Tuesday, May 7, 1996 Baseball takes on powerhouse 49ers and their coachesBy Yoni Tamler Daily Bruin Staff Forget Pete Rose. Forget Mike Ditka. Meet Dave Snow, the head coach of the Long Beach State baseball team, No. 19 UCLA’s opponent tonight at 7 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Snow falls into a category psychotherapists term […]
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W. tennis will wait to team up at NCAA
Tuesday, May 7, 1996 Tournament delay will give Chi extra time to recuperate By Hye Kwon Daily Bruin Staff Since early January when the 1996 season schedule was first published, the UCLA women’s tennis team has been gearing up for May 10, the day when the NCAA Team Championships were to start in Tallahassee, Fla. […]
UCLA inconsistent against Division II teams
Monday, May 6, 1996 Bruins dominate Cal State L.A., come up short against Dominguez HillsBy Yoni Tamler Daily Bruin Staff One day unbeatable, the next day feckless. One day masterful both defensively and offensively, the next day shaky pitching coupled with comatose hitting. One day Jekyll, the next day Hyde. Over the span of two […]
M. track’s rivalry with USC: a tale of two eras
Monday, May 6, 1996 After falling first 33 times to Troy, since ’66 Bruins are 25-5By Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff Thirty years after ending USC’s streak of 33 victories at the annual UCLA-USC dual meet, the UCLA men’s track team continued a streak of its own Saturday at Drake Stadium. Since its first win […]
Volleyball finds pot of gold at end of Rainbows
Monday, May 6, 1996 Huge contingent of Hawaii fans invades Pauley for Final FourBy Ruben Gutierrez Daily Bruin Staff It’s an odd thing, imagining someone from a Hawaiian paradise wanting to grab a weekend vacation in Los Angeles in May. Upon entering Pauley Pavilion prior to Saturday’s NCAA men’s volleyball championship match, someone not familiar […]
Volleyball finds pot of gold at end of Rainbows
Monday, May 6, 1996 Photos by Fred He Daily Bruin Staff (upper left) Senior setter Stein Metzger, the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Co-Player of the Year, garnered all-tournament honors for his performance in the NCAA volleyball Final Four. (lower left) Despite slumping early in the championship match, junior Paul Nihipali returned to the form he […]
Softball sweeps through Bay Area
Monday, May 6, 1996 Bruins extend win streak to 12 with powerful hitting performancesBy Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Contributor Before the UCLA softball team left for the Bay Area to play road games at Stanford and California, the coaches were trying to get into the players’ heads the necessity of playing 14 innings of solid […]