UCLA women’s volleyball survived nine lead changes, 17 ties and five set points to take the second set against Arizona. “I thought it would be more stressful but I think we were all just really focused and we weren’t trying to push too hard,” said sophomore middle blocker Madeleine Gates. “We were just letting things […]
Category Archives: Women’s Volleyball
Weekend in Preview: Women’s volleyball, swimming and diving seek improvement in Arizona
Men’s water poloRyan Smith, assistant Sports editor UCLA men’s water polo will take on a top-five team for the third straight week when it visits Stanford on Saturday. The No. 4 Cardinal (15-3, 0-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) enter the matchup riding a nine-game win streak while the No. 3 Bruins (16-2, 0-1) are fresh […]
UCLA women’s volleyball working toward a more balanced offense
UCLA women’s volleyball has run a left-side heavy offense this season. The Bruins’ outside hitters, freshman Jenny Mosser and senior Reily Buechler, have recorded a combined 1,433 swings this season – accounting for almost half of the team’s total. This weekend, the outsides weren’t clicking, and No. 18 UCLA (13-8, 6-6 Pac-12) was swept by […]
Women’s volleyball loses to Washington for ninth consecutive time
UCLA women’s volleyball was outblocked by Washington 7-1 in the first set alone. “Ultimately, we need to prepare our hitters better if we’re coming into a match against Washington or Washington State, so I’m putting that on us,” said coach Michael Sealy. “We’ve got to make sure that we’re preparing better for who we’re playing.” […]
Women’s volleyball upset in five-setter against Washington State
UCLA women’s volleyball hadn’t lost to Washington State in Pullman, Washington, since 2002. That changed Friday night. The No. 13 Bruins (13-7, 6-5 Pac-12) were upset by the Cougars (14-9, 3-8) in five sets. Coach Michael Sealy said it came down to Washington State becoming more effective as the match went on. “They gave us […]
Weekend in Preview: Men’s water polo prepares for Pacific, women’s volleyball faces Washington
This post was updated Oct. 27 at 12:04 p.m. Cross Country Nicholas Yekikian, assistant Sports editor The No. 14 men’s cross country team has covered 40,000 meters to get to this point, and the women have raced across 25,000. Now it’s time for postseason cross country, which kicks off this weekend with the 2017 […]
Women’s volleyball freshmen from Midwest making early impact
Two young volleyball players were ready to flee the cold, landlocked Midwest. Freshmen outside hitters Jenny Mosser and Mac May hail from Lakeville, Minnesota, and Dubuque, Iowa – both cities over 1800 miles away from Los Angeles. But they were drawn to UCLA. “I ended up getting a letter from UCLA and I had actually […]