In women’s soccer, UNC was long regarded as the standard. We just haven’t broken that threashold yet, but we’ve been quite close.

Yes, championships are nice, but if all teams put out contending teams on a consistant basis, it’s pretty hard to find a “weak link.”

..Rye, I was in the USAF in 1969 stationed in Omaha, Nebraska (I think you know where I am going with this). Anyway, that Spring, I am sitting in the stands at Rosenblatt Stadium watching the CWS and it was the day before the Bruins were to play their second game in the loser’s bracket. I started to talk to some of the guys who were on the team and, when he found out I was stationed in Omaha, Chris Chambliss (super friendly guy) says, “Man, that sucks. I mean, if we lose to Texas tomorrow evening, at least we get to go back to L.A. I’d sure hate to get stuck here.”

So, the next night, UCLA and Texas are tied going into the bottom of the ninth and the Horns get guys on second and third with 1 out. The Bruins play the infield and outfield in, betting on cutting down the runner at the plate.

The Texas hitter works a something-and-two count and lines one to left and the UCLA left fielder doesn’t even take a step backwards; he just trots to the dugout and, presumably, through the showers to Eppley Airport.

Hopefully with Caldwell at the helm we can get back to where we were in the late 70’s. Our string of mediocrity is unacceptable, especially considering the talent available to us in Southern California.

They spend all sorts of time trying to count other “championships” to get close to our 103….

I put together a list a year ago to show how well we’ve done vs SUC in obtaining NCs over time, considering they had a big jump on us by being around longer. I had become tired of SUCsters saying how they had reached 100 championships a long time ago. So, I wanted to get to the truth. I decided to go by their criteria and include all championships, not just NCAA championships. Data for both establishments (sorry, but I can’t bring myself to call SUC a “university”) is through the 2006-2007 school year.

I created a great Excel graph, but I have no idea how to post it correctly. If anyone wants to post it, or just wants the data in excel format, I can email it to you.

Back to your question, here’s the answer for UCLA by sport:

THROUGH 2006-2007 ACADEMIC YEAR

MEN
Volleyball 24
Tennis 16
Basketball 11
Water Polo 8
Track&Field 8
Soccer 4
Crew 2
Gymnastics 2
Football 1
Golf 1
Swim/Dive 1
Indoor T&F 0
Baseball 0
Total Men 78

WOMEN
Softball 11
Water Polo 9
T&F 7
Volleyball 6
Gymnastics 5
Golf 2
Basketballl 1
Badminton 1
Tennis 1
Swim/Dive 0
Women Total 43

Overall 121