Bob Chesney said his team was in “win now” mode.
In fact, at halftime of the UCLA men’s basketball game against Indiana on Jan. 31, the football head coach went as far as saying that the team would hang a Big Ten championship banner.

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Four home runs from four different athletes lifted No. 7 UCLA softball (43-5, 18-2 Big Ten) to a 7-2 victory against No.

They haven’t come easy, but they all count the same.
No. 1 UCLA baseball (39-3, 21-0 Big Ten) beat Sacramento State (19-25, 5-4 WAC) 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium for the team’s sixth consecutive win, four of which have come in comeback fashion.

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Nothing tastes sweeter than ousting a longtime rival on a conference’s grandest stage. 
For the Bruins, the satisfaction was absolute.

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LA JOLLA – The final push was not enough.
The Bruins fought back from a two-goal deficit to take a lead in the third quarter – their first and only of the match –  but couldn’t keep it going in the fourth as their season came to an end. 
Losing in the NCAA tournament semifinal, No.

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OJAI, CALIFORNIA – Momentum is a fragile thing.
For the Bruins, it showed up a day early – then disappeared when it mattered most.

From senior to freshman.
Senior utility Megan Grant surpassed Stacey Nuveman’s UCLA single-season home run record with her 32nd and 33rd home runs of the season to kick things off.