If only ultimate Frisbee was considered an NCAA sport, the Bruin
Ladies’ Ultimate (BLU) team would enter nationals this
weekend with the intention of bringing home UCLA’s 100th NCAA
title.

The stakes ran high for the women’s rowing team at the
Pac-10 Championships this weekend, with UCLA vying for a bid to the
NCAAs. Competing against such national powerhouses as California
and Washington State, the No.

A season of practicing as the sun rises could come to an end
this weekend at the Pac-10 Championships in Lake Natoma, Calif.
Depending on overall performances of every team in the country,
the UCLA women’s rowing team could continue to nationals or
they could just show up for one final practice Tuesday and call it
a year.

Despite the fact that national rowing rankings positioned
UCLA’s Varsity Eight boat as the underdogs for this
weekend’s meet, the girls were optimistic heading into the
final dual race of the season against No.

Senior Liz Pallas-Jacobs should have seen the signs all around
her.
If last year was not enough of a warning, then her teammates
screaming at her to strip off her warm-ups should have been.

Having redshirted the past season to get physically stronger,
senior Amanda Blong looked at the Speedo U.S. Open Diving
Championships as her focus meet, marking her return to collegiate
competition.

BY SARAH FERNBACHER
Bruin Sports reporter
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Ever since senior Jeremy Silverman injured his ankle early in
the indoor season, he has struggled to return to form.

No athletic team wants to blemish a perfect record.
Freshman rower Vanessa Teff cites this truism as the main reason
why her No. 14 UCLA rowing team excelled at this weekend’s
Stanford Invitational in Redwood Shores, Calif.

During the early part of the season, women’s rowing coach
Amy Fuller Kearney regularly told her team to anticipate races
against the top 20 teams coming down to the last 10 strokes.

From my vantage point at last Friday’s baseball game
between UCLA and Mississippi, the Bruins looked hot. They beat No.
19 Ole Miss in a 9-2 win with senior second baseman Sean Smith
going 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.