The UCLA men’s volleyball team swept past the visiting Princeton Tigers last weekend, concluding its nonconference schedule with an undefeated 4-0 record. Now, the focus shifts to within the conference. For the final three months of the season, the Bruins will only see familiar faces as they play fellow Mountain Pacific Sports Federation teams during […]
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Men’s volleyball’s underclassmen earn their stripes against Tigers
The UCLA men’s volleyball team took care of the visiting Princeton Tigers in three sets (25-18, 25-21, 25-21) on Sunday night in the John Wooden Center in a match that showed off the team’s youth. No. 9 UCLA (4-2, 0-2 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) swept Princeton (1-3) with a lineup that featured all four of […]
Men’s volleyball focuses on finer details for tough three-game week
The Jumbotron was dark, the stands empty and the arena free of the usual buzz of a packed house. Pauley Pavilion lacked its hallmark characteristics, but held the same air of competitiveness. With each kill, either scrimmaging side of the UCLA men’s volleyball team congratulated each other before heckling the opposition. UCLA men’s volleyball may […]
New Kids on the Block: JT Hatch’s high game IQ creates versatility
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. The ball looped silently into the air, suspended almost perfectly above the net. In a moment when the whole gym seemed to pause, the angled palm of freshman […]
Life of an Athlete: Losses don’t define UCLA men’s volleyball
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. With less than two weeks of training, our team hopped […]
UCLA men’s volleyball continues to struggle at BYU, loses both games
History wasn’t on the side of the UCLA men’s volleyball team this past weekend in Provo, Utah. Mired in a six-year winless drought at Brigham Young University, the Bruins were also trying to break the Cougars’ NCAA-leading 28-game home win streak. They never really came close. Besides a single dominant set, No. 4 UCLA (3-2, […]
Men’s volleyball faces early test, aims to erase losing streak at BYU
When UCLA men’s volleyball returns from Provo, Utah on Sunday, the team hopes to bring home something that has evaded it for almost six years: a victory. Since an upset win over Brigham Young University in March of 2009, No. 4 UCLA has gone 0-7 in away matches against its conference rival. With matches against […]