COLLEGES: UCLA MEN CAPTURE MPSF TITLE.Byline: Daily News Following a four-game defeat March 16 against Pepperdine, UCLA's men's volleyball team had dropped to .500 and wasn't a threat in 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. , let alone the national-title picture. Six weeks later, the Bruins are two victories away from winning their 19th NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association national crown. UCLA extended its winning streak to 12 in a row with Saturday's 24-30, 30-28, 30-23, 30-24 victory over No. 2 Long Beach State (23-10) in the conference final at UC Irvine's Bren Events Center The Bren Events Center is the on-campus multipurpose indoor arena in Irvine, California. It is home to the University of California, Irvine Anteaters basketball and volleyball teams. It seats 4,984 for basketball and up to 5,608 for concerts. . Steve Klosterman and Paul George each had 16 kills for the No. 5 Bruins (24-12). --Hawaii stunned No. 1 USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and defending NCAA champion UCLA lost to Stanford in Saturday's Mountain Pacific Sports Federation women's water polo tournament semifinals at UC Irvine's Anteater anteater, name applied to various animals that feed on ants, termites, and other insects, but more properly restricted to a completely toothless group of the order Edentata. Aquatics Center. The Trojans (25-1) couldn't overcome an early deficit and dropped a 10-9 decision to fourth-ranked Hawaii (17-9), and No. 3 Stanford (21-4) pulled out a 5-4 decision over the Bruins (25-4). Hawaii and Stanford will meet today at 2:45, with the winner gaining the conference's automatic berth at the NCAA Championship, May 12-14 at UC Davis. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion