The UCLA women’s water polo team had three players named
to All-America teams, voted on by the American Water Polo Coaches
Association. Sophomore center forward Kristina
Kunkel was named as a first-team All-American, while
freshman goalkeeper Emily Feher and sophomore
center defender Lauren Heineck made the third
team. Kunkel led the Bruins with 44 goals, while Heineck finished
the 2004 season with 14 goals and 21 steals. Feher finished with
169 saves and a goals-against average of 4.66
WOMEN’S TENNIS: UCLA’s
Daniela Bercek and Lauren Fisher
advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Tournament with a
1-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Indiana’s Linda Tran
and Sarah Batty. The pair will face
Vanderbilt’s No. 7 Kelly Schmandt and
Aleke Tsoubanos. Fisher, a redshirt junior,
reached the finals two years ago with Megan
Bradley, who now plays for Miami.
MEN’S TENNIS: The doubles team of
Kris Kwinta and Alberto Francis
advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA tournament Thursday with a
3-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Antonio Ruiz and
Jose Zarhi of Texas. Kwinta and Francis face
Harvard’s Jonathan Chu and David
Lingman today at 10 a.m. at the Michael D. Case Tennis
Center at the University of Tulsa.
Senior Tobias Clemens was named to the 2004
CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII Men’s At-Large Team. His
selection to the first team makes him eligible for CoSIDA Academic
All-America honors. Clemens, a business-economics major, has a 3.32
GPA. He ended his UCLA tennis career Tuesday when the Bruins lost
4-0 to Baylor in the NCAA Championships.
WOMEN’S TRACK: Jeanette Bolden was named
the the U.S. Track Coaches Association’s West Region
Women’s Coach of the Year for the ninth time during her
11-year coaching career. Senior hurdler Sheena
Johnson was named the West Region Women’s Athlete of
the Year.
MEN’S TRACK: Art Venegas was named the
U.S. Track Coaches Association’s West Region Men’s
Coach of the Year. Senior thrower Dan Ames was the
region’s Men’s Athlete of the Year for the second
consecutive year.
Compiled by Andrew Finley and David Regan, Bruin sports
senior staff.