For a top-10 team, wins have proven to be elusive for the UCLA men’s volleyball team as of late. That changed, at least temporarily, Saturday evening. After dropping a five-set thriller to No. 7 UC Irvine (11-5, 8-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) the night prior, No. 6 UCLA (11-7, 8-6) defeated unranked UC San Diego […]
Category Archives: Men’s Volleyball
Men’s volleyball game against UCI holds hope for end of losing streak
Five losses in six games – but the toughest stretch is over for UCLA men’s volleyball. The No. 6 Bruins (10-6, 7-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will travel south to take on the No. 7 UC Irvine Anteaters (9-5, 6-4) on Friday and the unranked UC San Diego Tritons (5-9, 2-7) on Saturday. February has […]
Injuries block season success for men’s volleyball, despite key subs
The UCLA men’s volleyball team has struggled to find wins lately, but recent injuries to senior middle blocker Mitch Stahl have allowed others to enter the spotlight. The No. 6 Bruins (10-6, 7-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) have lost five of their last six matches, and having two starters – Stahl and junior outside hitter […]
Set Six Season 2, Episode 6: The latest in men’s volleyball’s shaky play
This week on Set Six, we lose men’s volleyball beat writer Kelsey Angus but gain Sports senior staffer and photographer Aubrey Yeo as we discuss the Bruins’ shaky play as of late, injury updates and some interesting anecdotes on some of our feature projects.
UCLA men’s volleyball swept by Long Beach State in three-set match
Junior outside hitter Jake Arnitz – previously sidelined due to a foot injury – returned to action in the middle of the second set but the Bruins were unable to win for the fifth time in six matches. No. 5 UCLA men’s volleyball (10-6, 7-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) was swept by No. 2 Long […]
Set Six: Episode 5
In this week’s episode of Set Six, UCLA men’s volleyball loses two games in a row for the first time this year at BYU. Listen as we break down the game and everything that has been happening with your Bruins.
UCLA men’s volleyball falls to CSUN in back-and-forth matchup
The UCLA men’s volleyball team has lost its offensive firepower of late, and it’s been showing. “Literally, we’re just not killing the ball,” said coach John Speraw. “We lost one guy off the team, and we become an average offensive team.” That one guy is junior outside hitter Jake Arnitz, who has sat the past […]