Throughout the season, UCLA softball coach Sue Enquist has tried to figure out how to best utilize the versatile players in her lineup. She has made adjustments all season long, including major changes before last Saturday’s game against Stanford. The players have responded to their new roles each time, focusing on wins instead of changes. […]
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MLB entrusts minor league drug testing to UCLA
Amid a growing steroid controversy, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that it has moved drug tests for minor leaguers to UCLA’s drug testing lab. The UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory is the only lab in the United States certified by the World Anti-Doping Agency. It currently conducts drug testing for the NFL and many smaller sports. […]
Softball: For softball, the only consistency is change
If at first you don’t succeed, change your lineup. It seems like an odd strategy for softball coach Sue Enquist to use just weeks before the postseason, but it worked. After the Bruins lost 2-1 at Cal on Friday, Enquist overhauled her lineup. Third-ranked UCLA (36-9, 9-8 Pac-10) responded, scoring 13 runs in a pair […]
Softball: Cal, Stanford may tax UCLA softball
After UCLA failed to score a run against Washington on Wednesday, the Bruins could use an easy opponent to work out the kinks in the offense. Instead, they have to face a pair of top-10 teams this weekend in California and Stanford during their final road trip of the season. No. 3 UCLA (34-8, 7-7 […]
Softball: Focus on home runs results in loss
Trailing 1-0 in the sixth inning, UCLA looked like it was about to break Wednesday’s game wide open. But looks can be deceiving. Washington pitcher Ashley Boek escaped a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam for the second time in the game as the Huskies defeated the host Bruins 1-0. UCLA senior pitcher Keira Goerl was the hard-luck […]
Softball: Softball player’s treatment scrutinized
An investigation into allegations of a drug scandal surrounding the University of Washington softball has raised questions about possible improper treatment of a UCLA player in a past Women’s College World Series. While Washington is currently investigating charges that Dr. William Scheyer provided players with large quantities of prescription narcotics and other drugs, the alleged […]
Softball: Softball selected to host regional game
Despite struggling against the Pac-10’s best earlier this season, UCLA was selected Monday to host an NCAA softball regional. In the past two years the Bruins were one of the three best teams in the nation, but were shipped off to South Carolina and Fresno State for regionals because of the low quality of UCLA’s […]