Author Archives: Allison Ho

They’ve maneuvered around a number of treacherous turns, only to have the most challenging stretch still looming around the corner. Since a mediocre start to the season, the UCLA men’s volleyball team has been fighting for its postseason life. With UCLA’s two wins last weekend and with losses from its crosstown rival USC, the Bruins […]

Ask any coach in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation what defines their men’s volleyball league, they’ve all said the same thing. Any team can beat any team on any given night in the MPSF. It’s something UCLA (16-12, 8-10 MPSF) hopes to avoid this weekend when it takes on 11th-placed Stanford and 10th-placed University of […]

It had been a rollercoaster ride for the UCLA men’s volleyball team this season ““ the Bruins had neither won nor lost more than three games in a row. But this past weekend, the Bruins extended their winning streak to four games for the first time this year as they defeated Long Beach State 30-21, […]

The last time the men’s volleyball team was in Honolulu in January, Dennis Gonzalez stood proud after being named the Most Outstanding Player of the Outrigger Invitational. But in game four of Friday’s match, the Bruins’ emotional leader was writhing in pain on Hawai’i’s side of the court. The Bruins’ situation echoed Gonzalez’s pain, as […]

When the men’s volleyball team takes on the University of Hawai’i this weekend, it will be without an integral part of its coaching staff. That’s because assistant coach Mike Sealy will be in the islands watching the matches, but not as a Bruin. Hawai’i women’s volleyball coach Dave Shoji announced Saturday the hiring of Sealy […]

If there’s something the men’s volleyball team learned from Wednesday’s loss to Pepperdine, it was that Steve Klosterman had the hot hand. But UCLA wasn’t the only one in on its new secret weapon. UCLA fed the ball to the junior opposite hoping he would carry the team to victory, but UC Irvine caught on […]

After a dominating fall preseason, the UCLA men’s volleyball team had pretty high hopes going up against UC Irvine in its January season opener. But staring across the net were six veteran Anteaters, prepared to defeat the young Bruin team. And they did. Despite being swept 3-0, the Bruins kept the match close. What could […]