 Bruin teams are in action all over the place this weekend; if you’re in town, you can say goodbye to one of UCLA’s best-ever women’s basketball stars this weekend, senior Lindsay Pluimer (pictured) in her home finales.
Baseball:
>> The Bruins were crushing Cal State Northridge on Tuesday, 22-2, when the game was halted due to darkness; it will be completed April 15. UCLA (2-1) outlasted UC Santa Barbara, 5-4, in 13 innings Wednesday at Jackie Robinson Stadium. On Friday, UCLA will meet Southern University in the inaugural Urban Invitational at 6 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The Bruins will then play Bethune-Cookman at the MLB Urban Youth Academy at 5 p.m. Saturday. The academy is at 901 E. Artesia Blvd., Compton. (telephone: [310] 763-3479). The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. The Bruins will finish the weekend at USC at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Softball:
>> The 14-2 Bruins moved up to No. 4 in the national rankings this week and Anjelica Selden was awarded two National Player of the Week awards and Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors for her three-win, 38-strikeout performance at the Palm Springs Classic last weekend. Freshman second baseman Gionna DiSalvatore was named Pac-10 Player of the Week for her 8-12 hitting spree and slugging percentage of 1.250 in Palm Springs. UCLA shut out Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday, 3-0, with Donna Kerr (6-1) pitching four innings and Megan Langenfeld finishing the final three frames. This weekend, UCLA plays in the San Diego Classic against James Madison (2 p.m.) and San Diego (4:30 p.m.) on Friday at the University of San Diego, against Eastern Michigan (9 a.m.) and San Diego State (2 p.m.) on Saturday at San Diego State and against Saint Peter's at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at USD.
Track and field:
>> The men’s and women’s teams are in Seattle this weekend for the Mountain Pacific Indoor Championships. More important, the Bruins will open their outdoor season March 8 with the UCLA Invitational at Drake Stadium.
Men’s basketball:
>> UCLA (24-3 overall, 12-2 in the Pac-10) is in the Arizona desert trying to hold on to a one-game lead in the Pac-10. The Bruins are ranked fourth in the nation and have a chance to move up after Tennessee’s loss to Vanderbilt this week, but must defeat Arizona State (17-9, 7-7 in Pac-10 play) tonight and Arizona in Tucson at 1 p.m. Sunday. Tonight’s game will be televised locally on FSN Prime Ticket beginning at 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Pacific time and will be televised nationally on CBS.
Men’s golf:
>> The Bruin "Blue Team" (second squad) finished second this week at the Cal State Bakersfield Spring Invitational, one shot behind Cal State Stanislaus. Junior Erik Flores was the tournament champion, carding a 10-under 206 for the three rounds, one shot ahead of fellow Bruin Craig Leslie. The Bruins are off this weekend.
Men’s tennis:
>> Sixth-ranked UCLA (8-1) stomped UC Santa Barbara at home Wednesday and will travel to La Jolla this weekend for the 119th Pacific Coast Doubles Championships.
Men’s volleyball:
>> Hoping that a change of scenery will help, slumping — but still seventh-ranked — UCLA (10-7) is in Muncie, Ind., this week for matches against No. 14 Ball State on Friday and Saturday evenings, both starting at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time. The Cardinals (10-6) have won nine of their last 10. Live audio of the matches can be heard on the BallStateSports.com website.
Women’s basketball:
>> The Bruins (14-13 overall, 9-7 [5th] in Pac-10 play) finish their 2007-08 home schedule with games against Arizona State (18-9, 12-4) tonight at Pauley Pavilion and on Saturday against Arizona (9-18, 3-13) at 11 a.m. Both games will be audiocast on uclabruins.com with Dave Marcus on the play-by-play and Michael Sondheimer as analyst. Saturday’s game also will be available on KTLK-AM (1150). These will be the final home games in the outstanding career of senior Lindsay Pluimer, who ranks sixth in the Pac-10 in scoring (14.5 points per game), eighth in rebounding (6.4 per game) and in the top 10 in six of the 13 individual categories.
Women’s golf:
>> The Bruins are top-ranked, but all bets are off in high winds and strong UCLA efforts in rounds one and three at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational — second-best each day — was for naught as the second round blew any chance UCLA had for victory. The Bruins finished sixth overall with their best individual performance by All-American Tiffany Joh. She overcame an 80 in the second round to shoot a two-under 70 in the final round and finish fifth overall. UCLA is off until March 9.
Women’s gymnastics:
>> UCLA (12-1) lost to No. 2 Utah last Sunday and suffered injuries to all-around stars Anna Li and Brittani McCullough, both of whom had concussions. The Bruins are, however, ranked ninth in the country and will take on No. 10 Oregon State (8-1) at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pauley Pavilion. UCLA will webcast the meet on uclabruins.com, with Darren Preston and former U.S. Olympian and NCAA champion Steve McCain on the call. Sunday's meet is UCLA's second annual Breast Cancer Awareness meet and the Bruins will wear leotards with pink accents and pink ribbons. All fans are encouraged to wear pink, and pink wristbands will be given away to all attendees. Pink Crocs will also be given away to 30 lucky fans.
Women’s swimming:
>> UCLA is competing in the Pac-10 Swim Championships this week in Long Beach (swimming) and Federal Way, Wash. (diving). Ranked 15th in the nation, the Bruins set a school record 7:14.73 in the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Wednesday with freshmen Lauren Hall, Alex Sullivan and Emily Bibb plus junior Anna Poteete. The meet continues through Saturday at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach.
Women’s tennis:
>> The Bruins (8-3) are ranked 11th in the nation, but dropped Wednesday’s match to No. 4 Baylor (10-1), 5-2, at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. UCLA has its hands full this weekend as well, with No. 6 Stanford coming to the LATC at 1:30 p.m. Friday, followed on Saturday by No. 8 California.
Women’s water polo:
>> No. 1-ranked UCLA (17-0) has only one match this week, at UC Santa Barbara, beginning at noon Saturday.
Lindsay Pluimer photo courtesy of UCLA
 The Bruins and Trojans will be at each other on the hardwood today at the start of a very busy week for the Blue and Gold:
Baseball:
>> Last week: The Bruins held their annual Alumni Day on Saturday with a Legends vs. Alumni game and a six-inning exhibition by the current UCLA team. Junior Tim Murphy and freshman Dan Klein pitched for the two sides and both gave up two runs.
>> This week: UCLA will finally start its 2008 season next Friday at Jackie Robinson Stadium against Oklahoma in a three-game series with games at 6 p.m. (Friday), 3 p.m. (Saturday) and 1 p.m. (Sunday).
>> Of note: Former Bruins Jackie Robinson (1940) and catcher Paul Ellis (1988-90) were placed on the College Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. Robinson became a baseball immortal by breaking the color barrier in 1947, but was only a so-so baseball player in Westwood while excelling in football, basketball and track & field. Ellis was the American Baseball Coaches Assn.’s "Player of the Year" in 1990 for slugging 29 home runs and hitting .360. He set a UCLA record of 83 runs batted in that season.
Football:
>> Last week: The Bruins named Frank Gansz, Jr. as special teams coach and Tim Hauck as secondary coach. Gansz coached NFL special teams for nine seasons and Hauck played safety in the NFL for 13 seasons.
>> This week: Maybe the naming of a wide receivers or tight ends coach?
Softball:
>> Last week: The no. 6 Bruins are in Nevada for the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic and swept the two games on Friday, defeating Missouri, 4-0 (Donna Kerr pitched, now 3-0) and South Carolina, 6-2 (Anjelica Selden now 2-1). UCLA split its two Saturday games, losing to Illinois, 6-2 (Kerr took the loss) but beating Portland State, 7-4 (Selden, 3-1).
>> This week: UCLA (7-2) finishes up in Nevada today with a game against Wisconsin, then travels to Loyola Marymount on Wednesday and heads to another desert for the weekend in the Palm Springs Classic. The Bruins will play Massachusetts and Georgia on Friday, Baylor and Hawaii on Sunday and powerhouse Northwestern on Sunday.
Men’s Basketball:
>> Last week: The Bruins were off during the week after a difficult 71-61 loss in Seattle to Washington, UCLA’s fourth straight loss at the Bank of America Arena. However, Stanford’s loss to Arizona State on Thursday keeps the Bruins in first place with a 9-2 conference record; the Cardinal is now 10-3.
>> This week: The no. 6 Bruins (21-3) are at USC tonight to try to avenge their 72-63 loss to the Trojans at Pauley Pavilion last month. UCLA comes home to Pauley Pavilion for games against Oregon State on Thursday evening and a nationally-televised game against Oregon next Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
>> Of note: UCLA selected NBBJ Architects as its project architect for the renovation of Pauley Pavilion. The firm will start with a three-month project of pre-schematic design that will fix the infrastructure changes to be made, and equally important, begin giving prospective donors a clear idea of what they can attach their name to. About $35 million in pledges has been raised so far for what is expected to be a $100 million project.
Men’s Golf:
>> Last week: The "Blue" squad finished third in the Cougar Invitational in San Marcos, California, shooting a 23-over score of 887 over three rounds. Junior Erik Flores was the top UCLA finisher in third with a score of four under par.
>> This week: The entire Bruin squad, ranked fourth in the nation, is in Ponte Vedra, Florida at the famous Sawgrass Country Club for the 18th John Hayt Collegiates. The tournament runs from Sunday through Tuesday with Bruin senior Kevin Chappell the defending champion. The tournament includes second-ranked Charlotte and no. 3 Alabama in the field.
Men’s Tennis:
>> Last week: No. 8 UCLA lost a tense match to no. 1 Virginia, 4-3, in the quarterfinals of the USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships yesterday in Seattle. The Bruins had a 3-1 lead, but lost the final three singles matches to come up short. UCLA defeated no. 9 Notre Dame, 4-0 in its opening match of the tournament.
>> This week: The Bruins (6-1) play Oklahoma State in a consolation bracket match today, then come home for Pac-10 matches against Arizona State on Friday and Arizona on Saturday, both at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
Men’s Track & Field:
>> Last week: Dustin DeLeo cleared a lifetime best of 17-1 in the pole vault to win the college division of the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Friday.
>> This week: UCLA’s next meet is in two weeks at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation indoor championships in Seattle.
Men’s Volleyball:
>> Last week: No. 5 UCLA spent the week in Hawaii, losing a five-set match to the Warriors on Thursday, but sweeping Hawaii on Friday to improve to 10-5 overall and 7-4 in MPSF play.
>> This week: UCLA continues its road trip with matches at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday and Cal State Northridge on Friday.
Women’s Basketball:
>> Last week: The Bruins swept the Washington schools last weekend, defeating Washington State on Thursday and Washington, 75-68, on Sunday in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA improved to 8-5 in the Pac-10 and 13-11 overall. Senior Lindsey Pluimer (pictured) had 19 points in both games and was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week.
>> This week: The Bruins are tied with USC for fourth in the Pac-10 and need a win in Pauley Pavilion this afternoon to avenge their 64-56 loss at the Galen Center earlier this season. The 1978 AIAW champion team that features Ann Meyers, Denise Curry and Anita Ortega will be saluted at halftime, 30 years after their championship run. The game will be broadcast on KTLK 1150 AM beginning at 2 p.m.
Women’s Golf:
>> Last week: No. 1-ranked UCLA won the Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes held Monday through Wednesday. The Bruins turned back Florida, USC, Arizona State and Stanford with a strong final round. Freshman Glory Yang tied for second overall, All-American Tiffany Joh tied for seventh and freshman Maria Jose Uribe and soph Sydnee Michaels tied for 10th.
>> This week: The Bruins are off until the Arizona Wildcat tournament in Tucson from February 25-27.
Women’s Gymnastics:
>> This week: In first meet in nine days, the seventh-ranked Bruins (10-0) are in Berkeley today to face California (2-4) in a dual match in Haas Pavilion. UCLA will then face Arizona in Tucson next Friday (2/22) before returning home for a date with powerhouse Utah in Pauley Pavilion on Sunday, February 24.
Women’s Swimming:
>> Last week: No. 15 UCLA (5-4 overall, 2-4 Pac-10) posted a 158-142 dual meet loss on Friday to no. 25 USC at the Men’s Gym Pool and Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. Junior Anna Poteete posted three wins in the 50 m free, 100 m free and 200 m free, but UCLA won only five of 16 events.
>> This week: The swimmers are off until the Pac-10 Championships at the end of the month.
Women’s Tennis:
>> Last week: The no. 8 Bruins (7-1) won twice last week, defeating Loyola Marymount, 7-0, on Wednesday and then cruising past no. 12 Fresno State, 5-2, on Friday, with both matches at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
>> This week: The Bruins travel to Arizona this week to play Arizona State in Tempe on Friday and Arizona in Tucson on Saturday.
Women’s Water Polo:
>> Last week: No. 1 UCLA continued to steamroll its opponents, improving to 12-0 overall and 2-0 in MPSF play with a 13-3 win over no. 10 UC Irvine on Friday and 10-5 over 16th-ranked Cal State Northridge on Saturday. Seniors Kamaile Crowell, Jillian Kraus and Courtney Mathewson each had three goals for the Bruins on Friday and Katie Rulon had three on Saturday.
>> This week: UCLA plays Long Beach State today in Long Beach and then goes to Irvine for the UC Irvine Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
Lindsey Pluimer photo courtesy of UCLA.
It’s hard to imagine a better week for a Bruin team than the men’s basketball team had, blowing out Arizona State and Arizona at Pauley Pavilion. But those were only some of the highlights:
Baseball:
>> Last week: If the "experts" are to be believed, UCLA should be pretty good. The Bruins were ranked third in the pre-season Rivals.com poll. In six national pre-season polls, UCLA has been rated 19th, 18th, 17th, seventh, third and first. UCLA’s first game against intercollegiate competition is on February 22.
Football:
>> This week: The signing period for high school players will begin on Wednesday, with UCLA expected to sign an outstanding class of up to 25 players.
Softball:
>> Last week: UCLA was ranked 10th in the nation in the ESPN/USA Softball Pre-Season poll and third in the pre-season poll of Pac-10 coaches. Arizona was ranked tops in both. Senior pitcher Angelica Selden and senior outfielder Krista Colburn, both All-Americans, were named to the Collegiate Player of the Year Pre-Season Watch List by the Amateur Softball Association.
>> This week: The Bruins open their season with the Stacy Wineberg Memorial Tournament at Easton Stadium on campus on Friday, February 8. Nevada, no. 5 Oklahoma, Santa Clara and UC Santa Barbara will all participate and the Bruins will play all of those teams once over the two-day tourney. UCLA will play Oklahoma again on Sunday, February 10.
Men’s Basketball:
>> Last week: The Bruins (20-2 overall, 8-1 Pac-10) completed the first half of their Pac-10 schedule with overwhelming victories against Arizona State on Thursday (84-51) and against Arizona (82-60) on Saturday. In the two games, UCLA shot 57.8% from the field and played stout defense against ASU’s freshman sensation James Harden (9 points) on Thursday and Arizona’s Chase Budinger (also 9) on Saturday. Bruin guard Darren Collison ran his string of consecutive free throws made to 32, setting a school record for consecutive makes in conference games. The old record of 28 was held by Gary Cunningham and set way back in the 1960 season.
>> This week: The second half of the conference schedule begins with a trip to the Washington schools. UCLA will face Washington State on Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Pullman and then travel to Seattle for a Sunday game with the University of Washington at 1:30 p.m.
Men’s Golf:
>> Last week: No. 2 UCLA had some trouble in the first two rounds, but recovered in the third and final round of the Ping/Arizona Intercollegiates to finish third overall. Tennessee and UNLV finished first and second, but a 12-under 275 brought the Bruins up from fifth to third. Senior Kevin Chappell overran the field and won the individual title by seven shots at 15 under par. His 54-hole total of 198 set a school record, one stroke better than Duffy Waldorf’s 199 mark from 1985.
>> This week: UCLA’s next tournament will be on February 11-12 at the Cougar Invitational in Sam Marcos.
Men’s Tennis:
>> Last week: The Bruins had a busy week, finally opening their season against no. 16 Pepperdine on January 29 with a 5-2 win, then traveling to Stanford for a 5-2 win over the Cardinal on Friday. The Saturday match at California was rained out and was re-scheduled for today, starting at 10:30 a.m.
>> This week: No. 9 UCLA plays California in Berkeley today, then comes home to the Los Angeles Tennis Center for matches against the University of San Diego on Wednesday (1:30 p.m.) and Boise State (also 1:30 p.m.).
Men’s Track & Field:
>> Last week: The Bruins went wild in the Washington Indoor Invitational in Seattle, winning three events. John Caulfield had a lifetime best of 63-7 to win the shot put, Boldizar Kocsor won the weight throw with a lifetime best of 69-10 1/4 and freshman Jonathan Clark won the triple jump at 49-7 3/4. Senior Austin Ramos finished second in the 3000 m, but set a school indoor record of 7:55.60, the second-best mark in the nation this year.
>> This week: The Bruins are off until the weekend of February 15-16, when split squads will go to meet in Arkansas and Iowa.
Men’s Volleyball:
>> Last week: That old Al Scates magic is starting to settle in on the Bruins, who compiled two straight wins over quality opponents in four days. UCLA edged the no. 1-ranked NAIA team, Cal Baptist, in five games last Wednesday in Pauley Pavilion, then blitzed ninth-ranked UC Irvine in four sets in Pauley in Friday evening. The Bruins are now on a three-match win streak and have won seven of their last nine matches.
>> This week: The Bruins (8-3 overall, 5-2 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play) are ranked fourth in the country and will try to avenge one of their defeats this season when they play USC in Pauley Pavilion on Wednesday, starting at 7:00 p.m. On Saturday, UCLA will host no. 2 Pepperdine in the annual Kilgour Cup match, also in Pauley Pavilion.
Men’s Water Polo:
>> Last week: Bruin head coach Adam Krikorian received a two-game suspension from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation for "confronting a game official at the official’s hotel" after the November 23 MPSF tournament triple-overtime loss to UC Irvine, 10-9. A report of the suspension in the Daily Bruin indicated that the league and UCLA were in agreement on the penalty.
Women’s Basketball:
>> Last week: UCLA came up empty in the Bay Area and fell to 11-11 on the season and 6-5 in the Pac-10 with losses at no. 9 California (67-53) and no. 7 Stanford (75-62). Freshman Doreena Campbell led the Bruins with 10 against the Bears and senior Lindsey Pluimer had 16 against Stanford.
>> This week: The Bruins are home this week to Washington State on Friday and Washington on Sunday, with both games in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA won both games on the Washington road trip in mid-January.
Women’s Gymnastics:
>> Last week: The Bruins remained undefeated in dual competition this season, flying past Washington in Seattle by a 195.975 to 194.425 count on Friday evening. UCLA swept the top places in the all-around competition with Tasha Schwikert edging Anna Li for the top spot with Brittani McCullough third.
>> This week: UCLA (7-0) heads to Chicago for the IGI Chicago Style Meet against Illinois, Stanford and Washington on Friday, February 8.
Women’s Swimming:
>> Last week: The Bruins (5-3) were overmatched against no. 3 Stanford and no. 5 California over the weekend and lost two dual meets in two days. No. 14 UCLA lost to Stanford, 166-133 on Friday and then fell to Cal, 170-130 on Saturday. Senior Nicoette Teo won the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events in both meets held on the UCLA campus.
>> This week: The Bruins are off until their dual showdown with USC on February 16 on campus.
Women’s Tennis:
>> Last week: No. 3 UCLA ran its seasonal mark to 3-0 with wins over UC Irvine on Thursday, 5-2, and against 19th-ranked Pepperdine in Malibu, 5-2, on Friday.
>> This week: The Bruins head to Madison, Wisconsin for the USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships beginning on Thursday.
Women’s Track & Field:
>> Last week: The Bruins posted no winners at the Washington Invitational, but junior Katy Viuf, competing in just her second pole vault competition ever, cleared 13-1 3/4 for sixth overall and second among collegiate vaulters. Her mark is in the national collegiate top ten.
>> This week: UCLA is off this week and will head to the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas in two weeks.
Women’s Water Polo:
>> Last week: The no. 1-ranked Bruins (5-0) eased past no. 12 Loyola Marymount, 13-5, in Westchester on Saturday. Junior Tanya Gandy led UCLA with three goals in the win.
>> This week: The Bruins will play Hartwick on Tuesday at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center and then travel north for the Stanford Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, February 9-10.
 It’s said that there is no off-season for sports any more. That’s certainly true for some of the Bruins as four stars from UCLA’s fall women’s teams are in training with the U.S. National Teams.
Football:
>> UCLA announced today that the home game against Arizona scheduled for Sept. 27 has been moved to Sept. 20 at the request of television. The Bruins will now play Fresno State, Tennessee, at BYU and Arizona on consecutive weekends before their first bye.
>> Bruin fullback Michael Pitre, lost for the entire 2007 season due to injury, is filing for a sixth year of eligibility with the NCAA. He has been told by UCLA that his scholarship will be honored for his final year in school, whether he is allowed to play or not.
Softball:
>> The pre-season polls are out and perennial NCAA title contender UCLA is considered good, but not great. The Bruins were ranked 10th in the nation in the ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll and 17th in the NFCA national coaches poll. In the Pac-10 coaches poll, the Bruins were ranked third behind Arizona (pre-season national title favorite) and Arizona State. UCLA starts play Feb. 8 at Easton Stadium on campus.
Men’s Golf:
>> The Bruins were ranked second nationally going into this week’s PING Invitational in Arizona, but have fallen well back after two rounds of the three-round tournament. Senior Kevin Chappell was the individual leader, however, with the final round being played today.
Men’s Tennis:
>> The match between No. 9 UCLA and No. 17 Pepperdine that was re-scheduled for Monday has been moved to today at the Los Angeles Tennis Center, beginning at 3 p.m.
Men’s Track & Field:
>> Junior Laef Barnes was the highlight for the Bruins in the Washington Preview in Seattle, running the mile in a lifetime best of 4:03.28. That’s good enough for a provisional NCAA qualifying mark for the indoor nationals in his first race of the season.
Men’s Volleyball:
>> Fourth-ranked UCLA (6-3) will play the first of four home matches with a non-conference tilt against Cal Baptist (top-ranked in the NAIA) on Wednesday at Pauley Pavilion starting at 7 p.m. It’s also Club and High School team night and teams can register by calling (310) 206-3444.
Women’s Gymnastics:
>> The No. 8 Bruins barely got by No. 9 Stanford, 195.050 to 195.025 last Sunday, as senior Tasha Schwikert scored a needed 9.8 on the floor exercise to seal the win and got exactly that score. Anna Li and Brittani McCullough went 1-2 in the all-around for the third straight meet, but Kristina Comforte suffered a knee injury during the floor exercise and had to be carried off the floor. She had an MRI on Monday and will see a doctor today for further review.
Women’s Soccer:
>> UCLA’s dynamic duo of striker Lauren Cheney and midfielder Tina DiMartino have been called up to the training camp for the U.S. National Team, taking place at The Home Depot Center in Carson. Both played on the winning Four Nations Tournament team in China and the camp that starts on Feb. 1 will select players for the Algarve Cup in Portugal (March 5-12) and the CONCACAF Olympic Women’s Qualifying Tournament in Juarez, Mexico (April 2-13).
Women’s Volleyball:
>> All-American setter Nellie Spicer (pictured) joined former Bruin senior outside hitter Rachell Johnson with the U.S. National Team in Colorado Springs, Colo., earning an invitation from USA Volleyball. She will report Feb. 18 and is in the pool of players who could participate in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Women’s Water Polo:
>> No. 1-ranked UCLA beat Colorado State, 15-2 and Indiana, 15-6, on Sunday to finish the Michigan Invitational undefeated at 4-0. Junior forward Katie Rulon scored 12 goals over the weekend’s play to earn Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Co-Player of the Week honors with San Jose State goalie Kendra Adama. The Spartans were also 4-0 on the weekend.
Nellie Spicer photo courtesy UCLA.
 While the football season is winding down and basketball is just starting, it's tournament time for most of the Bruin fall sports teams, including both soccer squads in NCAA Tournament action:
Football:
>> UCLA is 5-5 and needs one more victory in its last two games to be bowl-eligible. The Bruins finish their home schedule Saturday against Oregon (8-2) at the Rose Bowl and probably will set a record for single-season attendance. The Bruins have averaged 77,167 at home this season and are poised to surpass the existing mark of 73,709 set in the 1998 season. This season is only the second in history in which UCLA will average more than 70,000 fans per home game.
Track and field:
>> One of the key figures in the development of the UCLA athletic department received a signal honor this week when Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake was voted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame.
Drake was an assistant coach from 1929-44 and the head coach from 1947-64, giving way to Jim Bush. During his tenure, UCLA won the 1956 NCAA Track & Field Championship, and he coached two of the greatest decathletes of all time, Rafer Johnson and C.K. Yang. Johnson was a silver medalist in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, and won the gold medal in Rome in 1960 in a close competition with Yang, his friend and fellow Bruin. The UCLA track and field stadium was named for him in 1973.
Drake graduated from UCLA in 1927 (before the Westwood campus opened!) and also was the Bruins’ head athletic trainer after his retirement as track coach, continuing through 1986.
Men’s basketball:
>> The Bruins (5-0) are ranked No. 1 in one poll and No. 2 in another, and will take on Yale at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Pauley Pavilion. The game will be shown on online at uclabruins.com, with radio coverage on KTLK-AM 1150 and the Bruin Radio Network with Chris Roberts on play-by-play and Don MacLean as analyst.
The Bruins have a 1-0 record all-time against the Bulldogs.
Men’s soccer:
>> The Bruins finished the regular season with a disappointing 8-8-3 record, but made it into the NCAA Tournament. They’ll start play this weekend against Mountain Pacific Sports Federation champion New Mexico (12-4-2) at 7 p.m. Saturday at Drake Stadium. Tickets are $9 for adults and $7 for students (with identification) and children. The game will be audiocast on the Internet at uclabruins.com.
Men’s water polo:
>> Although UCLA has been ranked in the top five in the nation almost the entire season, the Bruins probably will have to win the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament this weekend in Berkeley to make to the NCAA Tournament. Play starts on Friday with the Bruins (19-6) as the fourth seed, facing fifth-seed UC Irvine (12-10). If the Bruins win, they would play the winner of the California-Long Beach State match on Saturday. The Bears won the MPSF regular season title and are 24-3 overall.
Women’s basketball:
>> UCLA ran past Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 107-83, to improve its record to 3-0 on the season, but will face a severe challenge against third-ranked Maryland (6-0) at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pauley Pavilion. Tickets are $12 or $8 for adults and $10 or $6 for youths. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Net with Jim Watson calling play-by-play and Mary Murphy as analyst, and audiocast/videocast on uclabruins.com with Darren Preston and Michael Sondheimer on the call.
The Bruins haven’t started 3-0 since the 1993-94 season and haven’t played Maryland since an 82-70 win at Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 30, 1995.
Five Bruins average in double figures, led by senior Lindsey Pluimer (pictured), at 15.3, followed by freshman forward Nina Earl (13.7) and freshman guard Doreena Campbell (13.3).
The first 500 fans in attendance will receive a free UCLA drawstring backpack, and the first 50 UCLA students will receive free pizza. UCLA will hold a food drive to benefit the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and fans who bring a canned food item to the game will receive a free T-shirt, courtesy of the UCLA Transportation Department. Collection bins will be located at Gates 1 and 2 at Pauley Pavilion.
Women’s soccer:
>> The Bruin women (18-1-2), the national No. 1 seed, will play host to Virginia (13-3-6) in the NCAA Tournament round of 16 at 6 p.m. Friday at Drake Stadium. Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for students (with identification) and children. The game will be audiocast on the Internet on uclabruins.com. If UCLA can extend its 34-match home win streak, it will play again Nov. 30 for the right to go to the College Cup, the soccer equivalent of the Final Four.
Women’s volleyball:
>> The 10th-ranked Bruins improved to 19-9 overall with a four-set win over Pepperdine in Malibu on Tuesday and head to Arizona for their final regular season matches against Arizona State (15-14) on Friday and Arizona (13-16) on Saturday. The NCAA Tournament bracket will be announced at 5 p.m. Monday on ESPNU.
 There were too many things happening Monday to do our normal weekly review of Sunday, so here’s a look at what’s happening across Morgan Center at UCLA:
Baseball:
>> This week: Coach John Savage signed seven players to national letters of intent, including three high school All-Americans: infielder Clark Amezquita of La Mirada Servite High School (he’s ranked as the No. 69 prep prospect in the nation by Baseball America); first baseman/right fielder Clark Murphy of Fallbrook (Calif.) Union High School (No. 86) and right-handed pitcher Gerrit Cole of Orange Lutheran High School (No. 9).
>> Of note: UCLA is picked as a probable for the 2008 College World Series, and in the annual fall Blue-Gold Series that concluded Sunday at Jackie Robinson Stadium, junior slugger Cody Decker hit a two-run, walk-off homer to lead the Gold Team to a 3-1 series win. Freshman outfielder Brett Krill was the hitting star for the Gold at 8-15 (.533) for the series; Decker was 5-12 (.417) with two home runs. Senior outfielder Brady Dolan was 7-13 (.538) for the Blue Team, followed by sophomore first baseman Casey Haerther (7-15, .467) and sophomore outfielder Blair Dunlap (5-11, .455).
Cross-country:
>> This week: The season concluded with three Bruin individuals competing in Monday’s NCAA Cross-Country Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Senior Austin Ramos finished 32nd, earning All-American honors. Senior Kyle Shackleton finished 96th and brother Drew Shackleton (a junior) was 104th.
Football:
>> This week: After a bye, UCLA (5-5) plays 8-2 Oregon on Saturday at the Rose Bowl. The Ducks are without star quarterback Dennis Dixon, but have a potent rushing attack led by Jonathan Stewart.
>> Of note: Through its first five games of the home season, UCLA has averaged a school record 77,167 fans at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins will set an all-time single-season record for average home game attendance if 56,423 show up Saturday. The school record — and the only other time that UCLA has averaged more than 70,000 in home attendance in its history — was in 1998, when UCLA averaged 73,709 for its five home contests.
Men’s soccer:
>> Last week: UCLA and San Diego State played to a 1-1 draw, costing UCLA a clear second-place finish in the conference and a winning record in the regular season.
>> This week: Despite an 8-8-3 overall record, UCLA was invited into the NCAA Tournament for the 25th consecutive season. The Bruins will open NCAA play with a home game against Mountain Pacific Sports Federation champion New Mexico (12-4-2) at 7 p.m. Saturday at Drake Stadium. The winner will play seventh-seed Santa Clara on Nov. 28 in Santa Clara. UCLA lost a 2-1 overtime game to Santa Clara on Sept. 22.
>> Of note: Although UCLA was only 4-4-2 in the Pac-10 this season, but tied for second with Stanford and San Diego State, the Bruins had an amazing 11 players receive All-Pac-10 honors of some kind. Junior midfielders Tony Beltran and Jason Leopoldo (pictured), sophomore midfielder Chance Myers and senior defender Mike Zaher earned first-team honors, while sophomore midfielder Kyle Nakazawa was named to the second team. Sophomore forward David Estrada, senior defenders Greg Folk and Brandon Owens, junior forward Maxwell Griffin, sophomore goalkeeper Brian Perk and junior defender Brad Rusin earned honorable mention nods.
Men’s water polo:
>> Last week: Third-ranked UCLA suffered a surprising loss to Pepperdine at home, 7-6, in six overtimes, despite three goals by Scott Davidson. The Bruins beat Long Beach State on the road Sunday, 9-7, behind three more goals by Davidson to finish the regular season at 19-6 and 5-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
>> This week: UCLA has been ranked among the nation's top four or five teams all season, but it probably will have to win the MPSF Tournament to get into the NCAA Tournament. California is the top seed, followed by USC and Stanford. The Bruins will start play Friday against fifth-seeded UC Irvine, then would play the winner of Cal Long Beach State on Saturday.
Women’s basketball:
>> This week: The Bruins are 2-0, beating Rice, 79-71 at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday behind 14 points from freshman guard Doreena Campbell and 12 each from freshman center Regina Rogers and senior forward Lindsey Pluimer, who also had a game-high 11 rebounds.
The Bruins play Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (2-1) at 7 tonight at Pauley Pavilion. It’s the first meeting between the schools since the 1975-76 season.
Women’s soccer:
>> This week: The No. 1-ranked Bruins (18-1-2) have reached the NCAA round of 16 and will play host to Virginia (13-3-6) at 6 p.m. Friday at Drake Stadium. The Bruins have won 15 matches in a row this season and have a 34-match winning streak at home. They outscored their opponents in the first two rounds, Cal State Fullerton and Oklahoma State, by a combined total of 7-1.
Women’s volleyball:
>> Last week: No. 10 UCLA swept past Washington State in three games Friday night, but then was swept by No. 5 Washington on Saturday at Pauley Pavilion.
>> This week: UCLA (18-9) finishes its season on the road this week, with a match at 7 tonight at Pepperdine (18-9), and then ends the conference schedule with matches at Arizona State (15-14) on Friday and at Arizona (13-16) on Saturday. The Bruins are tied with Oregon for fifth in the conference at 8-8.
Jason Leopoldo photo courtesy of UCLA
 If you’re looking for NCAA championship No. 101, it might be the UCLA women’s soccer team, which will start NCAA Tournament play this week as the West Region’s top seed. More midweek news from Westwood:
Cross Country:
UCLA’s men’s team did not receive an invitation to compete in the NCAA Championships as a team, thanks to their seventh-place finish in the West Region meet. Three individuals: Austin Ramos and brothers Drew and Kyle Shackleton will compete as individuals next Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.
Men’s Soccer:
The Bruin men face a must-win final game of the regular season against San Diego State at Drake Stadium on Wednesday at 7 p.m. With an 8-8-2 record, UCLA needs a win to finish second in the Pac-10 (over San Diego State) and more than .500 so that the Bruins can be considered for an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Women’s Soccer:
No. 1-ranked UCLA (16-1-2) is the top seed in the West Region and will begin play Friday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. against Cal State Fullerton (12-7-2) at Drake Stadium on campus. That game will be followed by at-large selections San Diego (15-2-3) and Oklahoma State (13-5-3) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $9 for adults and $7 for youth and students.
UCLA finished 10-0 at home this season and has a 37-match unbeaten streak, dating back to Sept. 9, 2005.
If the Bruins win Friday, they will advance to Sunday’s second-round match, also at Drake Stadium at 1 p.m. UCLA tied San Diego in an early-season match in San Diego, 0-0. The other top seeds in the 64-team NCAA Tournament are North Carolina, Stanford and Penn State.
Darnesha Adams photo courtesy of UCLA.
 The Bruin women’s soccer team won its fifth Pac-10 title in a row and swept through the conference season undefeated. They are ranked No. 1 in the country and will begin NCAA Tournament play as the favorite to win the national championship. Other highlights of the week past and the week upcoming:
Cross Country:
>> Last week: The men’s team competed in the NCAA Western Regionals in Eugene, Ore., and finished seventh, on the bubble for a spot in the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. Three Bruins won All-West Region honors, finishing in the top 25: Austin Ramos (17th), Kyle Shackleton (18th) and brother Drew Shackleton (21st). The Bruin women finished 23rd in the West Regional and will not advance to the NCAA Championships.
>> This week: If the Bruins make it in, the NCAA meet is Monday, Nov. 19.
Football:
>> Last week: UCLA zipped to a 10-0 lead, but lost a tight one to Arizona State, 24-20, at the Rose Bowl to fall to 5-5 on the season and 4-3 in the Pac-10 Conference. Senior return star Matthew Slater returned his third kickoff of the season for a touchdown, setting a school record and tying the Pac-10 Conference record for kickoffs returned for touchdowns in one season.
>> This week: The Bruins have a bye before taking on No. 2 Oregon at the Rose Bowl on Nov. 24.
Men’s Basketball:
>> Last week: The Bruins won an exhibition game over Chico State, 93-55, last Monday and won their season opener, 69-48, over Portland State last Friday. Freshman center Kevin Love was just as good as advertised, with 22 points and 13 rebounds against Portland State, the second-most points and most-ever rebounds for a Bruin freshman in his first collegiate game.
>> This week: The Bruins are in the CBE Classic on Monday and Tuesday at Pauley Pavilion, playing Youngstown State on Monday evening and playing the winner or loser (depending on how UCLA does) of the other first-round game (Weber State or Cal State San Bernardino) on Tuesday. UCLA’s Monday game and Tuesday’s winner’s bracket game will be televised live on ESPN2.
Men’s Golf:
>> Last week: UCLA, ranked fifth in the nation, won the CordeValle Collegiate championship by 11 strokes over USC and 19 over Stanford. James Lee tied with two others for top honors with a three-round total of 211 (-5).
>> This week: UCLA’s fall team schedule is over, but some of the golfers will compete in the Western Refining All-American Tournament in El Paso on Nov. 19-20.
Men’s Soccer:
>> This week: UCLA (8-8-2) was off last week and has one more game remaining in the regular season, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, against San Diego State at 7 p.m. in Drake Stadium. The Bruins can still finish second in the Pac-10 Conference with a win over the Aztecs.
Men’s Volleyball:
>> This week: The men’s volleyball team and legendary coach Al Scates get going this week with the UCLA Tournament on campus on Friday and Saturday. The Bruins will take on Long Beach State on Friday at 4 p.m. and then face UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Northridge on Saturday.
Men’s Water Polo:
>> Last week: Third-ranked UCLA got four goals from freshman Ben Hohl to help defeat seventh-ranked UC Santa Barbara, 14-6, on Saturday. The win improves UCLA’s record to 18-5 and 4-2 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
>> This week: The Bruins play Pepperdine at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on Saturday and will travel to Long Beach State on Sunday for their last two matches before the MPSF tournament from Nov. 23-25.
Women’s Basketball:
>> Last week: Kathy Olivier’s Bruins won their final exhibition game against Love & Basketball, 84-67, led by guard Erica Tukiainen’s 17 points. Four Bruins scored in double figures.
>> This week: The Bruins open their regular-season schedule at Cal State Northridge on Wednesday evening and open their home schedule against Rice next Sunday at 1 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion.
Women’s Gymnastics:
>> This week: A powerful Bruin team will be aided by the addition of British World Championships competitor Shavahn Church, who will enroll in the Winter Quarter that begins in January. Church finished 20th in the World Gymnastics Championships All-Around in 2005 and has competed internationally for both the U.S. and Great Britain, thanks to her dual citizenship.
Women’s Soccer:
>> Last week: The Bruins swept past Washington State on the road Friday, 2-0, and Washington on Sunday, 3-0, to win its fifth straight Pac-10 Conference soccer title. UCLA finished the regular season at 16-1-2 overall and 9-0 in conference play. It outscored its opponents, 21-1, in Pac-10 matches.
>> This week: UCLA will find out its NCAA Tournament opponents and schedule Monday when the NCAA’s 64-team tournament pairings are announced. Most likely, UCLA will open its bid for a title with games at Drake Stadium on Friday and, if a winner, on Sunday.
>> Of note: Bruin sophomore striker Lauren Cheney (pictured) was named as Top Drawer Soccer’s "Player of the Year" and a first-team All-Season selection. Bruin goalkeeper Valerie Henderson and defender Lauren Barnes were named to the third team and midfielder Darnesha Adams and forward Kara Lang received honorable mention recognition.
Women’s Swimming:
>> Last week: The No. 14 Bruins split their weekend in Arizona, defeating Arizona State on Friday, 160-140, and then splitting a triangular Saturday. UCLA lost to the second-ranked Arizona Wildcats, 172 1/2-123 1/2, but beat UC Irvine, 199 1/2-98 1/2. UCLA is now 5-1 this season.
>> This week: The Bruins will be in individual competition only at the Nike Cup in Long Beach on Friday and Saturday while the divers head to Bloomington, Ind., for the Hoosierland Invitational.
Women’s Volleyball:
>> Last week: The ninth-ranked Bruins split their weekend in Oregon, defeating Oregon State in four sets last Thursday evening, but got swept by No. 20 Oregon on Friday.
>> This week: UCLA (17-8) has five matches left in the regular season and is tied for fifth in the Pac-10 at 7-7. The Bruins will face 9-19 Washington State at Pauley Pavilion on Thursday, then play host to 23-2 Washington, one of the nation’s top three teams, Friday in their final home matches of the season.
Lauren Cheney photo courtesy of UCLA.
 Although the Bruin football team needs to win its remaining three games to become conference co-champions, the UCLA women’s soccer team is breezing through its conference season undefeated and can wrap up its fifth straight title this weekend:
Cross-country:
>> The Bruin men will compete for a spot in the NCAA Championships this weekend at the NCAA West Regionals in Eugene, Ore. It’s perhaps the toughest in the nation, with highly ranked Oregon and Stanford favored for the top two spots and automatic advancement to the nationals. The Bruins, however, figure to be in the top four or five with California and Portland, and could receive an at-large bid as they did last year. The Bruin women also will compete in Eugene, but are not favored to advance after a last-place finish in the Pac-10.
Football:
>> The Bruins (5-4, 4-2 Pac-10) have their shot at the Rose Bowl game on the line Saturday against Arizona State (8-1, 5-1) at, of course, the Rose Bowl. After a 4-0 conference start, UCLA has lost its last two conference games, on the road at Washington State and Arizona. Sophomore Osaar Rashaan will start at quarterback for the Bruins, who are seven-point underdogs.
Rowing:
>> The Bruin women scored two wins in their final fall regatta Sunday at the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival. The varsity eight and novice eight both won their races, and the second varsity boat finished fifth out of 21 entries. The Bruins are off now until the spring season begins in March.
Men’s basketball:
>> UCLA will open its 2007-08 season ranked as the No. 2 team in the nation. The Bruins will play Portland State at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Pauley Pavilion, with live video of the game available free at uclabruins.com (requires free registration).
Men’s golf:
>> Fifth-ranked UCLA won the CordeValle Collegiate golf tournament in San Martin, Calif., this past Monday-Wednesday. The Bruins won by 11 shots over second-place USC and 19 over Stanford. UCLA’s James Lee (pictured) was one of three players who tied for the individual lead in the three-round tournament, shooting a five-under-par score of 211.
Men’s soccer:
>> UCLA (8-8-2) will play its final game of the regular season Wednesday, Nov. 14, against San Diego State at Drake Stadium. The game was rescheduled from Nov. 17 because of scheduling conflicts arising from the wildfires in the San Diego area. Although ranked No. 1 in the nation before the season, the Bruins are on a three-match losing streak, and a win over San Diego State could be key to receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
Men’s water polo:
>> No. 3-ranked UCLA (17-5) returns home to face seventh-ranked UC Santa Barbara (17-10) at 1 p.m. Saturday at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center on campus. The Bruins are 3-2 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play and have won three in a row.
Women’s basketball:
>> Kathy Olivier’s Bruins defeated Love & Basketball, 84-67, on Wednesday night at Pauley Pavilion to finish their exhibition season with a 2-0 record. Sophomore guard Erica Tukiainen led UCLA in scoring again with 17 points, ahead of senior forward Lindsey Pluimer, who had 16.
>> UCLA will open its collegiate season next Wednesday at Cal State Northridge, and will open its home schedule against Rice a week from Sunday.
Women’s soccer:
>> The brilliant season for the top-ranked Bruins (14-1-2, 7-0 Pac-10) continues, and they can clinch their fifth straight Pac-10 title with one win this weekend against Washington State (10-4-3) on Friday in Pullman or against Washington (5-11-1) on Sunday in Seattle in the last two games of the regular season.
>> The draw for the 64-team NCAA tournament will be announced about 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, on ESPN News. If the Bruins are seeded No. 1, they will be the home team and play all of their tournament games at Drake Stadium through the regional finals. That’s a good thing for UCLA, which is unbeaten in its last 37 matches at home dating to 2005.
Women’s swimming:
>> The Bruin women are ranked No. 14 nationally and will get a severe test against Arizona State (4-0) on Friday night in Tempe and in a triangular meet with No. 4 Arizona (3-0) and UC Irvine (0-0) on Saturday in Tucson.
Women’s volleyball:
>> UCLA is ranked No. 9 in the nation, but has had a rough time in Pac-10 play with just a 6-6 record (16-7 record overall), dropping three in a row and five of its last six. The Bruins are in Oregon this week for two matches, against Oregon State (10-15, 3-10) tonight in Corvallis and against No. 20 Oregon (16-9, 5-8) on Friday night. The Beavers shocked the Bruins at Pauley Pavilion in their first meeting last month. The Bruins will finish their regular season schedule next week at home against the Washington schools.
>> Three Bruins were named to the ESPN The Magazine District All-Academic teams this week. Senior Megan Schoen and juniors Jade Machado and Kaitlin Sather were honored, with Schoen named to the first team and Machado and Sather receiving third-team honors. With her first-team selection, Schoen (3.84 grade-point average in communications studies) is eligible for Academic All-American consideration.
James Lee photo courtesy of UCLA
It’s basketball time! The highly ranked Bruin men’s basketball team will start its season this week:
Cross-country:
>> Last week: The Bruin men enjoyed a fourth-place finish in the Pac-10 Conference, UCLA’s best finish in coach Eric Peterson’s eight years. Senior Austin Ramos finished fourth overall, and every one of the 10 Bruin runners had a lifetime best over the 8,000-meter course. The Bruin women, however, finished last in the conference and even lost five points in the Lexus Gauntlet against USC, which finished eighth.
>> Next week: The Bruin men are off and will compete in the NCAA West Regional on Nov. 10 in Eugene, Ore.
Football:
>> Last week: The Bruins were humbled, 27-7, at Washington State and outgained, 546-265. Khalil Bell and Brandon Breazell were injured during the first half and did not return to the game
>> This week: UCLA (5-3, 4-1 in the Pac-10) travels to Tuscon to take on Arizona (3-6, 2-4), which enjoyed a miracle comeback to beat Washington, 48-41, on Saturday in Seattle. The last Bruin trip to Arizona, in 2005, resulted in a 52-14 loss.
Men’s basketball:
>> Last week: The Bruins continued practice and were picked No. 2 in the nation in the first ESPN coaches' poll.
>> This week: UCLA will open its exhibition season Friday with a game at Pauley Pavilion against Azusa Pacific.
Men’s soccer:
>> Last week: No. 24 UCLA (8-5-2, 4-1-1 in the Pac-10) won its fourth straight game with a 2-1 win Friday night over Oregon State at Drake Stadium. David Estrada and Maxwell Griffin scored to give UCLA a 2-0 lead at halftime.
>> This week: The Bruins will play Washington at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Drake Stadium, and then head to the Bay Area to play at Stanford on Friday night and at California next Sunday.
Men’s water polo:
>> This week: No. 3 UCLA (15-5, 2-2 conference) plays No. 1 USC (13-0, 4-0 conference) at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center. The Bruins will have one game this coming week, a nonconference game Saturday at UC San Diego.
Women’s basketball:
>> This week: UCLA will open its 2007-08 season with an exhibition game at 7 p.m. Thursday against Team Concept at Pauley Pavilion. Senior forward Lindsey Pluimer will return along with two other starters and the No. 4-ranked recruiting class in the nation.
Women’s soccer:
>> Last week: The top-ranked Bruins (12-1-2) dispatched ninth-ranked USC, 2-0, on Friday night at Drake Stadium. The game drew a strong crowd of 3,345 for a doubleheader with the men’s and women’s teams, and Lauren Cheney and Kara Lang scored second-half goals to run UCLA’s unbeaten streak to 35 matches at home.
>> This week: The Bruins face Arizona State on Friday night and Arizona on Sunday afternoon, both at Drake Stadium.
Women’s volleyball:
>> Last week: No. 7 UCLA (16-6, 6-5 Pac-10) had a rough weekend, losing to No. 3-ranked Stanford in four games Friday night at Pauley Pavilion, and to No. 9 California in five games Saturday night.
>> This week: The Bruins will play USC on Friday at Galen Center. The Bruins defeated USC, 3-1, at Pauley Pavilion on Oct. 5.
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