Tuesday, March 4, 1997
Women’s water polo star out with injury
The UCLA women’s water polo team received "earth-shattering"
news this week.
X-rays and an MRI revealed that starting goalie Nicolle Payne
has a bulging disk and a stress fracture in her lower
vertebrate.
Apparently Payne had experienced some pain in her lower legs in
the Feb. 22 contest against UC Santa Barbara. A subsequent
examination revealed the seriousness of her injuries. Since then,
she has reported some loss of feeling in her feet and sharp pains
in her back.
It has not been determined whether she had injured her back
during the game or if she re-aggravated an old injury. Further test
results will be released later this week with more specifics on the
nature her injury. In the meantime, she is not practicing with the
team and is not expected to play for the next several weeks.
However, coach Baker is confident that she will return for the
latter half of the season. Freshman Erin Golabolski will be
starting in her place for the next several games.
Doubles team cooked in
quarterfinals
Jason Cook and Brandon Kramer, UCLA’s lone representative at the
Pacific Coast Doubles Tournament in La Jolla over the weekend, made
it to the quarterfinals of the tournament before losing in three
sets.
Compiled from Daily Bruin Staff reports.