Be it the pair of black boxes that encase John Wooden and his loyal Bruin bear or the animosity between the two crosstown schools, there is no other week quite like rivalry week. In the midst of this late November affair characterized by elevated school spirit and an unwavering ridicule for “that other school in […]
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Women’s volleyball Oregon-bound for weekend faceoff
Be it the pair of black boxes that encase John Wooden and his loyal Bruin bear or the animosity between the two crosstown schools, there is no other week quite like rivalry week. In the midst of this late November affair characterized by elevated school spirit and an unwavering ridicule for “that other school in […]
No. 15 UCLA defeats No. 21 Colorado in straight-set sweep
It was all-too-familiar a score for the UCLA women’s volleyball team on Thursday night in Boulder, Colo. It was less than a week after the Bruins were handed a three-sets-to-none sweep at the hands of the Washington Huskies, and by the end of the second set, it appeared that this game would end in a […]
UCLA women’s volleyball looks forward to rematch against Colorado
Fifth week at UCLA usually spells a plethora of overdue studying for midterms and scrambles to finish essays before deadlines. It marks the halfway point of another quarter, as well as a marker for a reassuring success or, unfortunately, a disheartening reality check. Yet, for the 18 members of the UCLA women’s volleyball team, this […]
Women’s volleyball scrambles for five-set victory over Washington State
Tucked away in John Wooden Center, Collins Court showed that the damage from this past summer’s flood was a thing of the past. The brand-new hardwood court hosting Sunday’s women’s volleyball matchup between the No. 16 UCLA Bruins (16-7, 7-5 Pac-12) and the Washington State Cougars (10-14, 1-11) left little reminder of the inches of […]
Women’s volleyball looks to defeat Washington in first home game at UCLA
Home is where the heart is – or so the saying goes – and for the members of the UCLA women’s volleyball team, their heart lies on the hardwood of UCLA’s athletic facilities. When a century-old pipe burst on famed Sunset Boulevard just yards from UCLA, and just weeks away from the start of their […]
After Stanford loss, UCLA women’s volleyball strikes back with Cal win
On Sunday afternoon, the UCLA women’s volleyball team was not at all where they pictured they would be. A valiant, but fruitless, effort to take down No. 1 Stanford in Palo Alto on Friday evening had sluggishly carried over into a Sunday matchup against a Pac-12-worst California squad. The Bruins already dropped the first set […]