Author Archives: Ben Azar

Coming off of its biggest win of the season against a previously undefeated Washington team, the UCLA women’s volleyball team has reason to be confident. Nonetheless, the Bruins know they cannot get too confident and must retain their focus when they travel to the desert to take on Arizona State (7-17, 2-12 Pac-10) and No. […]

There couldn’t possibly have been a better way for UCLA women’s volleyball coach Andy Banachowski to become the first women’s collegiate volleyball coach to earn his 1,000th victory. The No. 21 Bruins (16-8, 8-6 Pac-10) became the first team all year to defeat the No. 2 Huskies (23-1, 14-1) on Saturday night at Pauley Pavilion, […]

After two consecutive thrilling five-game road victories, the UCLA women’s volleyball team returns home this weekend to try to extend its three-match win-streak against Washington State and Washington. The No. 21 Bruins (14-8, 6-6) will face the Cougars (1-12, 8-18) at Pauley Pavilion Friday at 7 p.m., and will take on the No. 2 Huskies […]

For the UCLA women’s volleyball team, the second time facing the Oregon State Beavers was just as easy as the first time. UCLA (12-8, 5-6 Pac-10) swept the Beavers (8-10, 4-8) by the score of 3-0 (30-21, 30-24, 30-25) and coach Andy Banachowski picked up career win number 996 in what was an important match […]

Making the NCAA Tournament usually isn’t even an issue for the UCLA women’s volleyball team. The 1996 season was the only season in the team’s history in which they hadn’t qualified for the 64-team tournament, and the Bruins have made it to at least the second round in every season since 1996. But as the […]

As they took off to the Bay Area around midnight, right as Thursday was becoming Friday, there was an eerie mood surrounding the people on the bus. A mix of emotions were no doubt running through the heads of myself and my fellow UCLA band members. Excitement, anxiousness and optimism were all there, but they […]

After an inspired, victorious first game against USC at home last month, the UCLA women’s volleyball team was riding a wave of momentum. Then, USC outside hitter Bibiana Candelas took over the match and almost single-handedly wiped out the momentum that UCLA had been building. Candelas, a senior middle blocker for the Trojans and an […]