Author Archives: Sarah Fernbacher

No athletic team wants to blemish a perfect record. Freshman rower Vanessa Teff cites this truism as the main reason why her No. 14 UCLA rowing team excelled at this weekend’s Stanford Invitational in Redwood Shores, Calif. Heading into the tournament, the boat held a 3-0 record in dual meets and the team had hopes […]

During the early part of the season, women’s rowing coach Amy Fuller Kearney regularly told her team to anticipate races against the top 20 teams coming down to the last 10 strokes. At Saturday’s competition, with No. 14 UCLA battling No. 18 Minnesota, the prophecy came true. In fact, the close varsity eight race in […]

From my vantage point at last Friday’s baseball game between UCLA and Mississippi, the Bruins looked hot. They beat No. 19 Ole Miss in a 9-2 win with senior second baseman Sean Smith going 2-for-4 with a home run and a double. However, the players were not the only things on fire that night. At […]

For the first time in Tom Stebbins’ eight years as coach of the UCLA diving team, one of his freshmen has qualified for the NCAA Championships. The diver, Marisa Samaniego, competes this week at the meet in Athens, Ga., today through Saturday. “It’s great for Marisa to have this experience so early in her collegiate […]

MARINA DEL REY “”mdash; The UCLA women’s rowing team swept Loyola Marymount in the season opener on Saturday in Marina del Rey. With the wins, UCLA maintains possession of the Karen Hock-Hjelm Cup for the fourth consecutive year. UCLA featured three boats in its first competition of the year ““ the Novice Eight, Second Varsity […]

The NCAA Zone E Diving Championships start today, with five Bruin hopefuls aiming to qualify for the NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga., from March 16-18. The qualifying event ““ held in Oklahoma City, Okla. ““ lasts for three days with only the top 11 divers continuing to Athens for the NCAA Championships next weekend. The […]

The UCLA swim team placed second in the four-day Pac-10 Championships at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach. The Bruins placed only behind Arizona, beating out seven other competing teams. “The last night was magical,” UCLA coach Cyndi Gallagher said. Gallagher was referring to Saturday’s performances by juniors Katie Nelson and Katie Arnold. […]