Author Archives: Gilbert Quiñonez

Imagine sitting on the bench for three years, knowing you have little or no chance to play, because the starting goalie is an Olympian and one of the best goalies in the world. Imagine then having an All-American season, only to be in danger of losing your starting job the following year. That is what […]

Most collegiate sports fans can tell you that UCLA is a part of the Pac-10 Conference. But what many casual fans don’t know is that not of all UCLA’s varsity sports teams compete in the Pac-10. The men’s volleyball, men’s and women’s water polo, and men’s and women’s indoor track teams all call another conference […]

Charlotte Mayorkas is following in the footsteps of Michelle Wie and Annika Sorenstam but without all the hype. The star of the UCLA women’s golf NCAA Championship team will be the only woman competing at the California State Open starting today in Murrieta. On top of that, Mayorkas and her teammates will be the only […]

In college athletics, where players only have four years of eligibility, having significant player turnover from year to year is expected. But this year’s UCLA men’s water polo team is different. Not only do the Bruins have all seven starters returning from a year ago; they also have nine of their top bench players back. […]

Wednesday’s exhibition match for the UCLA women’s soccer team marked the first time fans got to see several new faces in a Bruin uniform. The youthful Bruins showed their inexperience at times during the 4-1 loss to Texas on Wednesday, but the team feels it has learned from the match and will be fine once […]

Wide receiver Tab Perry has been readmitted to UCLA and has rejoined the football team, the Athletics Department announced on Tuesday. A senior, Perry had missed the entire 2003 season due to academic ineligibility and had announced earlier in the year he intended to transfer from UCLA to a Division I-AA school. But Perry changed […]

New UCLA baseball coach John Savage completed his coaching staff Wednesday when he hired Matt Jones as a volunteer assistant coach. This event marks the second time in less than a year that Savage has hired Jones. Before the 2004 season, Jones was hired as a volunteer assistant coach at UC Irvine, where Savage coached […]