UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw said his team knew that “it won’t be like this every night” after the Bruins trounced the visiting British Columbia Thunderbirds in their season-opening exhibition match. But none of the players seemed to be keen to that knowledge. No. 5 UCLA (1-0) delivered just as dominant a performance Tuesday […]
Category Archives: Men’s Volleyball
Men’s volleyball begins opening East Coast road trip at George Mason
Collegiate men’s volleyball has always been a West Coast sport and, in many ways, it certainly remains so, but there’s a change emerging within the sport. Schools nationwide are becoming perennial contenders that fight the Pacific powerhouses for national titles. It took 25 years for an East Coast school to capture a national title after […]
Men’s volleyball overwhelms exhibition foe with offensive onslaught
It was a relaxed opening night at Pauley Pavilion, as UCLA men’s volleyball opened the year with a dominant exhibition sweep of British Columbia. But if the team’s performance is any indication, the Bruins will have a serious offensive attack in 2016. The UCLA attackers hit .518 on the night – a higher percentage than […]
The Rundown: Nov. 24
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Preseason tuneup Competing on campus for the first time this season, UCLA men’s volleyball was able to debut some of its newest faces to Bruin fans at the four-team SAC Tournament last weekend. The home team went 2-1 over the […]
The Rundown: Oct. 20
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s golf in second place at the Stanford IntercollegiateAfter a strong showing in day two of the Stanford Intercollegiate, UCLA women’s golf currently stands in second place behind the host team. The Bruins are 3-over par with a score of […]
The Rundown: Sept. 25
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Speraw and the U.S. qualify for Rio 2016 The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team, led by head coach John Speraw, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by winning the FIVB World Cup this week. Speraw, the […]
Former men’s volleyball player returns to California to play for AVP
Robbie Page wakes up before the sun most mornings and goes to work before the Southern California day becomes too hot. For hours every morning, the Association of Volleyball Professionals player trains on the sand in Manhattan Beach, conditioning his 7-foot body to withstand the various physical tests of professional beach volleyball. Page practices 30 […]