Friday, July 3

Front and Center Again

After the Bruins won their 12th national softball championship in June, Katie Schroeder didn't run in from her usual center-field spot to celebrate with her teammates. Read more...

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Redshirt junior center fielder and leadoff hitter Katie Schroeder makes her long-awaited return to the softball field Friday after sitting out most of last season with a left leg injury. Now fully healthy, Schroeder aims to get back to the form that earned her All-American honors as a sophomore and help the Bruins defend their title.




Women’s tennis sweeps Irvine, 7-0

The ball careened past senior Noelle Hickey's outstretched racket and nestled into the corner of the court at the Los Angeles Tennis Center Wednesday in the early goings of UCLA's 7-0 victory over UC Irvine. Read more...

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Senior Noelle Hickey won a singles and doubles match against UC Irvine. UCLA swept doubles play with a 7-0 tiebreaker by Hickey and junior Nina Pantic.




Striking the balance

Imagine running, leaping, turning and flipping across a surface that is less than half a foot wide. But don't look down because the ground is four feet away. Read more...

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Niki Tom, who started her collegiate gymnastics career as a walk-on, has become an integral part of the UCLA gymnastics team in her senior year, particularly because of her skills on the balance beam.