The UCLA men’s volleyball team retained its No. 3 ranking in the newest USA Today/AVCA poll released Tuesday. The stage is now set for the Bruins (6-1, 2-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation), who received one first-place vote, to take on top-ranked Pepperdine (5-0, 1-0) at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday. Read more...

Feelings of frustration and uncertainty hang over the UCLA women’s basketball team as it enters the most critical stretch of its season. With a record of 9-9 (4-5 Pac-10), the Bruins are in grave danger of failing to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year. Read more...

After the disappointing postponement of last Friday’s UNLV game, the women’s tennis team is ready to finally begin their season. The Bruins open the year against the Loyola Marymount Lions today at 1:30 p.m. Read more...

Ben Howland built a juggernaut at Pittsburgh by instilling a sense of selflessness in his players. So far at UCLA, he hasn’t seen the same level of sacrifice. Read more...

The UCLA men’s tennis team picked a good time for two of its players to turn in their best matches of the season. With the squad’s Pac-10 opener against crosstown rival USC looming Friday, juniors Chris Lam and Kris Kwinta played dominating tennis in the No. Read more...

Now that UCLA is on a three-game losing streak, Ben Howland is having trouble sleeping at night. “If you’re really sacrificing, if you really care, if you’re really working your hardest, when you lose, it should be something that bothers you and therefore motivates you to not allow that to happen again,” Howland said Tuesday. Read more...

We need this one badly. And when I say badly I don’t mean it in a purely basketball sense. Sure, tonight’s game against USC has implications for postseason positioning, and we definitely need to stop this three-game slide, but the urgency to win runs deeper. Read more...