Wednesday, January 15, 1997 At the end of a convention in Nashville, where college officials from all across the nation met, it appears as if the NCAA will finally allow student athletes at Division I schools to hold part-time jobs during the school year, if they the jobs pay under $2,500 a year. I say […]
Category Archives: Sports
Backus cites family matters in decision to retire as coach
Wednesday, January 15, 1997 SOFTBALL: Speculation notwithstanding, NCAA probe not linked to leaveBy Mark Dittmer Daily Bruin Senior Staff Sue Enquist, UCLA’s head softball coach as of last week, sat in her office yesterday, in a cubicle alongside the one Sharron Backus has occupied for 21 years as UCLA’s softball coach. "I think a lot […]
Bruins head indoors
Wednesday, January 15, 1997 W. TENNIS: Pacific 10 Indoor Championships to serve as important preparation for 1997 season by showing strengths, weaknessesBy Christie Debeau Daily Bruin Contributor Members of the UCLA women’s tennis team will be on the road again, competing in Seattle today through Sunday at the Pacific 10 Indoor Championships. Sophomore Kati Kocsis […]
New lineup to be sized up against Aztecs
Tuesday, January 14, 1997 M. TENNIS: Players prepare to minimize losses and to hone their skills for future matchesBy Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Staff The tally is 22 and counting. Going into today’s match against San Diego State, the UCLA men’s tennis team will be faced not only with the challenge posed across the net […]
Kocsis singled out as champion in Milwaukee Classic
Tuesday, January 14, 1997 W. TENNIS: Kocsis-Freudenberg, Cooper-Schmidt doubles play strongly but don’t make final cutBy Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Senior Staff Katie Kocsis may seem far from home at UCLA, but this weekend she found herself in familiar territory  the winner’s circle. The sophomore from Budapest, Hungary, transferred to UCLA this season after […]
A lacking men’s hoops team will always be taken to school
Tuesday, January 14, 1997 OPINION: UCLA squad shows they can still win if complete effort is made Mark Shapiro On the surface, it looked embarrassing. The UCLA men’s basketball team got its collective (read: large) ego handed to it, neatly packaged in a 48-point loss to a team that had been their whipping boy for […]
Bruins win six, lose two to place third at Santa Barbara
Monday, January 13, 1997 M. VOLLEYBALL: Stillwell, Nihipali lead UCLA in kills for a powerful attackBy Jennifer Kollenborn Daily Bruin Contributor Last weekend the men’s volleyball team played in its first exhibition tournament of the year at the 33rd Annual UC Santa Barbara Elephant Bar and Restaurant Collegiate Invitational. UCLA placed third out of 24 […]