Author Archives: Jeff Eisenberg

If familiarity really does breed contempt, then tonight’s volleyball match between No. 13 UCLA and No. 1 USC should be a contentious affair. Most of the players on both squads have played against one another in high school or on club teams during the summer, and the long-term relationships that they forged have added a […]

Over the past decade, UCLA’s Chrissie Zartman and USC’s Tracy Lindquist have established themselves as one of the most successful amateur beach volleyball teams in the nation. Nonetheless, when the No. 13 Bruins (12-6, 5-3) take on the No. 1 Trojans (15-0, 8-0) at the Lyon Center on Friday night, the duo will be bitter […]

The collegiate volleyball season has more twists than a NASCAR road course, and it took an unexpected turn for No. 13 UCLA during the Bruins’ victory over Oregon on Friday night. With the Bruins trailing the last-place Ducks late in the first game of the match, UCLA head coach Andy Banachowski turned to his bench, […]

Oregon women’s volleyball head coach Carl Ferreira must smile wryly every time his squad takes the court clad in its traditional emerald garb. With three freshmen and two sophomores in their starting lineup, the Ducks are just plain green. That inexperience proved costly against No. 13 UCLA, as the heavily favored Bruins overcame a series […]

Steve Lavin has a whiteboard in his office with the team roster written on it ““ and undoubtedly he’s had to check it a few times during the last month to remember who’s still with the team. After an off-season in which the men’s basketball team underwent more facelifts than Cher, much of Lavin’s press […]

The Pacific Northwest is known for its tall, majestic tree line, and the Oregon State women’s volleyball team has a veritable Redwood forest across its front line. Nonetheless it is the smallest Beaver on the court who could pose the most problems for UCLA when Oregon State faces off against the Bruins Thursday night at […]

Noelle Quinn has always been one to take the road less travelled ““ in this case, an 18-mile jaunt up the 405 Freeway to Westwood. When pressed to decide between a Stanford team that won 31 games last year and a UCLA squad that nearly lost that many, the Southern California native defiantly decided to […]