Fed up with her team’s uninspired play Sunday afternoon, UCLA women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis retreated to a solitary spot alongside the bleachers at Drake Stadium where she seethed while Cal celebrated its 1-0 double-overtime victory over the Bruins. If this was the first time seventh-ranked UCLA had suffered a mental lapse against an unranked […]
Author Archives: Jeff Eisenberg
M. basketball: Pac-10 schedule may be shortened
UCLA officials are not optimistic about their chances of gathering enough support to win a vote next June that would shorten the Pac-10 men’s basketball schedule by two games in time for the 2005-06 season. For such a change to be made, representatives from eight of the 10 schools in the conference will have to […]
Pauley revamp in the works
Athletic department and university officials at UCLA will continue to evaluate the feasibility of renovating venerable Pauley Pavilion after hearing a preliminary proposal from a local architectural design firm on Monday. The consulting firm presented several plans based on recommendations that UCLA had made over the summer, and now school officials will meet again to […]
W. soccer: Soccer struggling for consistency
Considering its record against nationally ranked teams so far this year, the UCLA women’s soccer team should be happy that in-state rivals No. 14 Cal and No. 10 Stanford are coming to town this weekend. The seventh-ranked Bruins (10-4, 3-1 Pac-10) have won five of their six games against nationally ranked teams so far this […]
M. basketball: Canadian forward commits to UCLA
Spurned by several top prep big men in the nation over the past few months, UCLA men’s basketball coach Ben Howland finally got his man. Ryan Wright, the top Canadian prospect in this year’s senior class, became the first post player to verbally commit to UCLA this year when he told Howland on Monday afternoon […]
W. soccer: Bruins rebound and beat UW for split
It all could have unraveled for the UCLA women’s soccer team Sunday. Having already lost to unranked Washington State on Friday night, the Bruins needed to salvage a split two days later at seventh-ranked Washington to avoid falling back in the Pac-10 race. But with its conference title hopes on the line, UCLA responded. Senior […]
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the Bruin football season go down
Not every e-mail I get is riddled with curse words, insults and personal attacks. Some are just critical. Like the one I got from a friend of mine last week. “You’re too cynical,” it began. “Why don’t you try being more optimistic in your next column?” Optimistic? About UCLA football? I wondered if we were […]