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MEN'S WATER POLO Inland Empire tournament LA VERNE — Junior Bojan Hrlec scored nine goals in No. 6-ranked UC Irvine's two wins on Sunday. Hrlec scored six in a 19-10 victory over Pomona-Pitzer after tallying three in a 21-5 win over La Verne....

Louis E. Libbey passed away peacefully at home after a brief illness.  He was 88 years young. A 3rd generation Californian, Lou was born in Santa Maria and grew up Newport Beach where he spent most of his life.   He was proud to be an Eagle Scout.  After...

UCLA came on late in trying to recruit Parker Brown. The Bruins might have been last in pursuing Brown, but they finished first in landing the standout outside hitter from Corona del Mar High. Brown has committed to play for the UCLA men's volleyball...

IRVINE — Just like his teammate on Sunday, UC Irvine starting pitcher Evan Brock gathered himself following a rocky first inning to mow down a string of opposing hitters. But unlike Crosby Slaught, whose stabilizing act was later rewarded by an...

Ben Howland has no doubt made headlines throughout the past year, from reports of losing control of his basketball team to revitalizing his roster at UCLA. The Bruins men's basketball coach is expected to touch on those issues and more when he appears at...

Improvement was the theme for most of the locals chosen on the second day of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday. Orange Coast College freshman pitcher Brandon Brennan became the first area player taken, when the Chicago White...

John Speraw, who coached the UC Irvine men's volleyball team to NCAA titles in 2012, 2009 and 2007, has left the school after 10 seasons to become coach at UCLA, Bruins' Athletic Director Dan Guerrero announced Tuesday. Speraw, 40, replaces Al Scates,...

UCLA alumnus Barry Saywitz played host to the Orange County Bruin Bash at his Newport Beach home on Saturday, helping his alma mater raise more than $54,000 for the Wooden Athletic Fund. The fund generates financial support to help more than 700 student-...

The nature of athletics often defines its participants by winning and losing, but there is much more to the distinction of "winner" than a cursory summation of the scoreboard. The funny thing about most winners, though, is that they win. John Speraw...

WOMEN'S WATER POLO UC Irvine 8, Loyola Marymount 6 SAN DIEGO — The No. 4-seeded Anteaters advanced to Saturday's semifinal against No. 1-seeded Stanford by topping the Lions in the NCAA Championship at San Diego State on Friday. UCI (25-6) has...

The UC Irvine men's volleyball team shook its late-season slump to handle visiting UCLA in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament quarterfinal on Saturday at the Bren Events Center. The win ended the season for the No. 5-ranked and No. 5-...

IRVINE — UC Irvine sophomore Phil Ferragamo threw seven scoreless innings and Jimmy Litchfield finished off the Anteaters' third shutout of the season Sunday as the 'Eaters won, 6-0, to complete the Big West Conference-opening baseball series...