The setting was perfect for the UCLA women’s volleyball team to end its nine-game losing streak to USC. The Bruins were playing their first home match of the season in front of 2,777 fans, the largest home crowd in at least nine years. One of the team’s strongest players, freshman outside hitter Kaitlin Sather, was […]
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New volleyball squad prepared for old rivalry
The UCLA women’s volleyball team has been overshadowed by its crosstown rival for nearly five years. Nobody on the current roster was a member of the 2000 UCLA team that last defeated USC. When the Bruins face the Trojans tonight at Pauley Pavilion, they will have a chance to end their nine-game losing streak to […]
Key injuries put women’s volleyball squad’s success in jeopardy
The young UCLA women’s volleyball team seemed nearly unstoppable only two weeks ago. Vastly improving with each day of practice, the Bruins had jumped out to a 7-1 record. Then three key players suffered injuries in the same weekend, contributing to the three-game losing streak the team currently finds itself in. Sophomore Meghan Schoen is […]
Freshman excels in starting spot
When freshman Kaitlin Sather joined the UCLA women’s volleyball team, she thought her first season would be spent having a supporting role coming off the bench. She got a pleasant surprise. Instead of being relegated to the bench, Sather has started every match so far this season for UCLA, and has become one of the […]
Bruins say they’re reloading, not rebuilding
If there is one phrase that college coaches try desperately to steer clear of, it’s “rebuilding year.” It can make a coach’s nose turn up, disgusted by the idea of a season given away to growing pains as opposed to success. For UCLA women’s volleyball, this was a phrase commonly thrown around. But not by […]
Setter leaves UCLA
Citing his difficulty balancing academics and athletics as well as his father’s health issues, UCLA men’s volleyball setter Gaby Acevedo recently rescinded his scholarship from the volleyball team. The announcement comes as a shock for the men’s volleyball program after Acevedo started the final two games of the Final Four and was a major part […]
M. volleyball: Acosta gets career best in loss
Senior Jonathan Acosta had the best game of his career Saturday night. The only thing that would have made it even better was a win. Smashing a career-high 29 kills against Pepperdine in the NCAA men’s volleyball finals, Acosta repeatedly came up with big plays when the Bruins needed it. However, his dominating performance was […]