UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Three times UCLA men’s volleyball was on the brink of a berth into the national championship match. Three times Ohio State foiled the Bruins’ efforts, refusing to let the final match point slip away. And, in each of those three match points, the season seemed to hang in an ever-more-precarious balance. […]
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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 […]
Men’s volleyball unable to overcome Ohio State in NCAA semifinals
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – It was the comeback of the decade, and then it wasn’t. On Thursday night, UCLA men’s volleyball started right where it left off all of three months ago: playing a solid match against the same Ohio State team that it defeated back in January in the exact same gym. After the […]
UCLA men’s volleyball to face Ohio State in NCAA semifinal
This post was updated at 5:01 p.m. Thursday, May 5. The stage is set. The No. 2 seed UCLA men’s volleyball team (25-6, 17-5 MPSF) will take on No. 3 seed Ohio State (29-3, 15-1 Big 10) in the second round of the NCAA playoffs Thursday at Penn State. UCLA, along with top-seeded BYU, had […]
Coach John Hawks’ lifetime of volleyball service
This isn’t the story of a man who was handed a job. This isn’t about a quick splash into the world of Division I men’s volleyball. This is a story that begins at a community college in El Cajon, California, in a gym where John Hawks spent countless hours practicing, playing and, ultimately, coaching. A Southern […]
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 […]