At the end of 40 minutes, the Stanford Cardinal emerged victorious. The primarily blue crowd in Pauley Pavilion was on its feet, applauding. But the cheers were not for the No. 5 Cardinal that had just beaten the Bruins 65-56; they was directed to the efforts of senior guard Thea Lemberger and sixth-year senior forward […]
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UCLA women’s basketball hosts ‘Play 4Kay’ game, Senior Night
This weekend may be the last time this season that a UCLA women’s basketball game opens with a recording of a John Wooden quote. It’ll be the same lights, the same hoops and the same fans in Pauley Pavilion one last time, as UCLA takes on No. 18 California Friday and No. 5 Stanford on […]
UCLA women’s basketball outscores Oregon 103-83
For one afternoon, it looked like the roles were reversed. The UCLA women’s basketball team spent the President’s Day holiday in the Matthew Knight Arena facing off against the nation’s No. 1 scoring offense, the Oregon Ducks. But it was the Bruins who came off looking like the team that averages over 90 points per […]
UCLA women’s basketball ready for Pac-12 round-two play
The timekeeper’s bell is ringing and the card in the air clearly displays “Round 2.” It’s time for the UCLA women’s basketball team to lace up the boxing gloves again as it takes on Pac-12 opponents for the second time this season. And it all starts Saturday against crosstown rival USC. “I’m excited to get another […]
UCLA women’s tennis speeds up its game for National Team Indoors
The lifespan of each tennis ball at practice is getting shorter. The strong winds of winter that pervade the Los Angeles Tennis Center hardly simulate the conditions that the UCLA women’s tennis team can expect to face on the indoor courts in the Boar’s Head Tennis Club in Charlottesville, Va. Coach Stella Sampras Webster knows […]
UCLA women’s basketball ends weekend with a win
The only sounds audible in Pauley Pavilion were the Bruin player’s footsteps as she stepped up to the line. The ball missed the mark, and the silence was cut by a collective groan coming out of the stands. It happened 14 times in total on Friday. For every time the UCLA women’s basketball team failed […]
UCLA women’s basketball struggles down the stretch
In both of UCLA women’s basketball’s games in Northern California, there were clear points where everything just went south. The Bruins began the weekend by facing the Stanford Cardinal on Friday, and the Bruins fought against the label of underdogs by finishing the first half only down a point. But No. 4 Stanford (19-1, 7-0 […]