Author Archives: Bryan Chu

Undefeated. It’s a word that brings a smile to the face of UCLA coach Kathy Olivier, as her Bruins represent the lone team in the Pac-10 to have not yet suffered a conference loss. That distinction will be put to the test this weekend as the No. 22 Bruins hit the road to take on […]

Life without Nikki Blue is one thought that no player or coach on the UCLA women’s basketball team ever wants to encounter again. Already having endured a right ankle sprain and a mild concussion, Blue received a blow to the face causing her neck to be jolted back during the waning seconds of UCLA’s 70-54 […]

Chad Barrett, UCLA’s second leading goal scorer last season, will forgo his remaining two years of eligibility and enter the 2005 Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The decision to enter his name in the draft, which Barrett had been contemplating since the end of the season last month, came against the wishes of UCLA coach Jorge […]

For the second time this season, it’s come down to this. First the women, now the men. In yet another NCAA Championship game coming down to penalty kicks, No. 2 Indiana edged No. 9 UC Santa Barbara 3-2 after being tied one apiece in regulation. With the victory, Indiana has won back-to-back men’s soccer championships. […]

UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo and other athletic department officials were among those who gathered for a memorial service at Pepin/Rood Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday in honor of former Bruin men’s soccer coach Tom Fitzgerald, who died Saturday. Fitzgerald, who was coaching at the University of Tampa this year, passed away after […]

The soccer community was stunned on Saturday upon hearing the news that former UCLA men’s soccer coach Tom Fitzgerald had been killed in an auto accident. Fitzgerald was injured in a motorcycle accident just south of Tampa, Fla., where Fitzgerald was coaching, and was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he later passed away. Tampa […]

They first officially spoke in Stanford during a recruiting trip. They talked hours on end about water polo and experiences on the U.S. National Team. Yet when UCLA senior Brett Ormsby’s decision came down to it, being convinced by Stanford superstar Tony Azevedo wasn’t enough to draw him to the Cardinal red. Instead he wound […]