This time there wasn’t quite as much drama. Just days after escaping with a harrowing last-second road victory over UNLV, the UCLA women’s soccer team closed out the nonconference portion of its schedule with a dominating 2-0 defeat of host San Diego on Tuesday night at Torero Stadium. Read more...
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October 7, 9:00 pm
W. soccer: Women’s soccer tops Toreros
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October 7, 9:00 pm
M. polo: Team USA presents challenge
Brett Ormsby’s summer team will play his current team today. Over the summer, Ormsby played for the U.S. water polo team that won the gold medal at the Pan American Champion-ships and finished sixth at the World Championships in August. Read more...
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October 7, 9:00 pm
M. polo: Wrighting a wrong
A team of speedo-clad six-footers doesn’t usually pose much of a challenge for Adam Wright. But a team of lawyers? That’s too much to handle. Wright, a former standout on the UCLA men’s water polo team from 1996-2000, won all but a handful of matches in his last two years as a Bruin. Read more...
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October 7, 9:00 pm
Bruin digest
Report: JC football player Villafuerte commits to UCLA Santa Ana College offensive lineman Marc Villafuerte orally committed to UCLA on Monday according to BruinReportOnline.com. Villafuerte, at 6-foot-4-inches and 300 pounds, was an all-CIF performer while at Canyon High (Anaheim) and made the preseason JC Gridwire All-American “One to Watch” list. Read more...
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October 7, 9:00 pm
Playing after prime can tarnish even greatest stars
There are several things I’ll never understand about the sports world: curling (really, what is it?), why football is called football (in the United States at least), and why athletes rarely leave their respective sports in their prime. Read more...
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October 6, 9:00 pm
For the sake of sports, don’t be “˜That Guy’
We’re lucky. As Bruins we have one of the most ambitious intramural programs west of the Mississippi. The new IM field draws some of the best athletes never to suit up for a Division I program. Read more...
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October 6, 9:00 pm
Football: Olson to keep starting position for Arizona game
Definite answers regarding the return of quarterback Matt Moore remain hard to find from the UCLA football team. For now, head coach Karl Dorrell maintains the same stance he’s had since Moore’s week-one injury (a severe bone bruise): A player should not lose his starting job to injury. Read more...