Sunday, November 1



Women's rugby team seeks NCAA recognition

While many observers and casual fans may not put women's rugby in the upper echelon of UCLA sports, competitiveness and success permeate the program. These women take their sport seriously, and they have the record to prove it. Read more...

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The UCLA women’s club rugby team, shown here on the Intramural Field, is seeking to move up from competing at the club level to competing at the NCAA level. The team, which will be competing in their third consecutive national tournament in April, hopes to earn NCAA recognition in the next two years.




UCLA women's tennis team seeks ingredients for success against Pepperdine

Sounds out of the mouth color McCall Jones' on-court passion, but the senior's non-tennis hobby entails reaching hearts by traveling into digestive tracts. Shortly after wrapping up her part in UCLA's victory over Washington State on Friday, the women's tennis captain and resident baker walked over to the rest of her team with a pink container full of homemade cookies when she was stopped by director of tennis operations Grant Chen and sophomore Morgan Thomas. Read more...


No. 9 UCLA baseball defeats crosstown rival USC, 7-2, in Dodgertown Classic

On a day that saw Major League Baseball reject two separate bids to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise from outgoing owner Frank McCourt, Dodger Stadium played host to the third installment of the Dodgertown Classic between UCLA and USC. The Dodger drama was set aside for a few hours on Tuesday night as 6,034 Bruin and Trojan fans came together "“ albeit on different sides of the stadium "“ to watch their teams go head-to-head in one of baseball's historic venues. Freshman left-hander Grant Watson started for UCLA and earned the 7-2 win "“ Watson gave up one run in six innings and improved to 4-0 this year. Read more...