Author Archives: Michael Wozny

Talent, dedication, chemistry, coaching … The list that describes the improvements this year’s UCLA club hockey team has made since last year could go on forever. But perhaps the greatest evidence that this Bruin squad has improved by leaps and bounds is its 15-5 record compared to its combined 11-61 record in the previous three […]

At first glance, the UCLA men’s volleyball team that soundly defeated UC San Diego on Friday looked like the same group of dominant players that has defeated five of the nation’s top eight teams en route to a No. 1 ranking. Except one thing was different in UCLA’s 3-0 sweep at Pauley Pavilion: Senior outside […]

It seemed like two different UCLA men’s volleyball teams showed up during Friday’s 3-2 win over No. 7 UC Santa Barbara. The first team played like champions, completely shutting down the nation’s kills leader in Evan Patak, while hitting .428 and winning the first two games. “Our plan was to shut down Patak, and in […]

The UCLA men’s volleyball team already shut down one of the nation’s elite hitters this season, an accomplishment the Bruins hope to repeat tonight when they face UC Santa Barbara’s Evan Patak. In their win over Pepperdine on Jan. 19, the Bruins held Sean Rooney, a player UCLA coach Al Scates once referred to as […]

It took eight matches, but junior Dennis Gonzalez finally regained his position as the starting setter of the UCLA men’s volleyball team. Against BYU on Saturday, Gonzalez made his first start of the year after losing the position to freshman Gaby Acevedo in the fall. “Dennis has been getting better every day in practice and […]

All the UCLA men’s volleyball team needed on Friday night was a little extra encouragement. Down 21-13 in the third game against crosstown rival USC, and in danger of falling behind two games to one, it would have been easy for the Bruins to let the match slip away. Yet, sparked by the 1,313 fans […]

The last time the UCLA men’s volleyball team started the season off this well, it won a national championship. That was five years ago, when the Bruins won their first 10 games. Since then, UCLA has often struggled against the best teams in the country. That hasn’t been a problem this year. Already having beaten […]