As if a berth in the NCAA quarterfinals wasn’t enough incentive, UCLA women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis unearthed another way to inspire her team prior to Saturday’s third-round clash with Duke. Ellis read the Bruins a snippet of an article that appeared in Friday’s edition of The Duke Chronicle, in which Blue Devils’ defender Heidi […]
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M. basketball: Bruins show their youth in win
It was a day UCLA’s heralded freshmen will always cherish, but a performance that each of them probably would prefer to forget. Hoping to make an emphatic statement in their much anticipated collegiate debut, Jordan Farmar, Arron Afflalo, and Josh Shipp ““ three quarters of a freshman class that is expected to be among the […]
[Basketball insert] Blue’s gamble keeps UCLA on track
If Nikki Blue wasn’t such a risk taker, she would be at Connecticut right now, rubbing elbows with All-Americans and signing autographs by the dozen. She would have two national championships, one from both her freshman and sophomore seasons. Each time she buried a jump shot or pick-pocketed some hapless opposing guard, UConn students would […]
[Basketball insert] Starting point
It was an atypically warm November night even for Los Angeles, but Jordan Farmar preferred to remain indoors. Nestled in front of the television in his room, UCLA’s heralded freshman point guard immersed himself in a tape of Monday’s Wake Forest-George Washington game, lowering his eyes only once every few minutes to fast forward through […]
W. soccer: Bruins beat San Diego, advance to 3rd round
Just before Danesha Adams trotted onto the field for the second half of Sunday’s match against San Diego, UCLA women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis issued her an ultimatum. Either score a goal in the next 15 minutes, Ellis told the freshman forward, or expect to spend the rest of the match on the bench. Adams, […]
M. basketball: Afflalo scores 17, shines defensively
Now that Cedric Bozeman, UCLA’s top perimeter defender last year, is out for the season, freshman Arron Afflalo has taken it upon himself to develop into the Bruins’ defensive stopper. Afflalo, who scored a team-high 17 points against Monterrey Tech on Thursday night, seemed more pleased with his defense after the game. “I take more […]
W. soccer: Bruins begin playoffs today
All that stands between the UCLA women’s soccer team and the offseason is one more mental lapse. The Bruins, who looked lackadaisical at times during the conference season, know they cannot afford another letdown once NCAA Tournament play begins. That’s why UCLA has pledged to focus all of its attention on its first-round match with […]