All he could do was watch and wait. For three weeks, freshman setter Eric Matheis sat on the bench as each of his teammates made their opening appearances of the 2015 season. It wasn’t until Jan. 25, with the team fresh off a sweep at the hands of Brigham Young University and winless in conference […]
Category Archives: Men’s Volleyball
Life of an Athlete: Brother instills lifelong lesson of perseverance
Editor’s note: UCLA men’s volleyball player Steve O’Dell is writing a biweekly guest column pertaining to his experiences as a Division I student-athlete. Every other Wednesday, the Daily Bruin will run a perspective piece from O’Dell focusing on a facet of his experience at UCLA. BY STEVE O’DELL The season is in full swing. We […]
Men’s volleyball looks to improve after season’s rough start
The start of the UCLA men’s volleyball season was far from ideal. The team had to hit the road right away to take on No. 7 Brigham Young University in its legendary Smith Fieldhouse, followed the next week by a tough turnaround facing nonconference Princeton, No. 4 Pepperdine and No. 14 Stanford all within five […]
Men’s volleyball sweeps Stanford for its first MPSF victory
There was an intensity present in John Wooden Center that propelled UCLA men’s volleyball to a sweep over the visiting Stanford Cardinal on Thursday night. No. 9 UCLA (5-3, 1-3 MPSF) powered past No. 13 Stanford (3-5, 2-3) for its first conference win (27-25, 25-22, 25-21). Key to its close victory were contributions from a […]
New Kids on the Block: Christian Hessenauer steps up after tendinitis bout
Editor’s note: Every Thursday for the next month, the Daily Bruin will be running a series of profiles on the newcomers to the UCLA men’s volleyball team. Down 20-8 against Pepperdine in the first set of Tuesday night’s loss, UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw needed someone to turn the Bruins’ fortune around. Looking down […]
Upperclassman underperformance a potential problem against Stanford
Round, leather volleyballs shot out of a contraption in the middle of the Student Activities Center gymnasium, firing toward a row of Bruin outside hitters. This new practice strategy was an attempt by the No. 9 UCLA men’s volleyball team to prepare for No. 13 Stanford. “They need to learn how hard they need to […]
UCLA men’s volleyball suffers straight-set defeat against Pepperdine
John Speraw didn’t yell. He didn’t gesture. He didn’t even stand. The UCLA men’s volleyball coach sat calmly on the sideline, tapping his leather shoes on the polished hardwood of Pauley Pavilion. There was little Speraw could do Tuesday night as No. 9 UCLA (4-3, MPSF 0-3) men’s volleyball fell to No. 5 Pepperdine (8-1, […]