’s tennis suffers first loss of season to No. 1 Virginia

Billy Martin’s voice trailed, searching for words as he spoke. It had been a long day in Charlottesville, Virginia. The No. 9 ranked UCLA men’s tennis team suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of No. Read more...

Photo: Senior Karue Sell was the only one to win his match Tuesday in UCLA’s match against Virginia. He won in three sets, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 outlasting Mac Styslinger. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)

Cross Country, Football, Sports

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February 9, 12:45 am

The Rundown: Feb. 8

Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Star recruiter Last Thursday, following National Signing Day 2016, Scout.com named UCLA linebackers and special teams coach Scott White the Pac-12 Recruiter of the Year. Read more...

Photo: Linebackers/special teams coach Scott White was named to the position in February 2015. He was named the Pac-12 Recruiter of the Year by Scout.com after National Signing Day 2016. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Men's Tennis, Sports

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February 9, 12:45 am

Men’s tennis finds confidence in doubles for No. 1 Virginia game

For the first time this season, Billy Martin seems nervous. The men’s tennis coach is anxious about his team flying cross country to face defending NCAA champion and current No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Martin Redlicki said that he grew up training with a lot of the Virginia tennis players at the USTA Training Center in Florida. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Sports, Sports Columns

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February 9, 12:43 am

Tanner’s Take: In case football distracted you from UCLA soccer’s National Signing Day

There are a few things I regret about National Signing Day. For one, I woke up at 5:45 a.m. on a Wednesday morning to refresh Twitter a couple times. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA women’s soccer coaching staff signed a star-studded group of players on National Signing Day 2016. The incoming class includes U.S. Women’s National Team standout Mal Pugh. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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