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 […]
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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 […]
Bruins brawl their way past 49ers, advance to MPSF championship
In a very literal match of Rock em’ Sock em’ Robots, UCLA (25-5) brawled its way to a 2-0 lead over Long Beach State (24-7) before delivering the knockout punch in the third set for the sweep. Despite the fairly one-sided set score, the Bruins squeaked out close victories as sets one and two went […]
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 […]
UCLA men’s volleyball to keep serving up bold strategies in playoffs
The UCLA men’s volleyball team’s serving strategy is the very definition of high-risk, high-reward. The Bruins (24-5) have accumulated 203 total service aces and 1.9 per set. Those stats are good enough to be second and third in the country, respectively. However, they have also posted 484 service errors in comparison to the 381 that […]
Men’s volleyball advances to MPSF semifinal with win over Hawai’i
Everything looked like it was going smoothly for UCLA men’s volleyball until the third set. It was then that Hawai’i changed the existing narrative of the night, momentarily taking advantage of a big lead, repelling a large comeback and forcing the Bruins to spend an extra set to earn the win. No. 2-seed UCLA’s (24-5) […]
Men’s volleyball enters MPSF tournament looking to break, uphold playoff trends
Recent history suggests UCLA men’s volleyball shouldn’t have too much concern about Saturday’s conference quarterfinal match against Hawai’i. Recent history also suggests the Bruins should be very, very worried. Despite making the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoffs every year since 2004, the team has advanced past the quarterfinal just once in the past decade. That […]