Author Archives: Allison Ho

When it comes to the postseason, No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 UC Santa Barbara are anything but strangers. Saturday will mark the third time in six seasons that the two men’s volleyball rivals will butt heads in the opening round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs, and the fifth total time they will […]

Unlike last season, when every match was a must-win in order to make the conference playoffs, this season the UCLA men’s volleyball team had a little breathing room. With their seeding and first-round playoff opponent already locked up going into Friday night’s match, the Bruins didn’t have the do-or-die pressure to beat Mountain Pacific Sports […]

There were no smiles on the UC Irvine players’ faces coming out of a late game five timeout. After being up two games to none and leading the majority of the fifth set, the Anteaters could not fend off the UCLA men’s volleyball team any longer. A grueling 140 minutes after the first serve, the […]

The end of the regular season is in sight, and the men’s volleyball team hopes to be peaking soon as the playoffs loom near. And after sweeping cross-town-rival USC handily last Saturday, the No. 4 Bruins (15-10) are looking to build their momentum tonight in a non-conference matchup at home against three-time NAIA defending-champion Cal […]

The Steve Klosterman saga continued Friday night, but the match against Ball State University also marked the return of the Bruins’ middle force. The No. 5 Bruins completed the two-match series sweep against No. 15 Ball State, defeating the Cardinals 30-28, 30-22, 30-21. The victory raises UCLA’s record to 14-9 overall. Klosterman only needed three […]

They live by the serve and they die by the serve. And on Friday, the UCLA men’s volleyball team went down in three to No. 2 UC Irvine as the Bruins’ service errors killed any of their momentum. No. 5 UCLA dropped to 14-10, and 11-9 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play, after being swept […]

Last season when the men’s volleyball team’s 14-match winning streak culminated in NCAA Title No. 19, the Bruins won it over No. 4 seed Penn State, which wasn’t expected to make it that far. All the odds were in favor of No. 1 seed UC Irvine to make it to the championship match, and UCLA […]