The city of Rochester, N.Y. is known for being one of the best sports towns in the country, a vast landscape of baseball, lacrosse, football and basketball teams.
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Robart Page, Steve O’Dell bring an East Coast vibe to UCLA volleyball
The city of Rochester, N.Y. is known for being one of the best sports towns in the country, a vast landscape of baseball, lacrosse, football and basketball teams. Notably absent from city’s athletic scene is men’s volleyball, which remains a fledgling sport in upstate New York. UCLA men’s volleyball senior outside hitter Robart Page and […]
Home Where He Belongs: Paullin finds his place as a Bruin
Men’s Volleyball: The Final Stretch The Daily Bruin tells the stories of different UCLA men’s volleyball players throughout the week as the team begins postseason play on Saturday. Spencer Rowe Clayton Paullin Steve O’Dell and Robart Page Brandon Cho / Daily Bruin senior staff Senior middle blocker Spencer Rowe has been a leader for UCLA […]
Spencer Rowe leads with dedication for UCLA volleyball
Spencer Rowe plays with coolness in his head and fire in his heart. While his next match might be his last, he’s played as if that were the case all season. Coach John Speraw never named an official captain of the UCLA men’s volleyball team – he didn’t have to. Rowe, a senior middle blocker, […]
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 […]
Kodi Lavrusky balances women’s soccer, softball
Kodi Lavrusky is not looking to be the center of attention. “She’s just very quiet like that. … I’ve seen articles that coaches have written say that she might not say two words to you if you didn’t say stuff to her,” said Lavrusky’s father, Charles Lavrusky. As much as the UCLA sophomore has tried […]
UCLA volleyball player Hagen Smith finds mental clarity in surfing
The early morning sky began to brighten as the car sped west down Sunset Boulevard. UCLA men’s volleyball player Hagen Smith’s fingers were crossed as he looked out the window toward the horizon. “So far, from here, it’s better than I thought,” he says, scanning the morning surf as the car turned onto the Pacific […]