Every great team has a great leader. For the UCLA women’s soccer team, that leader is Nandi Pryce. Pryce, an All-American senior defender, will lead the Bruins tonight in the team’s Pac-10 opener against Washington State at Drake Stadium . “It’s important that there’s someone to organize and someone to encourage,” Pryce said. “I love […]
Author Archives: David Regan
W.soccer: Bruins must be flexible to win against San Diego
If this past season serves as any indication, the UCLA women’s soccer team will have no trouble when it travels to face the University of San Diego today at 7 p.m. This past season, the Bruins defeated the Toreros 6-0 in the season opener. “Sometimes you just have games where everything you touch is golden,” […]
IM field to gain putting green
The intramural field will soon become more accommodating, as a golf practice facility will open Nov. 15 on the north end of the field. The facility, which will include a 3,000 square foot green, a 3,000 square foot tee box and a brick building that houses instructional materials and lockers, is primarily for the UCLA […]
W.soccer: Team clinches win with goal in final seconds
For 89 minutes and 56 seconds, they outshot, outran, and outplayed their opponents. But for 89 minutes and 56 seconds, they had nothing but mere moral victories and missed chances to show for their efforts. And then, somehow, with three precious ticks remaining on the clock in regulation time, the UCLA women’s soccer team broke […]
SI on Campus will come to UCLA, focus on students
UCLA is one of 72 universities from across the country that has been chosen to have Sports Illustrated on Campus included in its student newspaper. SI on Campus, a division of Sports Illustrated, focuses strictly on college athletics and the sports interests of college students. Sports Illustrated has increasingly had problems competing with ESPN in […]
Coaches sign longer contracts
Al Scates is currently in his 42nd year of coaching men’s volleyball at UCLA. He has won 18 national championships and over 1,000 career matches. Yet in Scates’ 42 years, he has signed 41 different coaching contracts, each a one-year deal, renewed at the end of every fiscal year. But this year was different. Second-year […]
Xbox, 50 Cent offer literary inspiration
You know what I do when I’m struggling for inspiration? I usually just sit and stare blankly. But sometimes I play video games. Or Snood. Snood, for those of you who don’t know, is a computer game I believe rivals AIM and cocaine in addictiveness. But that’s another column. This column is about my writer’s […]