UCLA’s women’s basketball team won’t need to look too far into its archives to find a formula to beat Stanford. Those answers are buried in its most recent game against Stanford – last year’s Pac-12 championship game that UCLA lost 51-49. It was a game that went down to the wire, and only at the sound […]
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Women’s tennis works to break its NCAA trend
Eight months ago, in the decisive match of the NCAA semifinals, junior Chanelle Van Nguyen’s muscles started cramping. Her physical ailments snuffed a valiant four-game comeback, and she dropped the deciding set 6-4. The match went to Texas A&M; 4-3, and the 2013 chapter of the UCLA women’s tennis program ended then and there. [media-credit […]
Women’s basketball to test defense against Oregon teams
Midterms are coming early for the UCLA women’s basketball team. A season centered on growth has seen the team find its focus as a defensive team. While the team returned from last weekend’s road trip without both wins in tow, the steps it took toward improving defensively were more rewarding than the results it brought […]
UCLA women’s basketball outrebounds ASU but falls 59-57
UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close didn’t need to be verbose to express how it felt not to finish the weekend’s trip to Arizona with two wins: “It stinks.” But an elaboration upon that answer makes it clear why she feels that way. Her players fought hard, did everything she asked them to, but at […]
New defensive style pays off for UCLA women’s basketball
Senior guard Thea Lemberger and sophomore guard Nirra Fields converged on a Utah women’s basketball player dribbling near half-court. They reached in with their arms and shut the gaps with their lean frames, trapping the Utes’ ball handler. The end result? A Utah turnover and an easy score for UCLA. It happened over and over as the Bruins […]
New UCLA women’s soccer coach brought changes for the better
In the UCLA women’s soccer program’s most successful season, change was everything. And it all started at the head. Following the departure of former coach B.J. Snow, UCLA appointed a new coach in Amanda Cromwell. Along with a new coach came a tactical overhaul; the 4-3-3 system that the Bruins relied on last season was […]
No. 2-seeded UCLA women’s soccer advances past UNC to Final Four
There’s going to be a different NCAA women’s soccer champion this year. For the first time in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, UCLA’s women’s soccer team had to claim a victory outside of Drake Stadium, and in the process, knocked out the defending champion, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels. It was an […]