Women’s volleyball earns two victories with return of Haley Lawless

Haley Lawless has come up big for the No. 9 UCLA women’s volleyball in its last two wins. Literally. “She’s so big out there,” said coach Michael Sealy of his 6-foot-3 redshirt senior opposite. “(Opposing) hitters had to adjust and do other things so it’s easy to play defense around.” Sealy decided to swap Lawless […]

Women’s volleyball sweeps Utes for second time this season

UCLA women’s volleyball had already swept Utah on the road, but after a five-set match Friday night, coach Michael Sealy wasn’t going to take Saturday’s match lightly. “This was potentially the most challenging game after a really tough match yesterday,” Sealy said. “It was going to be harder to focus.” The No. 21 Utes (16-7, […]

Women’s volleyball comes back to win against Colorado in five sets

UCLA dominated sets one and two. The third and fourth sets were the complete opposite. “It was an entire team collapse,” said senior outside hitter Jordan Anderson. “The wheels came flying off and we were able to slowly put them back on for that fifth set.” No. 12 UCLA women’s volleyball (17-4, 8-3 Pac-12) jumped […]

Out of System: Episode I

Claire Felix’s slide is one of UCLA’s most potent weapons, but the new rotation doesn’t leave any room on the net for the senior middle blocker to hit it. Felix has been hitting from the middle, but would she be better suited hitting from the pin? Tune into Out of System, where women’s volleyball beat […]

Women’s volleyball on the upswing following lineup adjustment

When UCLA women’s volleyball faced Colorado and Utah four weeks ago, it was nowhere near its full potential. “The last time we played these two teams, we didn’t play very well,” said freshman setter Kylie Miller. “We had a pretty bad weekend since we were just starting the 6-2.” Coach Michael Sealy had implemented the […]

Women’s volleyball hones in on simplified offensive effort

Claire Felix has always been a one-foot middle blocker. The senior said that the slide – an off-balance hit in which the middle jumps off one foot and hits the ball by the right pin – has been a big part of her offense throughout her UCLA career. [Related: Starting middle blockers improve through competition […]

UCLA women’s volleyball beats Cal with balanced offense, defense

At the halfway point in the Pac-12 season, UCLA took down both of the conference’s Northern California schools. “This weekend was huge for us,” said senior middle blocker Jennie Frager. “After Oregon I think we gained our confidence back and we were starting to get in a rhythm, and this weekend was good for us […]