COLLEGE SCENE UCLA.Byline: - Capsules by Lee Barnathan and Jill Painter There's almost two weeks before the women's water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. team plays in the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. The Bruins plan to practice and prepare for Stanford, which they'll likely see in the final. That's not to say the Bruins are overlooking Loyola Marymount, their semifinal opponent. It's just that only four teams ever have played for the championship, and Stanford and 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 are two of them. ... Softball catcher Stacey Nuvemann tied the NCAA career home run record last week. She has 85 in her career. Her first chance to break it comes Friday at Oregon. She also was named Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members Player of the Week for her feat. Pitcher Keira Goerl was named Pitcher of the Week after going 3-0 with a no-hitter and 28 strikeouts in 21 innings. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. Men's tennis coach Dick Leach announced his resignation after 22 seasons and three national championships. He will step down June 1 but will remain on staff as emeritus director of men's tennis. Leach said the job has become difficult with just 4 1/2 scholarships. Leach will assist athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Mike Garrett Michael Lockett Garrett (born April 12, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American football player who won the 1965 Heisman Trophy as a tailback for the University of Southern California Trojans. in a search for a new coach. Women's coach Richard Gallien isn't interested. Former Trojan Matt Anger, now at Washington, likes Seattle. Watch for Southern Methodist coach Carl Neufeld, who was Leach's assistant from 1990-93. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge Former men's basketball assistant Mike Johnson has accepted an assistant coaching job at UC Irvine, a year after ending a nine-year run as an assistant with the Matadors. He got out of coaching last season and moved to Noblesville, Ind., to be closer to his family. Johnson, who will work for Irvine coach Pat Douglass Pat Douglass, an American basketball coach, is currently the head coach for UC Irvine. He graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in biology. , said he'll begin his new job in a couple of weeks. ... The softball team is in danger of missing the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 1991, the program's first season in Division I. After being swept at Utah State last weekend, the Matadors are 23-22 with six games to play. CSUN was 26-26 in 2000 and made a regional, so there's hope. But the six remaining games - three at home this weekend against third-place Long Beach State and three next weekend at Big West Conference-leader Pacific - aren't easy. And it will get worse if CSUN continues its hitting woes. In their past four games, the Matadors have scored five runs. Center Ryan Sims will not return to the men's basketball team next season, coach Bobby Braswell said. Sims averaged 2.1 points and 3.1 rebounds last season. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT For the second consecutive season, the women's water polo team has reached the NCAA Final Four. Five seniors largely are responsible: goalie Devon Courtney, leading scorer Lucy Windes, defenders Orla Stewart and Meredith Bellotti, and driver Caroline Guidi. Fortunately for coach John Loghran, the cupboard hardly is empty. Sophomores Teresa Guidi and Jamie Kroeze and junior Julia Wald also can score. The Lions will try to become the first non-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation team to play for the national championship when they face UCLA in a semifinal May 11 at 5 p.m. PEPPERDINE The men's volleyball team swept the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. awards. Senior Brad Keenan was chosen Player of Year, Sean Rooney was Freshman of the Year and Marv Dunphy won Coach of the Year for the first time. The Waves left for the NCAA Final Four at Penn State on Monday, three days before its semifinal against Ball State. Dunphy thought it important to get there as soon as possible to get the players adjusted to the time change and environment. Another reason the Waves left early: They could. School's out for the summer. |
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