COLLEGES: Ineligible player costs UCLA tennis.Byline: Staff and Wire Services The 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 has penalized pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. UCLA's men's tennis program for allowing a player to compete while ineligible during the 2008 season, which resulted in USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. being declared the conference champion. The Pac-10 said Friday the Bruins must forfeit all singles and doubles matches in which the player participated last season. As a result, team results of UCLA's matches against USC and Arizona State were reversed and the final team standings adjusted. USC wound up with a 7-0 record, while the Bruins dropped into a second-place tie with Stanford at 5-2. The violation was self-reported by 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 and the ineligible player wasn't identified. Men's golf NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships: No.3 USC suffered a 3-2 loss to sixth-seeded Michigan in the quarterfinals of the team competition. The Trojans' top three players - Matthew Giles, Tim Sluiter and Tom Glissmeyer - each lost their matches. Steve Lim and Ryan Linton posted victories for USC. |
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