COLLEGES: UCLA CAN GET TO CENTURY CITY WITH WIN.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 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 men's and women's soccer teams will run a 100-title dash this weekend. Both teams have a chance to win the school's 100th NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association team title as they compete in the men's and women's College Cups. It is the first time since 2001 (North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. ) that a school has had both its men's and women's teams in the College Cup in the same year. The women's team plays at 12:30 p.m. today against No. 1 North Carolina in Cary, N.C. The men will kickoff a few hours later, at 3 p.m., in St.Louis against fourth-seeded Virginia. If both teams win today, the real fun begins Sunday as the women's championship game begins at 9:30 a.m. and the men's begins at noon. ``If it ended up where we won 100 and the men got 101 a few hours later, we'd be just as happy for them,'' said UCLA women's soccer coach Jill Ellis. ``It'd be extraordinary if our first national title was the school's 100th.'' First though, the women will have to get past North Carolina, winner of 17 of the 24 national championships in NCAA history The first game (basketball) played between teams representing different colleges or universities was played on November 6 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University, at College Field (now the site of the College Avenue Gymnasium), New Brunswick, New Jersey. . UCLA lost to the Tar Heels in the semifinals of the 2003 NCAA tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
Last week, the eighth-seeded UCLA men's team (13-5-4) upset top-seeded Duke on the road, rallying from a 2-0 deficit for a 3-2 victory in overtime. ``We haven't really talked about (the 100th national title),'' UCLA coach Jorge Salcedo Jorge Salcedo (born September 27, 1972 in Cerritos, California) is an NCAA soccer coach for UCLA. Personal Salcedo grew up in Cerritos, California and attended Cerritos High School. He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. said. ``... If we win (today), then we can talk about it.'' Familiar route: Entering her final NCAA women's volleyball tournament, Pepperdine's senior libero Libero can refer to:
Pepperdine (16-11) opens the tournament at 7 tonight against sub-regional host Long Beach State (25-5) at The Pyramid. The Waves lost to Long Beach State last year in a nonconference match and last competed in the Pyramid in 2003, when they lost to Minnesota in the Sweet 16. Should Pepperdine advance to Saturday's second round, the Waves could face No. 12 Hawaii (26-5). A victory over the Rainbow Wahine Rainbow Wahine is the nickname applied to women's sports teams at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The University of Hawaii teams were traditionally called "rainbows" until controversies with the name led the would send Pepperdine to the regionals in Crabbe's hometown of Honolulu. ``I'm not going to jump the gun,'' said Crabbe, who ranks third all-time at Pepperdine with 1,232 career digs. ``But it would definitely be amazing to finish off my senior year in front of the people who were responsible for getting me here. ... I have a lot of family in Hawaii, so it would definitely be great to go back.'' Gerrity, Oakes leave Waves: Sophomores Michael Gerrity and Chris Oakes have left the Pepperdine men's basketball program, head coach Vance Walberg announced. Gerrity was the Waves' leading returning scorer. He averaged 14.3 points as a freshman. He had not played this year because of a foot injury. CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) MEN'S COLLEGE CUP (2) WOMEN'S COLLEGE CUP |
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