BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Sophomore Erfan Djahangiri returns the ball in a regional match last week at the LATC. By Greg Schain Daily Bruin Contributor The home stretch of UCLA’s quest for a national championship begins Saturday at 5 p.m., when the team faces No. Read more...

  BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Senior Jean-Noel Grinda will be one of the tennis team members competing in the NCAAs in Athens, Ga., this weekend. Read more...

  UCLA Sports Information Freshman Tobias Clemens, born and raised in Germany, will be helping the Bruins make a run for the NCAA title in Georgia this weekend. Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Junior vaulter Heather Sickler will compete this weekend at the Pac-10 Championships. By Will Whitehorn Daily Bruin Contributor At the risk of paraphrasing an R&B song, the Pac-10 had better be ready for this weekend’s jelly. Read more...

  Brian Thompson The Lakers are the only SoCal pro sports team Thompson has any respect for. He can be reached at [email protected]. We can cut through the red tape/And bust through the fakers/Keep your eye on big Shaq/And put your money on the Lakers.” These, of course, are the words of noted wordsmith, star actor, philosopher and Hollywood playboy Shaquille O’Neal in his song “Straight Playin’.” And you know what? Read more...

Mariko Fritz-Krockow is a freshman on the women’s tennis team. Here she chronicles her trip to Atlanta, where the women’s tennis NCAA Championships are being held. Read more...

  UCLA Sports Info The UCLA women’s tennis team won the national championship in 1981. By Hannah Gordon Daily Bruin Contributor As the women’s tennis team travels to Georgia this weekend, they join a long line of outstanding Bruins. Read more...