The San Francisco Giants celebrated the career of Brandon Crawford on Saturday at Oracle Park.
Crawford, who played in Westwood from 2006 to 2008, may be the most recognizable former Bruin shortstop in program history.

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Rain soaked the Spaulding Field turf Saturday morning.
Players in drenched jerseys stumbled and slipped across the field.

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As the seconds counted down on the shot and game clocks, sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Steele blocked the ball three consecutive times to send the Bruins to overtime – an opportunity to defend their reigning conference title.

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Second chances are few and far between.
But on the off chance they present themselves, they are an opportunity that shouldn’t be passed up. 
Despite losing out on an automatic bid given to the MPSF conference winner after falling 3-2 in the semifinals to tournament host Pepperdine (20-9, 7-5 MPSF), UCLA men’s volleyball (20-6, 10-2) earned the second and final at-large bid as the No.

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The once-2-6 Bruins found themselves in the belly of the beast with their first Big Ten conference title on the line.

A blown save nearly cost the Bruins their Friday series opener.
But the bats stormed back for a walk-off victory.
On Saturday, the Bruins’ hitters stayed hot – giving the team’s pitching staff little to worry about – and the hurlers upheld their end of the bargain anyway.

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Carly Hendrickson’s hip was wrapped the last time she donned the blue and gold – two years ago.