Friday, May 8

Bruins host Oregon, confident in abilities

UCLA’s hockey team will look to turn its season around this weekend as it hosts the Oregon Ducks at HealthSouth Training Center in El Segundo. Up to this point, things have been less-than-spectacular for the Bruins (1-5 overall, 1-4 Pac-8). Read more...



Bruins prep for season’s opening exhibition

Don’t tell Kathy Olivier that exhibition games don’t count in the standings. After struggling through a 20-loss season last year, the UCLA women’s basketball coach wants her team to build some confidence when the Bruins take on the exhibition team Love and Basketball at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday in the season’s first exhibition game. Read more...


Women’s volleyball needs wins in Oregon

The UCLA women’s volleyball team heads north to the state of Oregon in dire straits. The team (13-10, 6-7 Pac-10) is in danger of missing out on the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1996, but two conference wins against Oregon (11-15, 1-11) and Oregon State (7-14, 2-10), however, could provide some much needed playoff security. Read more...



Talented assistant aiming for top

First it was the University of Texas-El Paso in 1999. Then it was Fresno State after last season. And in October it was UTEP again. It seems that UCLA assistant coach Jim Saia’s name always gets thrown around whenever there is a coaching vacancy in Division I basketball, but the talented assistant has yet to land a top position in any major or mid-major program. Read more...