July 1, 2010

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The UCLA athletic program enjoyed another outstanding year in 2009-10. The only program to win 100 NCAA team titles, UCLA captured NCAA championships in women's gymnastics and softball during the just-completed school year.

UCLA placed fourth nationally in competition for the Leerfield Directors' Cup, which is presented annually by the National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors, with 1,124 points. The Bruins scored points in 12 of its 13 women's sports (only 10 count in the final score) and eight of its 11 men's sports.

It is UCLA's 15th Top Five finish in the 17-year history of the Cup. Overall, UCLA has finished second seven times, third five times, fourth once, fifth twice, sixth once and 16th once.

UCLA has won 20 NCAA team championships in the last eight years, the most of any school in the country. Those 20 titles have been won by 11 different programs. UCLA teams have also placed second 16 times in that eight-year span.

In 2009-10, UCLA won its 11th NCAA Championship in softball and its sixth in women's gymnastics. The Bruins finished second in baseball (first appearance in the finals of the College World Series) and men's water polo, tied for third in women's soccer (seventh straight College Cup), fifth in women's water polo, tied for fifth in men's soccer and men's tennis, sixth in women's golf, tied for ninth in women's tennis, 12th in women's rowing (first appearance in the team competition), 16th in men's golf, tied for 17th in women's basketball and women's volleyball and 19th in women's swimming (all finishes are in NCAA championship competition).

UCLA also won three conference titles and two league post-season tournaments and the football team won the EagleBank Bowl.