Wednesday, May 6

Men’s volleyball focuses on finding synergy with young roster

Friday’s match was the first collegiate loss for UCLA’s freshmen. After No. 6 UCLA men’s volleyball (3-1) ended last year’s season in the final of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament, the team graduated its senior class of three players and welcomed a group of freshmen. Read more...

Photo: Senior outside hitter Austin Matautia is just one of four seniors for No. 6 UCLA men’s volleyball. Seventeen of the 24 players are currently either freshmen or sophomores. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)


Shareef O’Neal’s tattoos paint pictures of personal journey, allow self-expression

Shareef O’Neal doesn’t even know how many tattoos he has – all he can do is guess. The redshirt freshman forward – who announced his intentions to leave UCLA men’s basketball Wednesday night – said he thinks he’s gone to get a tattoo at least 30 times, and that he puts as much artistic thought into them as he can. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman forward Shareef O’Neal has gone to get a tattoo over 30 times, each representing a corner of his personality. His favorite ink includes matching tattoos with teammates, past and present, homages to his dad, and album covers of his favorite artists. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)




UCLA gymnastics improves on beam following low score at second meet

In their second meet of the season, the Bruins posted their lowest balance beam score in almost four years. But on Saturday, they increased their score on the event by almost an entire point and took home first place on beam for the first time this season in the process. Read more...

Photo: Senior Gracie Kramer said that after No. 3 UCLA gymnastics scored sub-49 on balance beam in its first two meets of the season, the Bruins were eager to start off on the event in their tri-meet versus No. 15 BYU and No. 34 Utah State on Saturday, hoping to start off the competition on a high note. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Women’s water polo coach commends growth of new programs nationwide

There’s a rousing trend occurring in women’s water polo. No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo (4-1) played its final game at the UCSB Winter Invitational against Ottawa University-Arizona (0-6), a team playing in its first year of collegiate water polo. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore center Ava Johnson currently sits second in scoring for No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo, including a hat trick against Ottawa University-Arizona in the UCSB Winter Invitational. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin staff)


Men’s tennis lands wins over weekend in prep for upcoming San Diego State match

This post was updated Jan. 22 at 12:47 a.m.  The Bruins continued their early season success over the weekend. UCLA men’s tennis (1-0) competed against players from USC, Stanford and Texas A&M at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Thousand Oaks, California, from Friday through Monday. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Govind Nanda advanced to the semifinal round of the Sherwood Collegiate Cup –farther than any other Bruin for UCLA men’s tennis. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)