Category Archives: Sports

Thursday, 5/29/97 Inexperience, youth to blame for Bruins’ poor performance M. GOLF: UCLA can still seize the day entering second round of NCAA championships By Chris Umpierre Daily Bruin Contributor The UCLA men’s golf team demonstrated its youth and inexperience in the first round of the NCAA Championships at the Conway Farms Golf Club in […]

Thursday, 5/29/97 Bruins left pondering what might have been M. TENNIS: No. 1 seed, home advantage didn’t prevent semifinal loss By Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Staff The dust has finally settled after the 1997 NCAA Championships, and once again, the UCLA men’s tennis team, in another fruitless run at the title, was upset in the […]

Thursday, 5/29/97 Track Notes McElroy knows track and football Jim McElroy knows what it’s like to juggle tasks. While most people are resigned to excelling in one sport, McElroy is accomplished in two sports – football and track. Last fall in football, McElroy the receiver led the team with 527 receiving yards. And this season […]

Thursday, 5/29/97 Don’t discount Dollar out of NBA yet COMMENTARY: Bruin has enough heart, defensive talent to meet challenges Larry Bird was too slow and he couldn’t jump. There was no way he could make the transition from college and hang with the 6-foot-9-inch acrobats of the NBA. Similarly, some say UCLA’s Cameron Dollar flat […]

Thursday, 5/29/97 Sports Briefs Awards galore for women’s water polo team The UCLA women’s water polo team won the national championship earlier this month, and now they have individual accolades to go along with the ultimate team trophy. Head coach Guy Baker was named Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year, as his […]

Thursday, 5/29/97 Bruin Update Wednesday’s results Men’s golf 29th place in first round of NCAA Championships Today’s games Men’s golf at NCAA Championships second round

Thursday, 5/29/97 Packwood passes Henderson to win cycling championship CLUB: Men win nationals for second year; women must look to next season By Rocky Salmon Daily Bruin Contributor The sun almost did not shine for UCLA cycling last weekend, as the weather nearly erased UCLA’s chance of repeating as national champions. But things worked out […]