This weekend’s Pac-10 heptathlon competition provided UCLA with an early opportunity to put some distance between itself and its major competitors for the conference title. But the Bruins settled for just five points, as neither sophomore Nastassja Hall nor freshman Georgea Richards were able to distinguish themselves from the rest of the field. Read more...

UCLA was feeling pretty good about itself last Sunday after its dramatic ninth-inning comeback against USC. Maybe too good, in fact. Since that victory, the Bruins have lost four of their last five, including a pair of hideous non-conference losses against Arizona this weekend in which UCLA surrendered 31 runs. Read more...

It’s not often you find a guy who can solve differential equations and hit a baseball 400 feet. It’s not often you see a 6-foot-1, 202-pound, well-built athlete in a math class. Read more...

If at first you don’t succeed, change your lineup. It seems like an odd strategy for softball coach Sue Enquist to use just weeks before the postseason, but it worked. Read more...

UCLA’s quest to capture the Pac-10 men’s track and field championship for the first time in seven years will have to be a come-from-behind effort. The Bruins will start the individual portion of the conference meet 23 points behind the Oregon Ducks, who captured four of the top five spots in the decathlon competition at the Pac-10 Multi-Event Championships this weekend in Arizona. Read more...

Pressure? What pressure? Freshman Hannah Jun of the second-ranked UCLA women’s golf team certainly hasn’t felt any while competing in her first collegiate postseason. In fact, she has thrived in the spotlight, playing her best golf of the season at the most important time. Read more...

Bruin joins Soccer Hall of Fame Former UCLA star Paul Caligiuri was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Caligiuri will be inducted along with Eric Wynalda and Michelle Akers October 9 to 11 at the Hall of Fame in Oneonta, NY. Read more...