Author Archives: Diamond Leung

This time, there was no reason for the UCLA men’s volleyball team to hide. The Bruins, losers of six of their last eight matches, didn’t have to hole up in their locker room after this match. Instead, they mugged for the cameras with the Kilgour Cup trophy in hand after easily sweeping USC 30-20, 30-20, […]

The UCLA men’s volleyball match on Saturday night will be a special occasion, and it’s not just because bottom-dwelling USC is coming to Pauley Pavilion. For the first time in the 26-year history of the annual Kirk Kilgour Cup, the man of the match won’t be around to hear the final score. Kilgour, a former […]

Prior to Wednesday’s match, UCLA head coach Al Scates conceded that an upset win against No. 3 Pepperdine was unlikely. The No. 12 Bruins were off to their worst conference start in school history. They were just beginning to recover from injuries. The perennial national championship contenders, he said, were merely playing as gutty little […]

Karl Dorrell made his first public statement since being introduced as UCLA football head coach a bold one. “We have one of the best staffs in the Pac-10,” he said Monday. Since being hired in December as Bob Toledo’s replacement, Dorrell has been busy the last couple months hiring assistant coaches. He completed the task […]

Al Scates has way too many rings on his hands. And he’s tired of it. After all, it’s no fun for the UCLA men’s volleyball coach since he gets them all the time ““ even while away on his lunch break. “I bet that’s the trainer,” Scates said before chuckling and checking his voice mail. […]

To say the least, Bruin middle blocker Chris Peña was not feeling warm and fuzzy after UCLA’s latest loss. “I’m tired of losing. That’s all I got,” the junior said before walking off shirtless out the Pauley Pavilion exits. As chilly as Peña and the Thursday-night weather were, nothing compares right now to the ice-cold […]

UC Irvine men’s volleyball head coach John Speraw knows Al Scates as well as anyone. Speraw played under the UCLA head coach for three years, winning two national titles. He also coached under Scates as an assistant for another four years. So Speraw, after leaving UCLA for UCI in July, knows full well that when […]