Set Six Episode 15: End of the road

Coming to you live from State College, Pennsylvania, Daily Bruin beat writers Grant Sugimura and Tanner Walters recap the 2016 season following UCLA’s elimination at the hands of Ohio State. The Bruins’ year concluded in dramatic fashion and the writers examine how exactly it came to be. Take a listen to go back through the […]

Set Six Episode 14: NCAA bound

UCLA men’s volleyball couldn’t capture a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship last week, but the Bruins are headed to the national championships. Daily Bruin beat writers Grant Sugimura and Tanner Walters spend this episode discussing the conference final and looking ahead toward the upcoming Penn State weekend Take a listen to hear about where the […]

Tanner’s Take: UCLA men’s volleyball is back but may need an assist to win

It’s been a while – a decade, to be precise – since UCLA men’s volleyball was last headed to the NCAA Tournament. But, as good as the 2016 squad is, it doesn’t command a compelling storyline like the 2006 squad, which overcame all odds. The 2006 Bruins were a middling 12-12 by the time spring […]

UCLA men’s volleyball fails to overcome BYU in MPSF championship

Nobody’s season was likely to end after Saturday night’s showdown between UCLA men’s volleyball and BYU in Provo, Utah, but that doesn’t make the result much more palatable for the Bruins. No. 1-seed BYU (26-3) continued its dominant year – dominance that included a trio of four-set wins over No. 2-seed UCLA (25-6) – in […]

Set Six Episode 13: How sweep it is!

The UCLA men’s volleyball team is headed to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation final and the Daily Bruin beat writers take this week’s podcast to break down the Bruins’ path to get them to this point. Fresh off a sweep of Long Beach, UCLA will be going for its first conference championship since 2006 on […]

Young, talented volleyball squads square off in conference semifinal

Get used to this. If the youthful faces that will be on both sides of the net Thursday night are any indicator, UCLA men’s volleyball and Long Beach State should expect to find themselves locked in plenty of high-pressure, season-defining battles over the course of the next few seasons. Before those future showdowns, though, there […]