When a team’s traditional rivalry game rolls around, typically the same standard story lines get trotted out year after year: it’s going to be a tough, physical game; we really want to win this one because it’s our rival; these teams have bad blood between them.
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Injuries to key players hinder chemistry of UCLA women’s basketball
When coaches draw up plans and strategies at the beginning of a season, the one thing they can never account for is injuries.
Women's basketball earns 78-71 win over San Diego State on Wednesday
The UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team notched a big win on Wednesday night, closing out San Diego State 78-71.
The victory over the Aztecs was big because it is the Bruins’ (4-2) best win of the season so far.
Women’s soccer downs New Mexico in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
This has been a season of many firsts for the No. 2 UCLA women’s soccer team: the first season as a head coach for B.J. Snow; the first season for about half of UCLA’s freshmen starters; the first season in the newly minted Pac-12.
Women’s soccer defeats USC in final match of the regular season
This makes sense, because on Friday, the No. 2 UCLA women’s soccer team, doing its best Jimmy Johnson impression, kept its foot on the gas and dominated the rival team, USC. The outcome was a big 5-2 win for the Bruins.
Women’s soccer seeks revenge in rivalry game against USC
Rivalry games always matter. Regardless of relative team skill or ability, regardless of team records, games against your rival mean something.
Women’s soccer to challenge new Pac-12 teams on the road
For the first time ever this weekend, the No. 2 UCLA women’s soccer team will take on Colorado and Utah as conference foes.