Author Archives: Seth Fast Glass

Anyone who has watched the UCLA women’s basketball team over the past few weeks has most likely seen juniors Nikki Blue and Lisa Willis along with freshman Lindsey Pluimer on the court at the same time. That’s because the trio of Bruins has been logging heavy minutes as UCLA goes through the stretch run of […]

Trailing by six points at halftime to Washington State, a team that occupies the basement in the Pac-10 standings, UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier walked off the court, disappointment written all over her face, contemplating what to tell her team. “We had a little discussion at halftime, I’ll say that,” Olivier said. “I had […]

While it may still be over a month away, it has already begun to creep into the minds of the members of the UCLA women’s basketball team. Talk of whether this Bruin team, which currently stands with a precarious record of 13-7, has what it takes to make the NCAA Tournament has commenced. Back from […]

It was a test UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier wanted to see if her team could pass. Since standout sophomore Noelle Quinn had gone down with a knee injury two weeks ago, Olivier had been anxious to see how the Bruins would respond without their fallen star in a close, hard-fought game. On Thursday, […]

It’s a place where hoop dreams go to perish, where postseason hopes go to waste. McArthur Court, or more affectionately known to opposing teams as The Pit, has given Oregon the best home-court advantage in the Pac-10, causing headaches and frustrations for those daring enough to try to conquer it. That is, unless, you are […]

Before her team’s trip to the Bay Area this past weekend, UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier set two simple objectives for the Bruins. For the road trip to be considered a success, UCLA had to earn at least a split and someone had to step up in the absence of the injured Noelle Quinn. […]

UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier has had dreams about it. Worse yet, she’s had to live through it. But for the past 1,784 days, she hasn’t been able to deny it. Of the last 11 times Olivier has taken her Bruins into a matchup with Stanford, she has come out on the losing end […]