With UCLA on the road, the Bruin faithful can at least turn off
the television if the game gets out of hand.
Playing in Oregon’s sold-out Autzen Stadium where they
hadn’t won since 1997, without star tailback Maurice Drew,
and following a puzzling loss to Washington State, this one had
blowout written all over it for the Bruins.
In a league whose motto is “Get Exposure or Get
Exposed,” all the hype was on UCLA’s Dijon Thompson in
his team’s championship game at the Nike Los Angeles College
Pro-City Summer League Championship on Saturday.
The 18th annual Pac-10 Women’s Rowing Championship will
mark the culmination of the women’s rowing season this
Sunday.
Having finished seventh in last year’s regatta, the Bruins
are looking to place in the Grand Final this year.
Coming off Sunday’s dramatic win over USC, UCLA fell to
Wichita State 6-4 in a crucial non-league game Tuesday night.
A win over the 17th-ranked Shockers would have helped solidify
the Bruins NCAA Tournament resume heading into the season’s
final stretch.
The UCLA women’s rowing team will test its mettle against
the Pac-10’s finest this weekend in Seattle during the 35th
annual Opening Day Regatta.
The Bruins will be racing against Washington, currently ranked
eighth nationally and one of the Pac-10’s historically
dominant programs, for the Windermere Cup.
Next time you grab a flier on Bruin Walk it might change your
life.
Junior Monica Grova had no idea what women’s rowing was,
or even that it was a varsity sport at UCLA until she was stopped
by some rowers early in her freshman year.
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