The UCLA women’s volleyball team will travel to the Bay Area this weekend for a pair of matches with California and Stanford. The Stanford match figures to get most of the attention. Rightly so, but in Cal, UCLA faces a young team that could give the Bruins a run for their money. On Friday night, the third-ranked Bruins will […]
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Eric Billigmeier: Fearfully familiar fate for football
Sixteen years old without a care in the world except who the Bruins played in football on Saturday. That was me in 1989. After purchasing my first car that year, my first thought was not of the beckoning, scenic highways of America. No, it was more along the lines of, “Cool, now I can get to the Rose Bowl […]
Football optimistic despite 2-3 record
By Scott Yamaguchi Daily Bruin Senior Staff To all those UCLA football fans who were not glued to the television set Saturday afternoon watching the Bruins’ 37-10 beating at the hands of Washington, UCLA head coach Terry Donahue would probably seem a madman. Donahue, whose team has struggled through recent weeks with three consecutive losses, asserted after the UW […]
Polo hauls in third-place finish at NorCal
By Esther Hui Daily Bruin Senior Staff The UCLA men’s water polo team proved they are in contention for a national championship last weekend, placing third at the Northern California Tournament at Stanford, and beating No. 3 California along the way for the first time since 1991. The Bruins (10-4 overall, 1-1 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) beat […]
Spikers to play the unknown in SDSU
By Eric Branch Daily Bruin Staff San Diego State women’s volleyball head coach Myles Gabel spent the day before his team’s match with No. 3 UCLA searching for advantages. He found exactly one. “Well, I’m happy we’re home rather than going up there to play,” Gabel said. “When you play UCLA, advantages are hard to find. I try to […]
W. Soccer battles to tie
By Hye Kwon IRVINE – The UCLA women’s soccer team battled the UC Irvine Anteaters courageously, but came away from the overtime match with a scoreless tie on Monday night at Anteater Stadium. The Bruins’ record now goes to 6-2-2 overall, and the Anteaters move to 6-4-1. The match featured the return of sophomore defender Sue Skenderian. She returned, […]
Cross country teams unable to upset at Stanford
By Mark Singerton The UCLA men’s and women’s cross country teams did as expected Saturday at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto. The unranked Bruin men mustered 135 points to take third-place behind Stanford and Arizona, whose squads scored 57 and 47 points, respectively. But the outcome was all the Bruins could hope for, considering the lack of depth […]