Bruin Diary
By Daily Bruin Staff
Oct. 13, 1998 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Bruin Diary
DIARY: Skyler Little
Most people at UCLA, one of the most prestigious learning
institutions in the nation, have a hard enough time just being
students. There is a segment of the population, however, which has
to deal with twice as much: student-athletes.
To give some insight on what it’s like to be a Bruin on both
sides of the equation, the Daily Bruin is starting a weekly series
of player diaries. The players write the entries without help from
the Bruin staff.
Kicking off the series is women’s soccer player Skylar Little.
Little is the fiery leader of an exceptionally stingy Bruin
defense. Despite battling a mysterious and painful foot injury for
the last three years, Little has started every game this season.
Earlier this season she brought home brought home the MVP of the
Hawaii Outrigger tournament.
This entry is a look at Friday, Oct. 9, the Bruins’ first
conference road game. Little and the rest of the Bruin defense
ended up holding the Washington Huskies scoreless en route to a 2-0
victory.
8:30 a.m. Wake up.
9:00-9:30 a.m. Team meeting followed by walk around and
stretching.
11 a.m. Pre-game meal of pancakes, bagels, eggs, fruit and
water.
1 p.m. meet for game
1:30 p.m. Locker room preparation for the game. Pre-game talk
from Coach Todd and lineup announcements.
2 p.m. Pre-game team traditions and rituals. Sorry, I can’t go
into details. Some things stay within the soccer family.
2:25 p.m. 35 minutes of warm-up followed by kickoff at 3
p.m.
4:45 p.m. Final gun sounds with another victory under our belt.
We are now 1-0 in the Pac-10 and 11-1-1 overall.
5 p.m. Shower/back to hotel.
6 p.m. Dinner at teammate Bree Edward’s house in Bellevue,
Wash.
9:30 p.m. Back to hotel rooms.
10:30 p.m. Curfew.
11 p.m. In bed/lights out.
Long days of traveling tend to take their toll, but we always
seem to do well on the road. With a good start in the Pac-10 we
should start getting some more respect and recognition. If not we
will just have to prove it in the playoffs. Everybody come out this
weekend to support us against Cal and Stanford!
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