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Non-Revenue Roundup: Scates' Crew Stays Hot, Softball Returns and Wins, Women's Hoops Swept, Gymnastics Wins Big in Chicago

Softball is back, and in a big way.  (Photo Credit: Associated Press/Sue Ogrocki)

It's Monday, which for most of us, means we're back at work (except you lucky few who get Lincoln's birthday off). Fortunately, by the time you read this, it'll be at least the late afternoon (here on the west coast) and you'll either be in the home stretch or home. So, with that, let's take a look at how UCLA's non-revenue sports fared this past week:

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Non-Revenue Roundup: Men's Volleyball Extends Their Streak, Women's Hoops and Men's Tennis Sweep, and Women's Gymnastics Bounces Back

Hopefully, the men's tennis team can pull this off again, and bring another title home to Westwood.

It's Monday, which sadly means we're all back at work following Super Bowl Sunday. You would think we'd get today off, since well, the Super Bowl is practically a national holiday here in the good ol' United States, but alas, we don't. So, if you're trying to get through the doldrums of a Monday, with no football in sight until spring camp, hopefully, our non-revenue sports will keep you entertained until the QB battle begins this spring. With that, let's take a look at how UCLA's non-revenue sports fared this past week:

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Non-Revenue Roundup: Women's Gymnastics Falls, Men's Volleyball Dominating, Women's Hoops Sweeps on the Road, Tennis is Back

Is this an image we'll see at the conclusion of this year's women's tennis season?  (Photo Credit: UCLA Athletics)

It's Monday and with football's national letter of intent signing day just on the horizon (this upcoming Wednesday), it feels like most of our time is dedicated to following the rampant recruiting speculation and updates. Don't worry folks, we'll get back to all of that shortly. For now, let's take a few minutes to take a look at how our non-revenue Bruins fared this past week.

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Non-Revenue Roundup: Men's Volleyball Sweeps, Women's Water Polo Returns, Gymnastics Dominates, Women's Hoops Splits

Hopefully, this is what we'll be seeing at the end of the season: so far, for the ladies of the pool, it's so good.  (Photo Credit: UCLA Athletics)

It's Monday and with the Niners eliminated (thanks to a punt returner that even made Taylor Embree look not-so-bad), all we have left on the football front is the normal rampant recruiting speculation and tracking Bruins in the NFL (well, the two that are still alive and going to the Super Bowl, New England's Bret Lockett and Matt Slater). But, since we're UCLA and we also happen to be pretty good at every other sport we partake in, we do have a lot of other action to take note of.

With that, let's recap how our non-revenue sports fared this past week:

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Non-Revenue Roundup: Men's Volleyball Sweeps Outrigger, Women's Hoops Falls to U$C, Leroux Goes #1, Rowe Taken #3

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It's Monday and we're finally in the doldrums known as the college football off-season. So, while we get to partake in rampant recruiting speculation, coaching carousel intrigue, and tracking Bruins in the NFL (well, the three that are still alive in the playoffs, such as Brendon Ayanbadejo, Bret Lockett, and Matt Slater), we do have a full slate of non-revenue UCLA sports, many of which we're looking strong to win UCLA it's 109th national title.

With that, let's recap how our non-revenue sports fared this past week:

  • Starting with Al Scates' final UCLA squad, the #3-ranked men's volleyball team kept their season going strong, picking up three victories in Hawaii in the Outrigger Hotels Invitational tournament and bringing home the hardware as tournament champs. The men got their run to the tournament title started against Lewis University (it's a small Catholic school near Joliet, Illinois), dropping the disgraced 2003 national champs in four sets, 3-1. The Bruins were led by Jeremy Casebeer's career-high 16 kills (plus 5 digs), getting big contributions from Weston Dunlap (12 kills, 3 digs), Kyle Caldwell (45 assists, 5 digs), Gonzalo Quiroga (11 kills, 4 digs), and Evan Mottram (14 digs).
  • In the second match, the Bruins took on the Pride of Springfield College (Massachusetts), the school best known as where Naismith invented basketball, and had no problem dispatching Springfield, beating the Pride in a clean sweep, 3-0. In the second match, the Bruins were led by Thomas Amberg's 13 kills (plus team-high 4 digs) and Kyle Caldwell's 34 assists. Consistent point-man Weston Dunlap chipped in 9 kills in a UCLA victory that took them to the tournament title match.
  • In the third and final match of the tournament, the Bruins squared off against #13 Hawaii, in what was tantamount to a home match for the Warriors. But despite three close sets, the Bruins took the tournament title with a clean sweep of the Warriors, 3-0. In the title match, once again the Bruins got big games from Jeremy Casebeer (13 kills, 3 digs), Gonzalo Quiroga (11 kills, 7 digs), and Kyle Caldwell (34 assists, 5 digs). With the three wins, the Bruins return to the mainland with a 5-1 overall record.

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Non-Revenue Roundup: Chandler Hoffman Stars at Combine, Men's Volleyball Falls to UCI, Women's Hoops Splits in Arizona, and Women's Gymnastics Opens With a Win

The Lady Bruins got their season started off right: hopefully 2012 will end with a national title instead of second-place (Photo credit - Chris McGrath, Getty Images)

It's Monday morning (well noon for those of you on the East Coast) and we're creeping closer to the finale of this year's college football season. While it means another long eight months until September 1 and the kick-off of the 2012 season, it does mean it's the time of the year where we transition into a new season for many of our non-revenue sports.

So before we get to the SEC love-fest tonight, let's take a quick few minutes to recap how our non-revenue sports fared this past week, including a few that got their seasons underway:

  • Starting with our women's basketball team, the ladies went down to the desert for a weekend road trip against the Arizona schools, beginning with the Arizona Lady Mildcats Wildcats on Thursday night. Unfortunately, Coach Cori Close's team came up short, falling to Arizona 74-66. The Bruins were led by Markel Walker's double-double (12 points, 12 rebounds), got good games from Thea Lemberger (17 points, 5 assists, 1 steal), Rebekah Gardner (12 points, 8 rebounds), and a just-short-of-a-double-double performance by Corinne Costa (8 points, 7 rebounds), but it was all for naught as the Wildcats ran out of the buildings with the win.
  • The ladies followed up Thursday's disappointing loss by following in their male counterpart's shoes, blowing out the Arizona State Sun Devils in Tempe, 64-48. Markel Walker picked up another double-double (15 points, 13 rebounds), while Thea Lemberger lit up the scoreboard with 22 points. Rebekah Gardner had an outstanding night, contributing 16 points and 8 rebounds in the UCLA winning effort. With the weekend split, the ladies now stand at 7-8 for the season and 2-2 in Pac-12 play. They'll next be in action against hated U$C on Saturday, Jan. 14.

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Non-Revenue Roundup: Women's Hoops Split, Men's Volleyball Returns, Kelyn Rowe Gone to MLS

Photo Credit: Dave Martin, Associated Press

It's Monday morning, and like most of America, you're probably getting ready for a day full of college football bowl action: you know bowl games that feature winning teams, good coaching, and disciplined players. In other words, not UCLA. But before we get to that (we'll have a college football open thread up later this morning), there are a few non-revenue notes to take a look at.

And before I get to that, I want to briefly mention something that I touched on in yesterday's special edition of Bruin Bites: the fact that our clueless, tone-deaf, delusional athletic director claimed our program is "pretty darn good" despite the fact, as we've pointed out before, that even our non-revenue programs have been on a downward trajectory.

With that, let's take a look at how our non-revenue sports fared this past week:

  • Starting with women's basketball, Cori Close and the women's basketball team took on the Bay Area schools at Wooden Center this past weekend, starting with Cal on Thursday evening. The ladies got the weekend started right, taking down the Lady Golden Bears 60-55. The Bruins were led by Thea Lemberger, who had a career night, scoring 26 points along with 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Markel Walker also had a big night for the Lady Bruins, contributing 18 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. Lastly, sophomore Corinne Costa set the tone on the defensive end, tying a school record with 7 blocks (with the team as a whole setting a new team record for blocks in a single game at 13).
  • Despite the win over Cal, Close's team followed it up with a sub-par effort against the #4-ranked Stanford Cardinal, getting throttled at home by the Cardinal, 77-50. Rebekah Gardner (17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists) and Markel Walker (11 points, 7 rebounds) were the big contributors for the Lady Bruins, but it was too little against the powerful Cardinal. With the split weekend, the women's hoops team now stands at 6-7 for the season, with a 1-1 conference record.

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Non-Revenue Roundup: Women's Hoops Get Swept, Chandler Hoffman Turning Pro, Season Kickoff Notes

Can Markel Walker lead the Lady Bruins with Atonye Nyingifa down for the season? (Photo Credit: Jeff Gross/Getty Images North America)

With most of our fall sports already wrapped up (with men's soccer and men's water polo falling just short of a national title, women's soccer taking a very premature exit in post-season play) and UCLA's 108th national title in the books thanks to Coach Michael Sealy and the women's volleyball team, it's been a quiet week for the non-revenue sports. The only team in action was our women's basketball team, and suffice to say it wasn't a good week for Coach Cori Close's squad.

So with that in mind, we'll keep it short and get you right to your non-revenue roundup for this past holiday week:

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