The UCLA women’s volleyball team has been playing essentially the same volleyball for more than a month and a half. “We’ve had the same season, we’re playing the same matches every time,“ said coach Michael Sealy. “If it works out our way, it’s going to work out our way. We’re going to control what we […]
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Women’s volleyball frustrated by Oregon comeback
Up 25-24 in the third set against Oregon on Sunday, the Bruins were serving for match point. The UCLA women’s volleyball team looked poised to finish its weekend 2-0 and notch its first Pac-12 winning streak– but things didn’t quite work out that way. The Bruins dropped match point, then lost the next two to […]
Women’s volleyball hopes recent growth leads to rebound
For the members of the UCLA women’s volleyball team, this season is still a work in progress. As it enters its 13th and 14th Pac-12 matches against Oregon State and Oregon today and Sunday, respectively, UCLA feels that it is still growing, developing and coming together as a team. And though the Bruins have lost […]
UCLA women’s volleyball not deterred by recent losses
On the schedule, it will look like just another 0-2 weekend, another lost road trip, another missed opportunity. But for the members of the UCLA women’s volleyball team, their trip to the Bay Area this weekend was anything but a pair of wasted matches. UCLA’s losses to Stanford and Cal dropped UCLA to 12-10 on […]
Missed opportunities cost women’s volleyball in losses to Cal, Stanford
The last time the UCLA women’s volleyball team took on California , the Golden Bears hung around, managing to take crucial points and win the match 3-0. It was the same story in this weekend’s rematch, as the tenacious Bears stole another tight victory from the Bruins. In a nearly three-hour match in which the […]
UCLA women’s volleyball zoned in for Stanford, Cal road games
As the UCLA women’s volleyball team prepares to travel to the Bay Area this weekend to once again take on Stanford and Cal, the team has made slow but steady improvement since the last time it played these teams. Nearly four weeks ago, the UCLA women’s volleyball team took on Stanford and Cal in back-to-back […]
Focus is key for women’s volleyball during tough stretch of games
It has been a common theme for the UCLA women’s volleyball team this year – start strong, hang with teams, then fade in the final few points, giving away winnable sets. Those giveaways have too often turned into losses, which have made the taste of disappointment a common one for the Bruins. “Our losses have […]