A little more than a week after both UCLA basketball teams toppled their USC counterparts, a third Bruin squad has a chance to defeat its rivals.

Lightning is a favorite metaphor of the sports world, often representing a particularly quick athlete or a moment of electrifying play.
But in a sport played outdoors, dramatic weather is not simply a literary device – it can be all too real.

In sports, victory is always the goal.
However, wins do not last forever. In golf, the highs following a tournament victory must soon turn into motivation for the next week’s showdown.

Freshman Francesca Fiorellini left her team’s practice round at Valencia Country Club distraught, having shot 10 over through 12 holes.
Less than two weeks later, she walked off the Santa Clarita, California, course as the individual champion, setting the all-time tournament scoring record in the process.

Coach Alicia Um Holmes expected to have nine players on her roster for the spring season.
But after seniors Zoe Antoinette Campos and Caroline Canales departed the program following their success in the LPGA Tour’s Q-Series, the squad was trimmed to just seven.

This post was updated Feb 12 at 2:03 a.m.
Zoe Antoinette Campos’ absence seemed ever noticeable at the Palos Verdes Golf Club.
With the Bruins’ former senior stalwart now off to the professional ranks, UCLA women’s golf trudged in 9-over par at 11th place tied with No.

Zoe Antoinette Campos has stolen headlines in Westwood since 2021.
A two-time WGCA First Team All-American. A two-time All-Pac-12 First Team member. A two-time Golfweek First Team All-American – and the accolades continue for Campos.