The UCLA women’s basketball team didn’t have an ounce of fight left in them Thursday after being dismantled, destroyed, and utterly embarrassed by No. 5 Stanford. Without their leading scorer Noelle Quinn, who had successful arthroscopic surgery on her left knee Wednesday, the No. 25 Bruins headed to Maples Pavilion and were trampled by the […]
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W. hoops: Arizona schools prove too strong for UCLA
The Bruins may have been on Cloud Nine for quite some time, but this past weekend served as a reality check. The UCLA women’s basketball team realized it can’t take any team lightly, and it can’t rely on talent alone. But that realization came too late, as the 25th-ranked Bruins played complacent and lax basketball […]
M. soccer: Sophomore leaves men’s soccer team to join MLS
When everyone questioned his decision, he went with it anyway. Even when the naysayers were not sold on his abilities, he knew he only had to prove them to one person ““ himself. So when the 2005 MLS SuperDraft selections were announced, Chad Barrett and his mother sat side by side and both breathed a […]
W. hoops: Wildcat insults Bruin coach, player
Instead of letting her standout performance do the talking, Wildcat guard Dee-Dee Wheeler fired one final parting shot at the Bruins after Arizona’s victory on Sunday. Wheeler, who scored 19 points and dished out 11 assists in the Wildcat win, further riled UCLA with her candid comments about coach Kathy Olivier and point guard Nikki […]
W. hoops: UCLA looks to dominate Arizona schools’ post players
A pair of Mack trucks will be rumbling into Pauley Pavilion this weekend. No, Pauley isn’t going under reconstruction, but the UCLA women’s basketball team does have a little demolition on its mind. If the No. 19 Bruins are to sweep No. 25 Arizona State on Friday and unranked Arizona on Sunday, they’ll need to […]
M. soccer: Players compete for MLS glory
They have unfamiliar faces and come from diverse backgrounds. Yet, the common goal for all 66 soccer players at the Home Depot Center this week is simple ““ make a solid impression and reap the benefits of a sizeable contract with a Major League Soccer team. For the past three days, graduating seniors, high school […]
W. basketball: Lezcano takes advantage of playing time
Though her size poses a formidable threat to opponents, 6-foot-4 Consuelo Lezcano has spent the majority of her two seasons as a Bruin on the bench. But this past weekend up at Washington, Lezcano had her most impressive stretch of games in her career. In the two victories over Washington State and Washington, the sophomore […]