Category Archives: Sports

Thursday, January 30, 1997 M. HOOPS: Oregon team full of talent but unable to pull out of Pacific 10 conference slumpBy Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff The UCLA men’s basketball team will visit McArthur Court to take on the University of Oregon tonight, bringing shoulder pads and helmets with them. Two seasons ago, when the […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 M. VOLLEYBALL: Bruins hit .469, shut down top CSUN hitters in victoryBy Vytas Mazeika Daily Bruin Contributor If it begins like a massacre, if it looks like a massacre, and if it ends like a massacre, then it is a massacre. The UCLA men’s volleyball team mopped the floor with Cal […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 OPINION: 27-minute ‘extravaganza’ even more boring than Super Bowl Rob Kariakin Ladies and gentlemen, something has got to be done. Like hundreds of millions of other suckers around the world, I sat in front of my television on Sunday, disgusted by what I saw. Nothing had changed from years past. In […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 SOFTBALL: Freshman Christa Williams strikes out 10 in first UCLA startBy Melissa Anderson Daily Bruin Staff UCLA softball coach Sue Enquist predicted before the season started that pitching would be essential to her team’s success this year. How right she was. Through the combined effort of all three UCLA pitchers, the […]

Thursday, January 30, 1997 If only points were rebounds If points were rebounds, the Bruins would be 13-3. UCLA has outrebounded 13 of 16 opponents this year. The average margin has been five more per game. Permanent fixtures Juniors Tawana Grimes and Aisha Veasley have both gone their entire Bruin careers without missing a game. […]

Wednesday, January 29, 1997 M. VOLLEYBALL: Nguyen, an ’emotional spark plug,’ may start at swing hitterBy Vytas Mazeika Daily Bruin Contributor The smallest player on the court for UCLA will play the most important role for the Bruins tonight ­ emotional spark plug. The UCLA men’s volleyball team begins league play today against California State […]

Wednesday, January 29, 1997 SOFTBALL: UCLA begins season with match against LMUBy Melissa Anderson Daily Bruin Staff The easiest way to take down an opponent is to look for its weak link and attack it, full speed ahead. But what if that opponent is so well-rounded that its weaknesses are hard to spot? That’s the […]