Carpool? Check. Volleyballs and volleyball net antennas distributed among the passengers? Check. Ample time? Not quite. When UCLA sand volleyball’s practice facility is more than a 7-mile drive through early morning traffic away from campus, time becomes a precious commodity. “We had to force our practice into a two-hour window, and with warmups and everything […]
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UCLA sand volleyball shaping up for the future
Among the many UCLA national championship banners sprinkled around athletic facilities throughout campus, 23 of them can be traced back to the Bruin volleyball lineage. Nineteen to the men’s program. Four to the women’s. But none to the sand’s. That much UCLA sand volleyball, a fledgling program entering its third season next year, hopes to […]
UCLA sand volleyball ends season of growth
It was a step in the right direction. A large one. The season’s end came for the UCLA sand volleyball team Sunday, but it was a year grounded in the growth – a building block for the program. There was then and now – last year and this year. After the team’s final match of […]
UCLA sand volleyball ready for rivalry game at Beach Collegiate Challenge
Inside an office in the J.D. Morgan Center Wednesday, the thought of this weekend’s impending matchup against USC creates a pulse of excitement for two sophomore sand volleyball players. Rachel Inouye taps her partner Karly Drolson on the leg. “It’s ‘SC,” Inouye whispers excitedly to Drolson. “Yes,” Drolson replies back, reciprocating the enthusiasm. It’s an […]
America’s team: Unlikely UCLA sand volleyball duo finds success
It didn’t have any stake in the matter, but the crowd gathered around court No. 4 nonetheless. On this particular day, Rachel Inouye and Karly Drolson, the Bruins’ “smallest” sand volleyball pair at 5-foot-6 each, were faced with a Pepperdine duo, each player over 6 feet tall. But Inouye and Drolson proved resilient. They dug […]
Sand volleyball falls to Long Beach State, former teammate
When UCLA’s sand volleyball team arrived at Long Beach State on Tuesday, it looked across the court only to see an all-too-familiar face staring back at it. In her four years wearing blue and gold, Bojana Todorovic secured a national championship in the indoor format of the game before participating in the inaugural game for […]
UCLA sand volleyball to face old teammate in Long Beach
Bojana Todorovic’s body went still, her arms dropping to her side. Within moments her teammates mobbed her and she found herself in the middle of a dogpile – UCLA women’s volleyball’s national championship clinched. That was December 2011. She stood with her feet buried in the sand, breaking ground as a part of the UCLA […]