Both the UCLA men’s and women’s tennis teams face USC to end their regular season this weekend, and it’s a very important match for both teams. Both matches will have postseason implications, so it’s critical for both to win ““ and they will. In each of the men’s three losses this season, the team hasn’t […]
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Even if expected, hard times stink
Losing is rough. But losing 18 games in a row is demoralizing, especially from a team used to winning. A year ago, the UCLA baseball team lost in the final game of its NCAA regional. After Tuesday’s loss to Loyola Marymount, this year’s baseball team fell to 7-22, losing its 18th-straight game. “It’s frustrating,” UCLA […]
Softball: Bruins face Bay Area teams
It’s been 11 months since the two teams last met on college softball’s grandest stage. But UCLA and Cal, who have faced each other in the last two NCAA Championship games, both won by UCLA, are downplaying this weekend’s meeting. “This weekend is pretty big, but it’s just as big as any other weekend in […]
No. 1 volleyball team just got even better
It’s not fair. When you’re the No. 1 team in the country, you shouldn’t be able to just add good players toward the end of your season. But that’s exactly what the UCLA men’s volleyball team is doing ““ twice in fact. First, Saturday marked the return of dual-sport athlete Matt McKinney, who was at […]
Softball: Softball works on advancing runners
With no one on base, the UCLA softball team has shined this year. But put a runner in scoring position, and the Bruin offense has struggled this season. Their weakness during these situations was apparent this past weekend when UCLA lost three games to the Oregon schools. The Bruins only scored three runs, two of […]
Spring sports are too good to miss
Spring quarter doesn’t have that one marquee college sport that’s cool for fans to attend, that one sport that gets big media attention nationally. Fall has football. Winter has basketball. Spring has a hodgepodge of sports UCLA really excels in, but attendance has always been low. Very low. I’ve been to dozens, probably hundreds of […]
Softball: Softball drops three in Oregon
The UCLA softball team opened its Pac-10 season over the weekend with three losses to the Oregon schools, marking the second year in a row the Bruins have started 0-3 in conference. After losing 3-1 and 2-1 on Saturday at unranked Oregon and 2-1 at No. 16 Oregon State on Friday in eight innings, the […]