Jill Ellis will be pacing the UCLA sidelines like always when the Bruins travel to Stanford Friday night. And that’s just the way she wants it. Ellis, who met with Stanford Athletic Director Ted Leland about the school’s coaching position last winter, ultimately took her name out of the running, instead choosing to remain with […]
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W. soccer: Freshman Davis key to double overtime win v. Huskies
Bristyn Davis picked the ideal time to end her scoring drought. The touted freshman forward had been held without a goal for nearly a month before netting a game-winner with less than two minutes remaining in double overtime to give No. 3 UCLA a 3-2 victory over the No. 9 Washington Huskies Saturday night at […]
W. soccer: Women’s soccer looks to improve despite win
What looked like a routine victory for the UCLA women’s soccer team suddenly became much tougher thanks to a series of defensive miscues in the second half. Anxious to net the first goal in Thursday night’s game against Washington State, the Bruins suddenly grew lackadaisical on the backline. The Cougars scratched out a flurry of […]
Gymnastics: Team supports Beckerman’s dismissal
What could have been a controversial decision doesn’t seem to have generated much discord among the ranks of the UCLA gymnastics team. Although the current Bruins empathize with ex-teammate Alyssa Beckerman, who was kicked off the team Sept. 11 by coach Valorie Kondos Field, they seem to support the decision. “She did the right thing,” […]
W. soccer: Women’s soccer tops Toreros
This time there wasn’t quite as much drama. Just days after escaping with a harrowing last-second road victory over UNLV, the UCLA women’s soccer team closed out the nonconference portion of its schedule with a dominating 2-0 defeat of host San Diego on Tuesday night at Torero Stadium. “A little less gray hair in this […]
M. polo: Wrighting a wrong
A team of speedo-clad six-footers doesn’t usually pose much of a challenge for Adam Wright. But a team of lawyers? That’s too much to handle. Wright, a former standout on the UCLA men’s water polo team from 1996-2000, won all but a handful of matches in his last two years as a Bruin. But one […]
Gymnastics: Beckerman questions dismissal
What’s clear about Alyssa Beckerman’s UCLA gymnastics career is that it’s over. What isn’t clear ““ at least to Beckerman ““ is why. “I contributed to the team in terms of grades, performance, attitude and effort,” said Beckerman, 22, who was dismissed from the team by coach Valorie Kondos Field just prior to the start […]