BRUINS WILL TRY TO DEAL WITH INJURIES.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer The sound was unmistakable as it carried to the upper rows of UCLA's Drake Stadium Drake Stadium is a stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. It is primarily used for the Drake Relays, and is the home field of the Drake University Bulldogs. It opened in 1925 and currently holds 14,557 people. A large scale renovation of the stadium was completed in 2006. . Dru Hoshimiya did not need an ambulance to take him from the field, but it was clear to all who heard him yell in pain as he collided with a Florida International player what had happened. A few days later, tests confirmed the worst: a torn anterior cruciate ligament anterior cruciate ligament n. Abbr. ACL The cruciate ligament of the knee that crosses from the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia to the posterior part of the lateral condyle of the femur. in Hoshimiya's knee would sideline one of UCLA's best defenders for the rest of the season at precisely the point the Bruins' needed him most - with a trip to the College Cup on the line. Aaron Lopez, the MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. of last year's College Cup when the Bruins won the national title, also is questionable for tonight's NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
For the top-ranked and top-seeded Bruins, who rarely were challenged during the final two months of the regular season and haven't lost since a 1-0 loss to Maryland on Sept. 1, the injuries couldn't have come at a worse time or a worse opponent. Eighth-seeded Indiana is on a 15-game unbeaten streak and trying to extend the career of legendary coach Jerry Yeagley, who has announced his retirement at the end of the season. AT A GLANCE Who: No. 8 Indiana (14-3-5) at No. 1 UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX (20-1-1) What: NCAA Tournament men's soccer quarterfinals When: 7 p.m., Drake Stadium CAPTION(S): box Box: AT A GLANCE (see text) |
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