Author Archives: John Michael Earnest

Just after the start of the second half of last Saturday’s game against San Diego State, the UCLA men’s soccer team suffered another setback.

Dry heat. Angry fans. Midterms. When the UCLA softball team travels to Tucson to showdown against Arizona there will be a lot on the players’ minds.

After last weekend, it finally seemed like UCLA softball might have found a groove. On Wednesday, the wheels fell off again.

It was not the best of starts. Last weekend, the UCLA softball team opened Pac-10 play, hoping to continue dominating the conference. Instead, the No. 11 Bruins (25-9, 1-2 Pac-10) continued to struggle, committing nine errors while only scoring four runs. The Bruins lost 6-0 to No. 7 Arizona State (36-8, 2-1 Pac-10) on Friday, […]

It was supposed to be a pitcher’s duel, with aces Anjelica Selden and Candice Baker reenacting the year-old, 10-inning, one-run marathon between UCLA and Cal State Fullerton. What a difference a year makes. The 16th-ranked Bruins (16-6) beat the Titans (14-9) 8-1 on Wednesday in an inversion of last year’s run-scarce performances. In 2006, the […]

UCLA softball is in for a long weekend. Today through Sunday, the No. 12 Bruins (11-5) will host the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament that brings in teams from Florida, Long Beach and Illinois. Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez thinks her team is prepared for the weekend. “It’s very simple,” Inouye-Perez said of the team’s preparation. “We’re focusing […]

A cold and windy day, an hour delay, and still Loyola Marymount did little to stop the Bruin softball team. The start was slow, but in the end No. 12 UCLA (11-5) triumphed 5-2 in what later became a pitcher’s duel. Tuesday’s 1 p.m. start time was pushed back an hour by nighttime rains, and […]