The UCLA men’s volleyball team began its final stretch of nonconference matches strong Monday night, with a straight set victory at Pauley Pavilion. The No. 4 Bruins (18-3, 13-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) handled the No. 10 Ball State Cardinals (14-5, 8-1 Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) with relative ease, tallying set scores of 25-19, 25-18 […]
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UCLA men’s volleyball’s hot start fuels victory against USC
In many aspects, not much has changed for Los Angeles’ crosstown rivals. In the two teams’ first meeting of the season, UCLA took a four-set victory to continue its undefeated season while USC remained winless. Those streaks have since been broken but the play on the court has remained much the same. The No. 4 […]
Men’s volleyball strong-arms Lancers in high-flying win
The UCLA men’s volleyball team finally started strong. The No. 4 Bruins (14-3, 10-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation), who have been plagued by slow starts in 2016, came out firing Wednesday night in a three-set victory against the No. 15 Cal Baptist Lancers (8-10, 3-10). In a relatively unusual turn of events, UCLA got out […]
Men’s volleyball looks to freeze February funk against Cal Baptist
UCLA men’s volleyball has lost three games this season – but never two in a row. The No. 4 Bruins (13-3, 9-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will put that streak on the line against the No. 15 California Baptist Lancers (8-9, 3-9) on Wednesday night at Pauley Pavilion. Despite the most recent loss to No. […]
Men’s volleyball prepares for top-10 foes Pepperdine, Stanford
The story after UCLA men’s volleyball’s loss to UC Irvine on Feb. 11 was that the team hadn’t been having good practices. That poor play carried over into the matches. But this week, some of that fire has returned – and that’s exactly what the Bruins say they need. The No. 3 Bruins (12-2, 8-2 […]
Men’s volleyball bounces back in second game win over Warriors
The UCLA men’s volleyball team experienced something new in Hawaii – its first loss of the season. The No. 1 Bruins (11-1, 7-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) played the No. 5 Warriors (9-2, 4-2) on back to back days, falling in a loss before rebounding with a win the following night. Friday night’s loss came […]
Pacific Ties
Michael “Fish” Fisher and Micah Ma’a are similar in two major ways. For one, both are contributing heavily to the success of the No. 1 UCLA men’s volleyball squad. Fisher has come in off the bench to provide the Bruins with height, offensive power and a competitive spark that fires up the team. The junior […]