UCLA women’s volleyball is getting deep into its season, locked in a tie with Washington for the top spot in the Pac-12 with just four games to play. Beat writers Kelsey Angus, David Gottlieb and Melissa Zhang discuss last week’s game, a potential letdown against Oregon State on Wednesday and who should take the Bruins’ […]
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Women’s volleyball prepares to face unranked Oregon State
UCLA women’s volleyball beat No. 12 Stanford in five sets on Saturday and will play No. 19 Oregon – who took UCLA to five earlier this season – on Friday. But between those two games, No. 9 UCLA will face an opponent it hasn’t lost to in a decade, unranked Oregon State. “We’re going into […]
Women’s volleyball maximizes flexibility with rotating player lineup
Through various rotation and personnel changes, the three-hitter combination of junior Reily Buechler, senior Jordan Anderson and freshman Torrey Van Winden have remained a constant presence swinging at the pins. But there are four spots to fill, and three different attackers have slotted into that last spot since the start of conference play. Coach Michael […]
Women’s volleyball knocks down Stanford in five-set match
STANFORD, Calif. – The hometown Stanford crowd erupted, certain that Inky Ajanaku had come up with the go-ahead kill in the fifth set. But senior libero Taylor Formico got the ball up, and a few contacts later Reily Buechler would hit the ball down to put UCLA women’s volleyball ahead 12-11. “If you can make […]
UCLA women’s volleyball defeats Cal in three-set victory
California only scored six points before UCLA women’s volleyball came up with 25 points in the third set. The No. 13 Bruins (20-5, 11-4 Pac-12) dominated the Golden Bears (9-16, 3-12) in a straight-set win Thursday. California took UCLA to four sets the last time the two teams faced off, led by junior outside hitter […]
Women’s volleyball to resist Stanford comeback with new formation
Last time UCLA women’s volleyball played Stanford, the Cardinal didn’t have Pac-12’s best blocker – Inky Ajanaku – and the Bruins won in four sets. “People say that we got off easy beating Stanford last time, and I want to prove they we can give them a run for their money with Inky back,” said […]
Out of System: Episode III
Assistant coach Tony Ker is the NCAA’s all-time leader in digscq link 1, but how is he at pingpong? This week on Out of System, Daily Bruin’s women’s volleyball beat writers sit down with Parsa Rezvani – a team manager – to talk about the Bruins’ new formation, upcoming scouring reports and a postgame pingpong […]