Friday, January 24, 1997
W. tennis to open play this weekend
After two individual tournaments on the road, the UCLA women’s
tennis team will open its dual match season at home today.
The seventh-ranked Bruins will face Pac-10 competitor and
50th-ranked Washington State today at 1:30 p.m. at the LATC.
Then at noon Saturday, UCLA will host 36th-ranked Utah.
UCLA’s No. 1 player Katie Kocsis will probably compete against
Washington State’s top-ranked sophomore Andrea Reiz, who is tied
for No. 84 in the fall national rankings. Utah’s top player, junior
Linda Engblom is ranked 96th in the fall national listings.
Olympic-sized game at Easton
The Olympics may be long gone but Easton Stadium will bear a
striking resemblance to Atlanta on Saturday when it hosts the
annual softball alumnae game, beginning 2:30 p.m.
UCLA’s current squad, picked by Pacific 10 coaches to finish
second in the preseason poll, will take on the likes of former
Bruins and Olympic gold medal winners Dot Richardson, Lisa
Fernandez and Sheila Cornell.
Richardson’s two-run homer in the gold-medal game against China
made her a national hero and earned the United States the
first-ever gold medal in softball. Australian Olympian Kerry
Deinelt and Puerto Rican Olympian Janice Parks will also appear
along with U.S. Olympic team alternate Jennifer Brundage.
Prior to the start of Saturday’s game will be a player-coach
clinic from 10 a.m.- noon on the UCLA intramural field for girls in
grades 5-12. The cost for the clinic is $25 and includes admission
to the alumnae game.
Tickets for Saturday’s game are $3 for students and $5 for
adults.
Paradise not
friendly to Bruins
The second-ranked UCLA men’s volleyball team started the season
off on the wrong foot Thursday night, falling to fourth-ranked Penn
State in the opening game of the Hawaii Tournament in Honolulu.
According to head coach Al Scates, the Bruins (0-1) looked
sluggish after arriving on the islands early in the morning, and
were out-hit by the Nittany Lions (6-0) .358-.258.
The Bruins will continue the tournament today against Laval
University and against third-ranked Hawaii on Saturday.
Hawaii, looking to avenge their loss in last season’s
championship match to UCLA, will be playing in front of a packed
house, as Saturday’s game is already sold out.
UCLA ready to
tumble into desert
The UCLA gymnastics team is on the road for its second straight
meet this weekend. The Bruins face the Arizona State Sun Devils
tonight at 7:30 in Tempe.
Arizona State is led by All-American Megan Wright. The Devils
have lost their only meet of the season thus far against Pac-10
rival Oregon State.
The Bruins (2-1) are ranked No. 2 in the country, behind the
only team that has beaten them thus far, Georgia.