UCLA medalists so far: Dawn Harper, gold (track, 100m Hurdles); Lauren Cheney, gold (USA soccer); Mark Hunter, gold (rowing, lightweight double sculls); Sheena Tosta, silver (track, 400m Hurdles); Andrea Duran, silver (USA softball); Lisa Fernandez, silver (USA softball); Tairia Flowers, silver (USA softball); Stacey Nuveman, silver (USA softball); Natasha Watley, silver (USA softball); Natalie Golda, silver (USA water polo); Jaime Hipp, silver (USA water polo); Kim Vandenberg, bronze (swimming, 4×200 relay); Tanya Harding, bronze (Australia softball).
THURSDAY UPDATE:
Women’s Soccer Gold Medal Game: USA 1, Brazil 0 (OT) — Team USA pulled the upset to win the gold medal, with Carli Lloyd scoring the game-winner in the 96th minute. UCLA’s Lauren Cheney came in as a sub in the 71st minute and played well the rest of the game. Current UCLA head coach Jill Ellis was an assistant coach for Team USA.
Softball Gold Medal Game: Japan 3, USA 1 — Yes, you read that score right. In what has to be one of the biggest upsets in Olympic softball history, Japan beat a U.S. team that had dominated up until that point. The irony is that one of the reasons the IOC voted to discontinue softball at the Olympics was that the U.S. was too dominant. And in what might be the last Olympic softball game ever, the U.S. lost. Natasha Watley was the only Bruin with a hit. UCLA’s Andrea Duran, Tairia Flowers, Stacey Nuveman and Lisa Fernandez also get silver medals.
Women’s Water Polo Gold Medal Game: Netherlands 9, USA 8 — Netherlands scored the game-winner with 26 seconds left. Bruin Natalie Golda scored a goal. The U.S. was actually down 4-0 at one point. UCLA’s Jaime Hipp also played on the U.S. team, which was coached by former UCLA coach Guy Baker.
Track and Field: UCLA’s Amy Acuff finished ninth in her high jump qualifying rounds and does not advance to the final.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR EARLY TOMORROW:
Notes: There isn’t much left, most of the Bruins have finished up their sports. The only events today are early tomorrow morning.
4:40 a.m. — Men’s Water Polo: Semfinals, USA vs. Serbia (Brooks, Wright)
4:40 a.m. — Track and Field: 4×400 Relay round 1 (Monique Henderson)
REST OF THE SCHEDULE BY DAY:
Saturday, Aug. 23
*5:40 a.m. — Track and Field: 4×400 Relay finals (Henderson)
Sunday, Aug. 24
TBD — Men’s Water Polo: Gold/Bronze Medal games (Brooks, Wright)
FULL LISTINGS BY SPORT:
TRACK AND FIELD (10 Bruins)
Amy Acuff (High Jump), Jeanette Bolden (Head Coach, team USA), Jessica Cosby (Hammer), Dawn Harper (100m Hurdles), Monique Henderson (4×400 relay), Yoo Kim (Pole Vault, Korea), Suzy Powell-Roos (Discus), Sheena (Johnson) Tosta (400m Hurdles), Rhonda Watkins (Long Jump, Trinidad and Tobago), Jonathan Williams (400m Hurdles, Belize)
Aug. 15 — Discus qualifying rounds (Suzy Powell-Roos — 15th)
Aug. 15 — Men’s 400m Hurdles round 1 (Jonathan Williams — 4th in heat)
Aug. 17 — 100m Hurdles round 1 (Dawn Harper — 2nd in heat, qualifies for semis)
Aug. 17 — Women’s 400m Hurdles round 1 (Sheena Tosta — 5th in heat)
Aug. 17 — Hammer throw qualifying rounds (Jessica Cosby — NM)
Aug. 18, 4:40 a.m. — 100m Hurdles Semis (Harper wins semifinal)
Aug. 18 — Women’s 400m Hurdles Semis (Tosta wins semifinal)
Aug. 18 — Long Jump qualifying rounds (Rhonda Watkins 19th in qualifying)
Aug. 19 — 100m Hurdles finals (Harper wins gold medal, link to video)
Aug. 20, 5:40 a.m. — Pole Vault qualifying rounds (Yoo Kim, NM)
Aug. 20 — Women’s 400m Hurdles finals (Tosta wins silver medal)
Aug. 20 — High Jump qualifying rounds (Amy Acuff, 9th)
Aug. 22, 4:40 a.m. — 4×400 Relay round 1 (Monique Henderson)
*Aug. 23, 5:40 a.m. — 4×400 Relay finals (Henderson)
SOFTBALL (6 Bruins)
Players on Team USA: Andrea Duran, Lisa Fernandez, Tairia (Mims) Flowers, Stacey Nuveman, Natasha Watley
On Australia: Tanya Harding (I couldn’t find their schedule)
Note: A lot of these games are at 9 p.m., watchable for us West Coasters.
Aug. 11 — USA 11, Venezuela 0 (Watley home run — link to video highlights)
Aug. 12 — USA 3, Australia 0 (Watley RBI single)
Aug. 14 — USA 8, Canada 1 (Duran 2 RBI, link to video)
Aug. 14 — USA 7, Japan 0 (Watley home run, link to video)
Aug. 15 — USA 7, Chinese Taipei 0
Aug. 17 — USA 8, Netherlands 0 (Flowers home run, link to video)
Aug. 17 — USA 9, China 0 (Flowers 2 RBI, link to video)
Australia: Finished 5-2, third place in group play.
Aug. 19 — Semifinal #1 vs. #2 — USA 4, Japan 1, 9 inn. (Link to video)
Aug. 19 — Semifinal #3 vs. #4 — Australia 5, Canada 3
Aug. 20 — Bronze Medal game: Japan 4, Australia 3, 12 inn. (Australia gets bronze)
Aug. 21 — Gold Medal game: Japan 3, USA 1 (USA gets silver)
MEN’S SOCCER (3 Bruins)
Players on Team USA: Benny Feilhaber, Patrick Ianni, Marvell Wynne
Aug. 7 — USA 1, Japan 0 (Wynne assist, link to video)
Aug. 10 — USA 2, Netherlands 2
Aug. 13 — Nigeria 2, USA 1 (USA eliminated)
WOMEN’S SOCCER (3 Bruins)
On USA: Lauren Cheney, Jillian Ellis (assistant coach)
On Canada: Kara Lang
Aug. 6 — Norway 2, USA 0
Aug. 6 — Canada 2, Australia 1 (Kara Lang scored game-winning goal)
Aug. 9 — USA 1, Japan 0
Aug. 9 — Canada 1, China 1
Aug. 12 — USA 4, New Zealand 0
Aug. 12 — Sweden 2, Canada 1
Aug. 15 — Quarterfinals: USA 2, Canada 1
Aug. 18 — Semifinals: USA 4, Japan 2
Aug. 21 — Gold Medal Game: USA 1, Brazil 0 (USA wins gold)
WOMEN’S WATER POLO (3 Bruins)
On Team USA: Natalie Golda, Jaime Hipp, Guy Baker (head coach)
Aug. 11, — USA 12, China 11 (Golda scored four goals — video highlights)
Aug. 13 — USA 9, Italy 9
Aug. 14 — USA 12, Russia 7 (Golda scored three goals)
Aug. 18 — Semifinals: USA 9, Australia 8 (Golda goal)
Aug. 21 — Gold Medal Game: Netherlands 9, USA 8 (Golda goal, USA gets silver)
MEN’S WATER POLO (2 Bruins)
On Team USA: Brandon Brooks, Adam Wright
Aug. 10 — USA 8, China 4 (Wright assist, link to video)
Aug. 11 — USA 12, Italy 11 (Wright goal)
Aug. 13 — Serbia 4, USA 2
Aug. 15 — USA 7, Croatia 5 (Wright goal)
Aug. 17 — USA 8, Germany 7 (Wright two goals, USA gets bye to semfinals, link to video)
Aug. 22, 4:40 a.m. — Semifinals: USA vs. Serbia
Aug. 24, TBD — Medal games
TENNIS (2 Bruins)
Bruins competing: Mark Knowles (Bahamas), Marcin Matkowski (Poland)
Both are competing in doubles. Knowles’ parter is Devin Mullings, Matkowski’s partner is Maruisz Fyrstenberg. There are 32 doubles teams in the single-elimination tournament.
Aug. 12 — First Round: Matkowski/Fyrstenberg def. Yu/Zeng (CHN) 6-3, 6-4.
Aug. 12 — First Round: Knowles/Mullings lose to Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan 6-2, 6-1.
Aug. 13 — Round of 16: Matkowski/Fyrstenberg def. Damm/Vizner (CZE) 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Aug. 14 — Quarterfinals: Matkowski/Fyrstenberg lose to Aspelin/Johansson (SWE) 7-6 (5), 6-4.
SWIMMING (2 Bruins)
Bruins competing: Kim Vandenberg, 4×200m relay (USA), Nicolette Teo, 100/200 breast, relays (Singapore)
Aug. 10 –100m Breaststroke heats (Nicolette Teo 1:10.75 — 7th in heat)
Aug. 13 — 200m Breaststroke heats (Teo 2:34.60 — 6th in heat)
Aug. 13 — 4×200m Relay heats (Vandenberg’s team wins heat, 7:52.43)
Aug. 13 — 4×200m Relay finals (Vandenberg not in final race where team won bronze, but she gets a bronze medal anyway.)
BEACH VOLLEYBALL (3 Bruins)
Bruin competing: Elaine Youngs
Bruins coaching: Bob Alejo, Liz Masakayan
Elaine Youngs and her partner Nicole Branagh are in Group E. Each group has four teams, the top two teams and some third-place teams go to the Round of 16.
Aug. 9 — Youngs/Branagh def. Kadjik/Mooren (NED) 21-19, 27-25. (link to video)
Aug. 11 — Youngs/Branagh def. Pohl/Rau (GER) 21-17, 21-16
Aug. 13 — Youngs/Branagh def. Ribalta/Crespo (CUB) 21-19, 13-21, 15-12. (link to video)
Aug. 14 — Round of 16: Youngs/Branagh def. Grasset/Peraza (CUB) 21-15, 21-13.
Aug. 17 — Quarterfinals: Youngs/Branagh lose to Xue/Zhang Xi (CHN) 21-17, 21-13.
ROWING (2 Bruins)
Bruins competing: Mark Altman (USA), Lightweight Fours; Mark Hunter (Great Britain), Lightweight Double Sculls
Aug 10 — Heats: Bruin rowing assistant coach Mark Hunter easily won his heat with partner Zac Purchase, advancing to the semifinals. The other Bruin, Mark Altman’s team finished fourth in their heat.
Aug. 12 — Repechage: Altman’s team finsihed third, which looks like enough to advance to the semifinals. (Link to video)
Aug. 15 — Semifinals: Hunter/Purchase won their semifinal (link to video).
Aug. 17 — Finals: Hunter/Purchase WIN THE GOLD MEDAL! (link to video)
GYMNASTICS (1 Bruin)
Bruin competing: Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Canada)
Aug. 10 — Women’s Qualifiers — Hopfner-Hibbs finished 19th in the All-Around (out of 98), which as freesia39 pointed out in the comments, is good enough to advance to the finals.
Aug. 14 —Women’s Individual finals: Hopfner-Hibbs finished 16th overall. Very impressive, and she’s just going to be an incoming freshman this year.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL (1 Bruin)
John Speraw is an assistant coach for Team USA. Since there are no Bruins actually competing, I’m just going to list the games here, not in the daily schedule:
Aug. 9, 9:30 p.m. — USA vs. Venezuela
Aug. 11, 9:30 p.m. — USA vs. Italy
Aug. 14, 7 a.m. — USA vs. Bulgaria
Aug. 16, 7 p.m. — USA vs. China
Aug. 18, 7 a.m. — USA vs. Japan
*Aug. 20, TBD — Quarterfinals
*Aug. 22, TBD — Semifinals
*Aug. 24, TBD — Medal games
(My sources were UCLABruins.com, NBC, USA Softball, USA Water Polo and the official Beijing 2008 site.)
(Last updated on Thursday, Aug. 21 at 10:20 AM.)
Gilbert
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