The women’s volleyball team fired up its fans early on Sunday, tossing out miniature pink volleyballs during pregame introductions. The Bruins gave the crowd plenty more reasons to cheer during the match. No. 12 UCLA put together its second impressive performance of the weekend, adding a straight-set victory over No. 10 Arizona State (15-4, 4-4 […]
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Women’s volleyball looks to dig out upset against Arizona State
There haven’t been many surprises this year for UCLA women’s volleyball. Since conference play began, every match has ended with the higher-ranked team winning, meaning the Bruins have yet to pull off an upset. “Yet – hasn’t happened yet,” said coach Michael Sealy. “It will happen at some point.” This weekend, No. 12 UCLA (13-3, […]
Women’s volleyball looks to fill leadership void in upcoming matches
A team leader can raise a team up, and push that team to over-preform and outplay teams that are better on paper. As UCLA women’s volleyball gets deeper into conference play, the team is still looking for its leader. “You know, I don’t think we have a leader on this team,” said coach Michael Sealy. […]
Women’s volleyball powers through weekend with consecutive away wins
The weekend started familiarly for the women’s volleyball team. After dropping the first set of its Friday night match, No. 12 UCLA (13-3, 4-2 Pac-12) looked headed for a repeat of last year’s straight-set loss to Utah. But this, as coach Michael Sealy put it, was a “whole ‘nother year.” His team proved him right, […]
Women’s volleyball looks for better control in upcoming Pac-12 games
The last two weeks have not been great for the women’s volleyball team, which has come up short in its first two battles against top-ranked competition. But aside from the recent losses to No. 1 USC and No. 6 Washington, No. 12 UCLA (11-3, 2-2 Pac-12) has looked promising, showing that it can dominate inferior […]
Women’s volleyball looking for consistency against top-ranked teams
The women’s volleyball team has played two matches against top-five opponents this year. Both times, No. 12 UCLA has been dominated, falling in straight sets against then-No. 3 USC and then-No. 5 Washington. Is Bruin coach Michael Sealy worried? “What’s there to worry about?” Sealy said this past weekend. “There’s real problems in the world, […]
Q&A: Pac-12 broadcaster Josh Grau on UCLA women’s volleyball
Josh Grau is a former Division I women’s volleyball coach who now works as a volleyball broadcaster for the Pac-12 Networks. Daily Bruin assistant sports editor Matt Cummings got a chance to ask Grau about the Bruin team before Grau broadcasted Friday night’s UCLA-Washington match. Daily Bruin: How do you think UCLA stacks up in […]