COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: INJURY, PREGNANCY SLICES USC ROSTER.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 Looking on the bright side, at least the USC's women's basketball Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with men's. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. team is used to making things work while top players are out with injuries. After an injury-riddled 2005-06 season, the school confirmed that three important players will sit out all or some of all of the 2006-07 season for personal or medical reasons. Junior guard Camille LeNoir, the Trojans' second-leading returning scorer, is out until mid-January with a hip injury, highly-touted freshman guard Jacki Gemelos will redshirt with a knee injury, and junior Brynn Cameron (Newbury Park High), their best 3-point shooter, will redshirt for personal reasons. The Daily News reported in Tuesday's editions that Cameron is pregnant with former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. quarterback Matt Leinart's child. ``We were counting on all three of them to be significant components of our team,'' USC coach Mark Trakh Mark Trakh is the current University of Southern California women's basketball coach. Born May 31, 1955. Assistants Derek and Jody (Anton) Wynn. He is godfather to their daughter Jada. said. ``We wish them well and look forward to their return. But this has become a somewhat familiar situation with our team, and we know how to deal with it.'' USC finished 19-12 last season and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
Bullish start: Cal State Northridge's women's volleyball team has already won half as many games (two) in the first week of the season as it did all of last season. The Matadors beat San Diego State and Hofstra at the Aztec Invitational in San Diego behind strong performances from freshman Siara Grayson and sophomores Harmony Burdine and Darla Donaldson. Also: CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge goalkeeper Kevin Guppy is the Big West Conference men's soccer Player of the Week. The sophomore made nine saves in the Matadors' 1-1 tie Saturday at 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 . ... Rob Miller scored a hat trick as The Master's College routed Holy Names 5-1 Tuesday in men's soccer. ... UCLA's women's soccer team dropped from the top spot to seventh in Soccer America's weekly rankings after losing its opener to Penn State. The Bruins, with five top players in Russia with the U.S. under-20 national team, play at home Friday against San Diego State and Sunday against Long Beach State. |
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