Ben Azar

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• Blake takes three-set nail-biter

  July 20, 2007 at 1:10 a.m.

  The way James Blake was playing in the first set, it looked like nobody in the world could beat him, let alone the 5-foot-9-inch, 158-pound Paul Goldstein. So it can ...

• Arthur Ashe continues to inspire

  July 16, 2007 at 12:03 a.m.

  For James Blake, playing in the Countrywide Classic has a little extra bit of meaning. That’s because UCLA is the university that one of his greatest idols, Arthur Ashe, attended.

• Focus pays off at the plate

  June 11, 2007 at 1:01 a.m.

  Lisa Dodd came into the 2007 season determined to show what she was capable of doing.

• Set aside textbooks, learn life lessons from a daily newspaper

  June 11, 2007 at 12:06 a.m.

  People say that college is about finding out who you really are. Coming into UCLA, I didn’t really buy into this idea. I knew who I was, I was very content, and I certainly was not about to change my routine.

• 2008 lineup looks promising

  May 31, 2007 at 12:37 a.m.

  At first glance, it would be reasonable to think that the 2008 season for the UCLA softball team will be a rebuilding year. The Bruins lose eight seniors, six of whom were regular starters, from a 2007 squad that struggled throughout the year.

• Experienced seniors bid goodbye to UCLA softball

  May 22, 2007 at 12:21 a.m.

  After being shockingly eliminated from postseason play by Loyola Marymount on Saturday, the UCLA softball team’s senior class has truly been through it all.

• Softball’s postseason hopes dashed by LMU, Hawai’i

  May 21, 2007 at 12:34 a.m.

  Loyola Marymount pitcher Tiffany Pagano calmly fielded senior UCLA catcher Jaisa Creps’ ground ball and threw the ball to first base for the final out.

• Underdog team hopes to be dark horse of postseason

  May 18, 2007 at midnight

  Throughout all of the trials and tribulations that this season has brought them, the UCLA softball team has persevered. Now the real test begins.

• Squad’s leadoff hitter delivers in the clutch

  May 16, 2007 at 12:44 a.m.

  Krista Colburn’s philosophy is simple.

• Trials line road to World Series

  May 14, 2007 at 1 a.m.

  The No. 13 UCLA softball team has been to the Women’s College World Series in each of the past eight years, overcoming tremendous obstacles at times to do so.