Daily Bruin

Tennessee edges w. swimming in first meet

Lady Volunteers take meet in last race, outscore No. 7 UCLA
158-140 to win

By Ross Bersot

No one knew what to expect from the first ever dual meet between
the UCLA women’s swim team and the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. The
hazy Saturday morning at the Men’s Gym Pool featured a relatively
untested seventh-ranked Bruin squad against a seasoned Vols team
returning 18 swimmers from last season.

UCLA began the meet with 14 freshmen on the roster and 10
athletes unable to compete (seven swimmers and three divers)
because of injury or illness. The Bruins swam tough, but in the
end, UCLA lost, 158-140.

UCLA got off to a good start, with the 400-yard medley relay.
Two Bruin teams took to the pool and 3:52.09 later the Bruin women
had their first victory of the season.

Jill Jenkins, Lindsay Etter, Annette Salmeen and Megan Oesting
were first while the other Bruin team of Sharon Webster, Glenda
Lueders, Miranda Walz and Kasey Foster captured second.

"I thought we would have a tough time winning that one," UCLA
coach Cyndi Gallagher said of the one-two effort. "That was great,
it showed me what the team is made of."

Salmeen continued to swim well, winning the 200 butterfly in
2:04.56 and placing second in the 200 and 500 freestyle events. Her
times of 1:51.52 and 4:59.63 were second only to Tennessee’s Leslie
Mix, who placed second in the 500 free at last year’s NCAAs.

"The 500 free was a very fun race," Salmeen said. "They were
good times for me and I knew I was up against some tough
competition. I was pretty happy with the way I swam against
(Mix)."

Jenkins’ times of 52.09 and 56.66 earned first place for the
true freshman in both the 100 free and the 100 fly.

Other key performers included Webster and Cindy Bertelink.
Webster finished ahead of the pack at 57.23 in the 100 backstroke,
completing a Bruin sweep of the 100-yard events.

In the 200 back, she was only inches away from her second
victory, when the Vols’ Fabiola Molina touched her out with a time
of 2:04.78 in what was arguably the best finish of the day.
Bertelink was the anchor of the UCLA effort. Swimming in the 1,650
free, the 500 free, the 400 individual medley and a leg on the 400
free relay, she was in the water more than any swimmer on either
team.

Heading into the final event of the day, the home team had 134
points overall, while the Lady Vols had 147. Only by a one-two
sweep of the final event could UCLA dodge their first defeat of the
season. The 400-yard free medley is Tennessee’s best relay event,
which prompted the UCLA coaches to split the best Bruin relay in
order to create two teams with chances to win.

The two home squads were neck-in-neck with the visiting
Volunteers until the end. Mix anchored the Tennessee team that
finished in 3:29.21, just ahead of the Bruins’ final swimmers
Webster (3:29.68) and senior Kirsten Krengel (3:31.17).

"We split them," Gallagher said. "I mean if we had put all of
our fast people on one relay we would’ve won easily."

Despite losing, Gallagher wasn’t negative.

"We swam better than I thought we would be swimming and I think
it was based on the fact that they just got fired up to swim fast,"
Gallagher said. "We had some big holes in some events (because of
injuries). We had to shift everyone around."

And, Gallagher noted, it is still early in the season.

"We’re really not ready to swim this fast yet," she said. "It’s
just so early for us and they did a great job. It wasn’t pretty,
but they did a great job."

Polo loses narrowly in overtime crunch

Covec scores five goals in UCLA’s weekend upset to Pepperdine
Waves

By Esther Hui

Daily Bruin Staff

It was a heart-breaking defeat for the No. 4 UCLA men’s water
polo team as they lost to No. 6 Pepperdine 10-9 in overtime Sunday.
The Bruins had battled back from a three-point deficit in the third
quarter to lead 9-8 at the end of the fourth, but the Waves scored
a goal with eight seconds remaining, sending the game into overtime
where a goal gave them the eventual win.

"We knew it was going to be an extremely tough game," Pepperdine
head coach Terry Schroeder said. "It was the best game we’ve been
in this season as far as evenly matched teams, but emotionally we
came out on top. If you can win those one point games it definitely
helps your confidence."

The Bruins (10-8 overall, 2-4 in the Mountain Pacific Sports
Conference) played well defensively, allowing the Waves to convert
on only two of seven man-up situations, but were able to score on
only 3 of 11 power plays.

"Our six on five killed us," UCLA head coach Guy Baker said. "We
had three (man-up) opportunities in overtime didn’t score on any of
them, that’s the ball game."

Team-captain Scott Turner agreed, "It just came down to six on
fives, we didn’t put away our opportunities. It’s a tough loss,
it’s even worse losing in overtime, we were up by one with 33
seconds left, we let down a little bit and Pepperdine got in."

The Bruins exploded to a 3-0 lead in the first quarter. UCLA was
assisted by freshman Steve Covec, who scored all three of the
Bruins opening goals ­ one of which was from two-point range.
Covec went on to score two more goals.

"Covec had a great game," Baker said. "He got us off to a great
start, won our first four points of the game. Steve had a
phenomenal game, biggest game of the year and he came through like
that."

The Bruins maintained their lead until the end of the third
quarter when a two-point shot by Pepperdine’s Larry Felix put the
score at 7-8. At the start of the fourth quarter UCLA’s Adam
Krikorian was ejected because of excessive fouling and the Bruins
were left without a driver for the remainder of the game.

"It hurt the game because Adam’s such a fighter," assistant
coach Matt Emerzian said of Krikorian’s ejection. "His energy’s
really contagious to the rest of the team."

With 2:31 remaining in the game, a pass from UCLA freshman
Luther Weidner set Mark Sutter up to score, evening the game at
8-8. With 33 seconds remaining, Covec scored his fifth goal of the
match with another assist by Weidner, to give the Bruins a 9-8
lead.

The Waves called a time out, and then regrouped with driver
Zachary Holder scoring the game-tying goal.

Pepperdine’s Alan Herrmann scored the only overtime goal with 34
seconds remaining in the first period, to end the game 10-9.

The loss puts the Bruins in an uncertain position leading up to
the NCAA tournament. Wins in the two remaining conference matches
against No. 1 Stanford and Irvine will determine the Bruins
postseason status.

"It’s a dogfight between us, Pepperdine, and UOP," Baker said.
"Everybody’s one on one, two of the three teams are going to go and
one’s not."

The Bruins play Air Force tomorrow at Sunset Canyon Pool at 3
p.m.

Midfielder’s bone injury dampens soccer victory

Bruins’ 4-0 victory over SDSU Aztecs earns MPSF title; Lewis’
recovery key

By Tim Costner

Daily Bruin Senior Staff

The UCLA men’s soccer team won the MPSF Pacific Division title
this weekend, but may have lost a key player for next week’s match
against No. 1 Indiana.

Bruin midfielder Eddie Lewis ­ who collided heads with a
Titan defender ­ suffered a fractured cheek bone just below
his right eye in Friday’s 2-1 victory over Cal State Fullerton.

Lewis is currently the second leading scorer for No. 6 UCLA
(14-1 overall, 6-1 in conference), and his return to the lineup
will be decided on a week-to-week basis.

"It doesn’t seem like it’s going to need surgery," UCLA head
coach Sigi Schmid said. "I don’t know how soon he can come back,
after they do the CAT scan is really the key. Then it’s up to the
doctors and when he feels that he can play."

Whether or not Lewis can wear a protective mask during the game
under NCAA regulations has yet to be determined.

Before Lewis left the game, the Bruins tallied two early goals
against the Titans, the first in the fifth minute by midfielder
Justin Selander, who headed in a cross on a free kick by Joe
Christie.

UCLA scored its second goal just four minutes later, ironically
by Lewis, who hit a hard, low shot to the far post to put the
Bruins up 2-0. Frankie Hejduk assisted on the play.

The Titans brought the game within one goal in the 85th minute
when Fullerton’s Eddie Soto nailed a penalty kick after UCLA’s Tahj
Jakins was called for a handball in the penalty box.

* * *

In Sunday’s game against SDSU, the Bruins prevailed, 4-0, after
tallying three goals in the first half.

UCLA forward Ante Razov gave the Bruins their first two goals of
the game, the first coming in the 17th minute after Bruin
midfielder Josh Keller took a shot on goal that was parried by the
Aztec keeper.

Razov fielded the rebounded ball just a few feet from the goal,
and buried a point-blank shot to give UCLA the lead.

Then, in the 29th minute, Razov and the Bruins scored again,
this time on a nice lob from 14 yards out that sailed over the
Aztec keeper’s reach and into the goal. Selander assisted on the
goal.

"I was on the on the left and saw Justin with the ball," Razov
said. "I made diagonal run and he played it through nicely. The
goalie was off of his line a couple yards, and I thought I could
catch him."

In the 34th minute, UCLA forward Robbie Labelle gave the Bruins
their third goal, finishing a cross by Christie at close range to
give the Bruins a comfortable halftime lead.

The Bruins added another goal for good measure in the 85th
minute, when LaBelle ­ seeing that the Aztec keeper was way
out of position ­ assisted midfielder Josh Keller on an easy
goal.

And the nightmare continues

UCLA drops 34-24

decision to Arizona;

streak hits six games

By Eric Branch

Daily Bruin Staff

TUCSON, Ariz — A stormy 1994 season officially became a tempest
Saturday afternoon in Tucson. The UCLA football team’s trail of
tears extended into Arizona as the Bruins (2-6 overall, 0-5 in the
Pacific-10) lost their sixth consecutive game, this week’s version
being a 34-24 defeat at the hands of No. 13 Arizona Wildcats (6-1,
4-0) before a record crowd of 58,817 in Arizona Stadium.

The loss assured the Bruins of their first losing season since
1990 as their faint bowl chances were lost somewhere in the eye of
the Desert Swarm.

"At this point in the season, it’s pure frustration," senior
quarterback Wayne Cook said. "It’s an absolute nightmare ­ I
don’t know how else to put it."

The afternoon began nightmarishly enough for the Bruins. The
Wildcats took the opening kickoff and marched 65 yards in 10 plays,
capped by senior Ontiwaun Carter’s two-yard burst over the left
side.

Despite the ominous start, the Bruins beared down and refused to
fold.

"I’m very proud of the way we played," UCLA head coach Terry
Donahue said. "Both hard and courageously. We played better today
against a top flight opponent, but it wasn’t enough."

After a UCLA punt, senior linebacker Donnie Edwards came up with
the first of his plethora of big plays on the day. On a second and
nine, Edwards steamrolled over Arizona quarterback Dan White,
forcing a fumble at the Wildcat 16. Edwards was a one-man Desert
Swarm for the Bruins, recording 16 tackles, three sacks and two
forced fumbles.

The Bruins capitalized on the turnover two plays later as Cook
drilled junior wideout Kevin Jordan for a 14-yard touchdown. Jordan
tallied eight catches for 111 yards on the game, marking the fourth
time he has broken the century mark this season.

However, on a day in which senior wideout J.J. Stokes (one catch
for 18-yards) returned to action for the Bruins, the UCLA tandem
was outshone by Wildcat sophomore Richard Dice. Dice burned the
Bruin secondary for six catches totaling 138 yards. The Wildcats
consistently deflated the Bruins with their third and long
conversions. All told, Arizona was 12 of 20 on third downs, with
the White to Dice combination connecting on four occasions.

"Their third down conversions killed us," Edwards said. "Third
and long and we just gave it to them. It definitely hurt the
defense in the long run."

The Bruins took their second possession of the third quarter 49
yards in nine plays with senior Daron Washington winning a one-yard
footrace to the corner of the endzone. The touchdown gave the
Bruins their first lead in 26 quarters, dating back to the season’s
second game. Cook, who completed 16 of 33 passes for 245 yards,
completed all three of his attempts for 37 yards on the march.

"It was a good feeling to have a lead," Cook said. "It’s just a
shame it didn’t last longer."

The Bruins’ ecstasy lasted all of 5:32 as the Wildcats began an
11 play assault, ending in White’s 14-yard bullet over the middle
to senior tight end Lamar Harris.

Following two Wildcat field goals, a Bruin fumble and punt, the
Wildcats’ running game, led by Carter, churned out an eight play,
52-yard drive against an exhausted Bruin defense which stayed on
the field for more than 36 minutes.

Cook finished his day with a 14-yard touchdown toss to senior
wideout Mike Nguyen with 1:34 on the clock.

After a Merten onside kick failed, the Bruins were left to
ponder their lost season.

"This year is just going downhill," Edwards said. "Right now the
world is just like a big cloud."