Author Archives: Michael Wozny

As one of the winningest coaches in all of college sports, nobody would doubt UCLA men’s volleyball coach Al Scates if he claimed to already have achieved his greatest successes. After all, he has won 18 national championships in 43 years for the Bruins and was named NCAA Coach of the Year five times. Scates […]

One had food poisoning and another had not started in two months. But nothing could stop seniors Damien Scott and Dennis Gonzalez from giving the UCLA men’s volleyball team the emotional boost necessary to come back from an early deficit in last Saturday’s upset over Hawai’i. “Damien was such an inspiration, and Dennis came in […]

There was no reason to believe the UCLA men’s volleyball team would win on Saturday night. The Bruins were facing the nation’s No. 2 team in front of 5,966 people at one of the toughest arenas in the country. Their opponent, Hawai’i (23-5) came in with a 19-match winning streak, with wins over nearly every […]

The UCLA men’s volleyball team entered the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs last season with expectations of winning the league tournament and going on to play for the NCAA title. Then they lost in the first round, but still made it to the NCAA Final Four as an at-large team due to their strong record […]

NORTHRIDGE “”mdash; All season, the UCLA men’s volleyball team has claimed it is good enough to contend for the NCAA title. But after months of disappointing losses, the Bruins have overcome inexperience and injury to finally back up their claims with dominating play. The latest display of UCLA’s sudden resurgence on the national radar came […]

Consistency has eluded the UCLA men’s volleyball team the entire season. Without a set starting lineup, the Bruins could not string together more than three consecutive wins and lost 10 of 15 matches in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play. But not anymore. With newfound stability gained from consistent starters, UCLA (18-12, 10-10 MPSF) now has […]

After four long years, redshirt senior Nick Scheftic is finally starting to play to his potential. The 6-foot-11 quick hitter was named the Sports Imports/AVCA Men’s National Player of the Week on Monday after he led the UCLA men’s volleyball team to consecutive victories this past weekend over Long Beach State and UC San Diego. […]