On a night that featured a huge crowd, marked the regular season finale and had a great deal of fanfare, something unusual happened. There were few exceptionally spectacular plays, no nail biting moments, no real surprises – just a solid night of volleyball. No. 4 UCLA men’s volleyball (23-5, 17-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) closed […]
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UCLA excels across court in straight set upset over Stanford
UCLA men’s volleyball didn’t take its losses to BYU – or its drop in the standings – hard at all. Instead, the No. 4 Bruins (22-5, 16-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) dismantled the No. 3 Stanford Cardinal (19-4, 17-4) in straight sets Thursday night at home (27-25, 25-18, 25-22). UCLA was not the same team […]
Around the League: New women’s basketball coach for Arizona, Pac-12 MLB debuts
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. Arizona changes coaches after eight years After guiding the University of Washington women’s basketball to the Final Four, assistant coach Adia Barnes takes over a struggling Arizona program that finished second-to-last in the […]
No. 1 UCLA men’s volleyball drops back to back matches to BYU
The two-part epic that was UCLA-BYU this weekend quickly turned into a tragedy for the home team. The No. 1 UCLA men’s volleyball team (21-5, 15-5) fell Friday and Saturday nights to No. 3 BYU (21-3, 17-3). Both matches saw a powerful visiting squad claim decisive 3-1 victories in front of sold-out crowds. The Cougars […]
MPSF seeding at stake as men’s volleyball enters final stretch of season
The only comforting thing about the UCLA men’s volleyball team’s final four matches is that they’re all at home. The No.1 Bruins (21-3, 15-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) begin the final stretch of the regular season – four matches against teams in the top six nationally – with back-to-back matchups against the No. 3 BYU […]
UCLA men’s volleyball sweeps Long Beach State in straight sets
Few things could completely ruin a Senior Night – besides being defeated in straight sets, that might do it. By those standards, the No. 4 Long Beach State men’s volleyball team (20-5, 14-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will have to come to terms with losing both its first place standing in the conference and dropping […]
Bruins to take on Concordia Eagles in season’s final nonconference match
The UCLA men’s volleyball team enters its last nonconference match of the season looking for the same outcome that has defined the rest of its nonconference play – a relatively uneventful win. The No. 4 Bruins (18-3, 13-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will take on the unranked Concordia-Irvine Eagles (10-3) on Friday night in Pauley […]