COLLEGES: UCLA LOOKS TO BE SUPER.Byline: Daily News For all the ups and downs ups and downs pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits 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 softball team has been through this year, coach Sue Enquist has never lost sight of one image of her team. Early in the season, UCLA staged a dramatic comeback in a 4-3, eight-inning victory over Georgia, then beat the Bulldogs 7-0 in the second game of the doubleheader. ``I saw (how good we can be) then,'' Enquist said. ``I link on to that image and I don't let it go. I just try and teach my kids how to do that.'' UCLA again plays Georgia, this time in a best-of-three Super Regional beginning tonight at 6 at UCLA's Easton Stadium with a berth to the Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament for college softball in the United States. The tournament is conducted in an eight-team, double-elimination format. at stake. UCLA is the two-time defending national champion. The school finished installing lights for tonight's game late Thursday afternoon. The game will be televised by ESPNU. - 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. --Tennis championships: UCLA freshman Rita Zalameda advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA women's tennis championship The NCAA Women's Tennis Championship is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Team Championships in Women's Tennis. Division I
In the men's tournament in College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near to three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San , UCLA's Benjamin Kohlloeffel reached the round of 16 with a 6-7 (6-0), 6-2, 6-3 victory over Virginia's Ryan Rizza. USC's Jamil Al-Agba lost to No. 2 seed Benedikt Dorsch of Baylor, 6-4, 6-0 in the second round. The unseeded Zalameda advanced to play third-seeded Audra Cohen, a freshman from Northwestern. In doubles, Al-Agba and teammate Johan Berg won a first-round match against Texas-Arlington's Niels Buksik and Sandy Farquharson 6-2, 6-3. |
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