Let’s face it, incoming freshmen ““ unless you are in the special orientation session held for incoming varsity athletes, your glory days of athletic competition have ended. The days of practicing relentlessly with high school teammates in order to strive for that state championship are long gone, and that dreaded “freshman fifteen” begins to make […]
Author Archives: David Graham-Caso
Baseball: Shockers strike another blow to Bruin baseball
For the second night in a row, clutch hitting by Wichita State slugger Drew Moffitt bested the UCLA baseball team. The day after singling home the winning run, the Shocker senior gave fans an encore performance Wednesday evening at Eck Stadium. With UCLA leading 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning and the bases […]
Baseball: Brotherly Love
Most fledgling ballplayers grow up pitching into chain-link fences, fielding grounders off their garage doors, or constantly searching for the other half of a game of catch. Senior third baseman Brandon Averill was luckier than that. Two years after Averill was born, the third baseman’s parents gave him a brother to play ball with. “It […]
Swimming: UCLA places seventh at NCAA Championships
It would be the final time that senior swimmer Sara Platzer would dive into a pool for UCLA. Last weekend in College Station, Texas, Platzer was competing in the last leg of her collegiate career, swimming with 11 other Bruins at the NCAA Swimming Championships. Platzer swam as if she was squeezing the last bit […]
Baseball: Bruins fall twice at Aztec tourney
SAN DIEGO “”mdash; It was not a crack but instead a ping of the bat that rang in the first set of games ever played at the San Diego Padres’ cozy new home, PETCO Park. UCLA’s baseball team played at the San Diego State Aztec Invitational in the inaugural games Friday, Saturday and Sunday at […]
Swimming: Bruin divers compete for a spot in the championships
Four Bruin divers will compete in Oklahoma City this weekend in the final obstacle on the way to the NCAA swim and dive championships. Sophomores Amanda Blong, Sara Clark and Paige Thompson as well as junior Janine Strack will participate in the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships. An impressive showing this weekend will mean a […]
Swimming: UCLA swim and dive team takes second at Pac-10 tourney behind Stanford
After four grueling days of competition, the UCLA swim and dive team captured second place in the 2004 Pac-10 swimming and diving championships. The tournament, which the Bruins won in 2003, was hosted by Arizona State and held at the Belmont Pool in Long Beach. The Bruins were bested by the Stanford Cardinal, whose 1,380 […]