The UCLA women’s volleyball team started the season 7-0 – its best start in a decade. The 2006 team went on to win its next 13 games, but this year’s team has gone a mediocre 3-2 since the end of its early hot streak. “Our last three practices have been really tough,” said senior middle […]
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Women’s volleyball aiming to serve up more wins with new strategy
Coach Michael Sealy didn’t think he would change. Since 2010, he’s done what most NCAA volleyball coaches do. Sealy ran a 5-1 – with five attackers and one setter – and said in preseason that he’d do the same in his seventh season at the helm of the UCLA women’s volleyball team. But with conference […]
Women’s volleyball aims to hone strategy against Washington State
Near-perfect, but not effective. UCLA women’s volleyball finished nonconference play 9-1, but the smaller pin hitters struggled to hit from the left side. The Bruins might have found their solution in switching to a 6-2 rotation that utilizes both redshirt junior Ryann Chandler and freshman Kylie Miller at setter. This formation allows coach Michael Sealy […]
Women’s volleyball returns to form, takes down Pepperdine in four sets
MALIBU — Saturday’s loss to San Diego highlighted the Bruins’ early season flaws. “We realized that we were not getting quality digs in order to run our middles (against San Diego),” said senior libero Taylor Formico. “We were just getting the ball up, and they were committing to the outside and blocking us. Tonight we were […]
Women’s water polo clinches third place in NCAA tournament
UCLA’s two-goal lead was down to one, and Michigan’s Kim Johnson broke away from the Bruin defense for a one-on-one opportunity against senior goalie Alex Musselman. Johnson, with the opportunity to tie the game, fired a low shot at the goal, but Musselman was there for the stop. The Bruins were able to maintain their […]
Women’s water polo to go up against Tritons in NCAA quarterfinal
Since the inception of the NCAA championship for women’s water polo, the Bruins have played in the title match 10 times. In the 16 years of the tournament, only UCLA, USC and Stanford have ever taken home hardware. And it doesn’t look like this year will be any different. The Bruins (24-4, 5-1 Mountain Pacific […]
No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo powers past No. 3 Stanford in overtime
Just 30 seconds into UCLA women’s water polo’s first sudden-death overtime of the season, sophomore attacker Devin Grab was given the opportunity to secure the win. Without hesitation, Grab approached the 5-meter line and powered the ball just past Stanford’s Julia Hermann. “I wasn’t going to do anything fancy, wasn’t going to do anything new […]