Often, the challenge for teams as talented as the No. 5 UCLA women’s soccer team is not their opponents, but in staying healthy and playing up to their capabilities. Read more...

Utah. Rice. Washington. Stanford. Arizona. It isn’t exactly a lineup of world-beaters that the Bruins planned on facing through their first five games. The UCLA football team was hoping to go 5-0 through those games, heading into the tougher middle of the season against teams such as Oregon and Notre Dame with some momentum and confidence. Read more...

Nellie Spicer set the ball; Katie Carter smashed it. The match had ended, but the pandemonium that ensued was just beginning. The No. 21 UCLA women’s volleyball team had just upset a Washington Huskies team that was undefeated in five games to give coach Andy Banachowski his 1,000th career win in front of a sparkling home crowd. Read more...

Legendary UCLA softball coach Sue Enquist will retire as head coach, effective Jan. 1, 2007, UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero announced Tuesday. Although Enquist will be stepping down as head coach, she will stay at UCLA in the role of director of major gifts for the UCLA Athletics External Relations Office. Read more...

D.J. McCarthy always wanted to be a Bruin; he has just taken a slightly longer path to get here. McCarthy comes to UCLA with an impressive resume as the team’s new wide receivers coach, after spending the previous six seasons at Central Florida and Nevada. Read more...

While in the process of chewing my first chocolate-covered gummy bear (which was delicious, by the way) I realized that I really enjoy being a UCLA sports fan. Read more...

So far, there’s been little criticism of the job new UCLA defensive line coach Todd Howard has done. What little has come has been from an unlikely source: Howard’s former boss on the defensive line with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Read more...