Category Archives: Sports

Monday, 2/24/97 Bruins work their magic in Florida competition UCLA posts season’s highest score; Homma gets perfect 10 By Lisa Quon Daily Bruin Contributor It was truly a magical weekend for the UCLA women’s gymnastics team as they traveled to Orlando, Florida to compete in the Magical Classic. The Bruins found tough competition in Kentucky, […]

Monday, 2/24/97 Sports Briefs Men’s tennis in semis in tourney The UCLA men’s tennis team is one victory away from defending its USTA/ITA National Indoor Team Championship in Louisville, Kentucky by virtue of its 4-3 semifinal victory over fourth-ranked Mississippi. The first and second rounds were no contest for the second-ranked Bruins as they rolled […]

Monday, 2/24/97 Trojan horses trample Bruin comeback effort, 87-74 By A. CinQue Carter Daily Bruin Contributor The UCLA women’s basketball team continues to struggle, this time in the form of an 87-74 loss to USC. The Bruins marched into the Lyon Center and for five minutes and 50 seconds looked like they had actually pulled […]

Monday, 2/24/97 UCLA Reigns over Duke M.HOOPS: Defense clinches win before packed, rousing crowd By Hye Kwon and Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff Like a runaway freight train slowly increasing momentum, the 17th-ranked Bruins gathered some major steam Sunday morning, upsetting sixth-ranked Duke, 73-69 in Pauley Pavilion. In front of a nationally televised audience, UCLA […]

Friday, February 21, 1997 BASEBALL: Bruins enter Six-Pac play averaging 11 runs scored per gameBy Sierra Roberts Daily Bruin Contributor UCLA may finally meet its match Friday night when the Bruins open conference play. Second-ranked UCLA (14-1-1) will face off against eighth-ranked Arizona State (9-6) in its first Six-Pac game at Jackie Robinson Stadium. ASU […]

Friday, February 21, 1997 M. HOOPS: Overnighters swarm Pauley Pavilion in quest for priority numbersBy Hye Kwon Daily Bruin Staff This weekend, hundreds of UCLA students will sleep outdoors. They will lodge in a makeshift sleeping bag village instead of Sunset Village. They will go hungry, and valuable studying time for the Monday morning midterm […]

Friday, February 21, 1997 M. HOOPS: Lavin plays host to Krzyzewski and sixth-ranked Blue DevilsBy Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has been a friend and a mentor of UCLA head coach Steve Lavin for years. But for 40 minutes this weekend, all good tidings will be set aside. The two […]