For nearly a month, UCLA women’s volleyball games have followed the same old script: repeating scenes of close, but not quite; almost there, but not; good, but not good enough. For much of this weekend’s trip to Oregon and Oregon State, the team appeared ready to follow that line. On the heels of an all-too-familiar […]
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UCLA women’s volleyball travels to Oregon in search of Pac-12 wins
The UCLA women’s volleyball team finds itself in unfamiliar territory this weekend, and that has nothing to do with its trip to Oregon. Four games into their conference slate and staring at an unprecedented zero in the conference win column this late into the calendar, the Bruins find themselves in the Pac-12 cellar and in […]
As losses mount, UCLA women’s volleyball goes back to basics
Freshman middle blocker Claire Felix took the set pass and sent it hurtling across the court for the kill, much to the delight of half her teammates. During what UCLA women’s volleyball coach Mike Sealy called the team’s best practice of the year, the team exchanged words, praise and points in an inter-squad scrimmage that […]
Volleyball hopes to take down the Cardinal at Pauley Pavilion
They’ve been as far as Hawaii and have gone to Colorado and back again. They’ve played in Centers (Galen), Pyramids (Walter) and a Pavilion, just not one named Pauley yet. For the No. 16 UCLA women’s volleyball team, that changes today. Despite playing in Los Angeles twice, on the campuses of USC and LMU respectively, […]
Women’s volleyball rolls with varied lineups
If the UCLA women’s volleyball team seems unfamiliar, there’s a reason why. Twelve games into the 2013-2014 season, only three players – senior outside hitter Kelly Reeves, senior middle blocker Mariana Aquino and junior middle blocker Zoe Nightingale – have started all 12 games for the Bruins, while junior outside hitter Karsta Lowe has started […]
Unranked Colorado defeats UCLA women’s volleyball
The UCLA women’s volleyball team found itself on the wrong side of history Friday night.
Leading 12-2 and within one set of leaving Boulder, Colo. with a victory, No. 11 UCLA looked as if it would finally put away unranked Colorado. However, as they had done all match, the Buffaloes answered the Bruins.
UCLA volleyball hopes to earn first Pac-12 victory at Colorado
Kelly Reeves raced towards the end line, as the volleyball sailed over her head. The senior outside hitter slowed up, letting the ball land, believing it to be out of bounds. However, the referee didn’t see it as Reeves saw it, charging Reeves with an attack error, and awarding the point and the set to […]