After cruising to consecutive straight-set victories last week, the UCLA men’s volleyball team is looking forward to a much needed break to recuperate from various injuries and ailments. With wins over Rutgers and George Mason this past week, the Bruins will now have two weeks without a match before facing Pacific on April 1. Early […]
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M. volleyball: No. 2 Pepperdine beats No. 1 UCLA
MALIBU “”mdash; Midway through Game 3 in the Bruins’ match at Pepperdine on Saturday, outside hitter Jonathan Acosta accidentally hit libero Tony Ker in the eye, causing it to bleed. Yet despite the cut and dizziness, coach Al Scates brought Ker back in after a short break. The match was that important. But even with […]
M. volleyball: UCLA focuses on struggling USC
The biggest challenge the UCLA men’s volleyball team will face when it matches up against the Trojans tonight at USC’s North Gym is not to underestimate its opponent. Although it has beaten USC 12 consecutive times, the Bruins feel they have to play with as much intensity as they did in Tuesday’s win over No. […]
M. volleyball: Poor blocking UCLA’s demise
In a game against Hawai’i in which so many things went wrong, prompting UCLA men’s volleyball coach Al Scates to say, “I don’t know one thing we did well as a team,” one point was glaringly obvious: The Bruins cannot win without blocking. Tonight, when playing UC Irvine at Crawford Hall, UCLA will need to […]
M. volleyball: Decisive weekend ahead for UCLA
Though the MPSF season is barely half over, the UCLA men’s volleyball team could take a giant step toward securing the conference title this weekend. The second-place Bruins will meet first-place Hawai’i in a pair of matches on Friday and Saturday at Pauley Pavilion. If UCLA can sweep the weekend series, it will leapfrog the […]
M. volleyball: Volleyball senior at top of his game
Paul Johnson is in his last season on the UCLA men’s volleyball team, and he’s really making it count. In the Bruins’ win over Stanford on Feb. 17, the senior smashed a career-high 22 kills (.545), four total blocks and an ace en route to a career-high 25 points. Against Pacific on Saturday, he tallied […]
M. volleyball: Klosterman comes off bench to top Pacific
Two matches on the bench were just the wake-up call Steve Klosterman needed. Replacing senior Brennan Prahler in the third game of the UCLA men’s volleyball team’s 3-1 victory over Pacific on Saturday, the sophomore opposite hitter helped seal the Bruins’ victory by leading the team with a season-high 17 kills. After hitting only 34 […]