W. VOLLEYBALL Friday, 6:30 p.m. v. Oklahoma Honolulu, Hawaii Usually when the women’s volleyball team travels to Hawaii, its members find time to have dinner at Duke’s Waikiki Restaurant, overlooking the sandy beaches and the clear, blue Pacific Ocean. They also like to get in some shopping and soak up some Hawaiian sun. But this […]
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NCAA Tournament: Volleyball victories clear the path to regionals
Hoping for a season-ending streak of 6-0 in the NCAA Tournament, the women’s volleyball team took two steps closer to its goal this weekend. The Bruins swept the University of Alabama at Birmingham (27-10) and the University of Utah (28-4) on Friday and Saturday in their final matches at Pauley Pavilion this season. With these […]
Bruins sweep final regular-season games
There could not have been a better way for the seniors on the UCLA women’s volleyball team to celebrate the end of their regular-season careers at Pauley Pavilion. With two easy sweeps of Oregon State (3-24, 0-18 Pac-10) and Oregon (17-11, 7-11) this weekend, the Bruins played their last regular-season home matches of the year. […]
Underdogs last obstacles of season
W. VBALL Friday, 5 p.m. v. Oregon State Pauley Pavilion Saturday, 5 p.m. v. Oregon Pauley Pavilion Right now, all that stands between the women’s volleyball team and its postseason fate are two teams that could be easily overlooked. But the No. 4 Bruins (27-3, 13-3 Pac-10) know much better than to look past Oregon […]
Volleyball victorious against Pepperdine
The match may not have counted toward the Bruins’ run for the Pac-10 title, but they sure did put up quite a fight against Pepperdine on Monday night. The No. 4 Bruins were pushed to the limit by the No. 24 Waves in a five-game melee, eventually holding Pepperdine out 30-25, 26-30, 26-30, 30-24, 15-5 […]
Men's volleyball falls short of squad's abilities at preseason tourney
Looking at the men’s volleyball team’s record after this weekend’s play won’t paint an accurate picture of what the defending national champions are capable of. The Bruins came out of the weekend’s preseason tournament 1-2 with a four-game loss to UC Irvine (30-21, 30-25, 30-32, 30-24), a five-game victory over UC Santa Barbara (27-30, 21-30, […]
Women's volleyball sweeps USC
They had swept Stanford the previous week and were ranked higher than the No. 6 Bruins, yet there was no question as to who was the better team Friday night. Even with all the momentum going into Friday’s matchup, No. 4 USC could not contain the mighty Bruins. In front of a crowd of 4,739 […]