The Trojans scored five goals in the opening quarter, and the Bruins were never able to recover from the deficit despite a strong second half. “The game got away there in the first half, but in the second half we locked it in and we played a great second half,” said coach Adam Wright. “It […]
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Men’s volleyball advances to semifinals after prevailing against Stanford
UCLA men’s volleyball’s 2017 season was cut short with a loss to UC Irvine in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation quarterfinals. But this season, the Bruins advanced. No. 2 seed UCLA swept No. 7 seed Stanford at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday to secure a spot in the MPSF semifinals, which will take place next week […]
Angus’ Beef: Men’s volleyball falls to unranked USC, jeopardizes NCAA tournament entry
Micah Ma’a sprinted past the antenna to the other side of the court to chase down a ball shanked by senior opposite Christian Hessenauer and fell just short, giving USC the point it needed to win the match. The high-energy outburst from the junior setter on the game’s final point was one of the only […]
Women’s water polo sees 6-3 triumph over Arizona State
Despite a failure to score in the first quarter, UCLA women’s water polo’s strong second quarter led the team to victory. The No. 4 Bruins (21-3, 2-1 MPSF) took down the No. 6 Sun Devils (14-7, 0-3) by a score of 6-3 on Saturday. The win marked the second time this season that UCLA beat […]
Men’s volleyball upset by unranked USC in five-setter
UCLA men’s volleyball had not lost to an unranked team since 2014. On Saturday, USC broke that streak. The Trojans (7-17, 3-7 MPSF) took down the No. 3 Bruins (20-6, 7-3) in five sets by scores of 18-25, 25-23, 25-23, 19-25, 15-11. UCLA, which was previously riding a five-game win streak, came out dominant in […]
Men’s volleyball sweeps UCSB, wins fifth consecutive home game
The Bruins headed into Wednesday’s match after a 12-day break from competition – their longest amount of time without a game this season. “It was a long two weeks off after we’d played two or three games a week, so it was just kind of odd to come back,” said junior setter Micah Ma’a. “I […]
Men’s volleyball sweeps Concordia for second time this season
Prior to Wednesday night, no Bruin had averaged more than five kills per set in a match this season. Senior opposite Christian Hessenauer finished averaging six kills per set in No. 4 UCLA men’s volleyball’s (18-5, 6-2 MPSF) three-set sweep of No. 14 Concordia Irvine (10-10, 3-3 Pacwest) on Wednesday night. This was the Bruins’ […]