Friday, 5/23/97 Bruins look to capture title at Pac-10 Championships W.TRACK: Washington State, Stanford, USC stand in UCLA’s way By Donald Morrison Daily Bruin Contributor The No. 1-ranked Bruins will take a trip up north to Seattle this weekend to compete in the Pac-10 Championships. UCLA is looking to come out victorious after last year’s […]
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Mixed results in Oklahoma
Friday, 5/23/97 Mixed results in Oklahoma BASEBALL: Sixth-seeded Harvard surprises UCLA with strong pitching By Kristina Wilcox Daily Bruin Contributor STILLWELL, Okla. – The UCLA athletic department suffers from the postseason Ivy League jinx. This is demonstrated by the men’s basketball loss to Princeton in the first round of March Madness last year and the […]
Bruins rally through second round
Friday, 5/23/97 Bruins rally through second round M.TENNIS: Eric Taino, Kevin Kim turn in wins as NCAAs continue By Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Staff For being the third-seeded player in the NCAA men’s tennis singles championship, UCLA’s Eric Taino sure is making things hard for himself. After taking three sets to dispose of South Alabama’s […]
Bruins hope to run conference streak to six
Friday, 5/23/97 Bruins hope to run conference streak to six M.TRACK: Top athletes heighten competition at Pac-10 Championships By Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff Six years in a row. No, it’s not the UCLA football team’s current streak against its crosstown rival. Six in a row is the number of years that the UCLA men’s […]
Mixed results in Oklahoma
Friday, 5/23/97 Mixed results in Oklahoma SOFTBALL: Spectacular pitching, defensive play characterize Bruin win By Tim Yun Daily Bruin Contributor OKLAHOMA CITY — In their first game here since winning the national championship in 1995, the fifth-seeded UCLA softball team started the 1997 women’s College World Series (CWS) with a hard fought 2-0 victory over […]
UCLA in NCAA doubles trouble
Friday, 5/23/97 UCLA in NCAA doubles trouble M.TENNIS: Pac-10 teams move on in tandem play while Bruin squads lose By Vytas Mazeika Daily Bruin Staff After Thursday’s second-round singles matches were done, five Pac-10 players still had a chance to continue play in today’s singles and doubles NCAA championship tournaments. Stanford’s Bob Bryan and Ryan […]
Bruins hope to bark Wildcats up tree in next NCAA round
Friday, 5/23/97 Bruins hope to bark Wildcats up tree in next NCAA round W.GOLF: Team needs to brush up on swing to make up for eight-stroke deficit behind ASU By Chris Umpierre Daily Bruin Contributor In golf, everyone has heard of eagles, birdies, but how about coaches turning into dogs? That might just happen this […]