Last year, the UCLA women’s volleyball team was the best it’s been since 2011 – its national championship season. The 2016 Bruins swept conference rival Stanford Cardinal, who later won the NCAA title, and made it to the round of eight in the NCAA Tournament. But six seniors have graduated, all of who had essential […]
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UCLA Club Sports closes off 2016-2017 season with impressive finishes
UCLA Club Sports is the umbrella organization for 52 different club teams and 2,500 members. Twenty-three of those club teams made it to a national championship event this year, and all of them were able to fundraise a total of over $600,000 for both scholarships and other team operations. Here are some of their top […]
Men’s volleyball to take on UC Irvine in MPSF quarterfinal
UCLA and UC Irvine’s men’s volleyball share similar rankings, but coach John Speraw said the teams are in two different places. “We’re still trying to figure out what lineup we’re going with, and (UC Irvine has) been able to figure it out over the last 10 matches and win a lot of them,” Speraw said. […]
Men’s volleyball falls to Hawai’i in close four-set match
UCLA men’s volleyball had 11 set points in the first set but couldn’t close it out. The No. 6 Bruins (17-9, 10-8 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) eventually fell Saturday to the No. 4 Rainbow Warriors (24-4, 14-4) in four sets on senior night. Hawaii took the first set 41-39, marking UCLA’s highest-scoring set since a […]
JT Hatch’s transition to libero sets men’s volleyball up for victory
UCLA men’s volleyball’s JT Hatch did not start his first game at libero this season until last week, but the position change isn’t unfamiliar to his teammates. Hatch played a few matches at libero in his freshman year and at various times throughout his high school career, so the contrasting jersey is not a foreign […]
UCLA men’s volleyball defeats USC to complete season sweep
UCLA men’s volleyball kept USC under 20 in all three sets Wednesday to complete the season sweep for the second year in a row. The No. 6 Bruins (16-7, 9-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) took down the No. 11 Trojans (11-13, 5-10) by scores of 25-18, 25-19, 25-17. Junior outside hitter Jake Arnitz and sophomore […]
Despite faltering, men’s volleyball defeats Concordia in five-setter
Twenty-five of UCLA’s serves did not find the court Saturday – the second-highest number of missed serves in a match this season. The only time the Bruins missed more serves, they lost. No. 6 UCLA men’s volleyball (15-7, 8-6 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) took down Concordia (17-9) on Saturday in five sets by scores of […]