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Baseball takes on big west’s wolfpack

Friday, May 17, 1996 By Brian Purcell Daily Bruin Contributor When regional selections are announced on Monday, the UCLA baseball team will be watching intently. The fate of the team will be left up to a panel of coaches who will have to decide whether the real UCLA is the one that challenged for first place in the Six-Pac for about four-fifths of the season, or the one which dropped six consecutive games to close out the conference season. Read more...


M. tennis plays for happy ending

Friday, May 17, 1996 Three straight exits in semis give Bruins the drive to take titleBy Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Staff It’s been the same story for the UCLA men’s tennis team for four years running. Read more...



Hurlers hope comeback not too late

Thursday, May 16, 1996 After injury-ravaged year, playoff berth hangs in balance By Yoni Tamler Daily Bruin Staff Back in January, the UCLA baseball team expressed with conviction that it was the team to beat and predicted a UCLA trip to the College World Series for the first time in head coach Gary Adams’ Division I career. Read more...


Sprinter finds Olympic stride under Smith’s guidance

Thursday, May 16, 1996 Coach provides atmosphere for Hassan’s successBy Emmanuelle Ejercito Daily Bruin Staff There are some high school athletes who sit on their hands hoping that a coach will come around bringing a ticket for a free college ride, but not UCLA sprinter Ibrahim Hassan. Read more...


Netter goes from whiner to winner

Thursday, May 16, 1996 Sophomore Gimelstob rises to top after calming down on-court anticsBy Mark Shapiro Daily Bruin Staff This time last year, he was the bad boy, the player that people came out to watch in hopes that they would be witness to one of his patented on-court outbursts. Read more...


UCLA Softball takes top honors

Thursday, May 16, 1996 Bruins’ Adams, Howard, Burns, Poulson among those given Pac-10 awardsBy Brent Boyd Daily Bruin Contributor Heading into this weekend’s NCAA regionals, the UCLA softball team should compete with plenty of confidence, as 10 Bruins were honored by the Pacific 10 for their performances this season. Read more...