This weekend was the perfect chance for the women’s volleyball squad to prove itself as one of the top teams in the nation. With No. 12 California (17-8, 6-8 Pac-10) and No. 2 Stanford (21-3, 12-2 Pac-10) on their plate, the Bruins were hoping to sweep the weekend and put a stamp on their already […]
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Preparing for Bay Area rematches
W. VOLLEYBALL Friday, 7 p.m. v. Cal Berkeley Saturday, 7 p.m. v. Stanford Palo Alto The end of the season is within reach, but there are three very big obstacles in the way of the women’s volleyball team before postseason play begins in three weeks. No. 5 UCLA will encounter a huge test of strength […]
Meriwether earns third “˜Player of the Week’ title
On the court, she’s been picking up block after block and hammering down kill after kill. Off the court, she’s just picked up her third Pac-10 Volleyball Player of the Week honor this season. Watching senior middle blocker Nana Meriwether dominate the front row against her opponents, it’s no wonder the middle blocker has been […]
Volleyball loses in Huskies’ den
They’ve experienced it once already this season, and they vowed to never let it happen again. But on Friday, the members of the women’s volleyball team could not escape the retribution from No. 6 Washington, and the Bruins suffered their second loss of the season. In a heartbreaking four-game, 28-30, 30-24, 30-27, 30-27 loss to […]
Women’s volleyball nabs first win against USC in six years
Before Friday night, not one player could remember beating USC. But that nightmare is over. Now the Bruins have a new memory they can fondly look back on. The No. 4 UCLA women’s volleyball team (21-1, 8-1 Pac-10) finally put an end to its 11-match losing streak against its crosstown rival on Friday. It ended […]
Women’s volleyball kills Trojans in four games
USC’s last home stand in the Lyon Center was nothing less than an epic battle. On Friday, the Women of Troy played their final match in the Lyon Center, which will now give way to the newly opened Galen Center across campus. And it was only fitting that the final showdown was against cross-town rival […]
McKinney is back in the game
It was the most difficult sacrifice Matt McKinney made in his entire life. But it was one he had to make in order to nurture his health problems. It was in June 2005 when McKinney announced his medical retirement to the Bruin community, as he decided to step down from college sports and put all […]