Taylor Formico transferred from UCSB to UCLA just last year. So it’s no surprise the junior libero looked right at home at this weekend’s UCSB tournament, tallying a team-high 46 digs as women’s volleyball extended its win streak to six in its penultimate tournament before Pac-12 play. No. 17 UCLA (7-1) completed a sweep in […]
Category Archives: Women’s Volleyball
UCLA flies over rivals at Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball classic
Early season adversity for sports teams can cause a team to become dispirited or motivate it to emerge better than before. The No. 17 UCLA women’s volleyball team has evidently chosen to follow the latter path as it recovered from its shocking 3-0 defeat against Loyola Marymount University last Sunday to win the Hawaiian Airlines […]
UCLA women’s volleyball suffers shock straight-set loss against LMU
The three-set sweep came as a bit of a shock to the No. 20 Bruins on Sunday night, seeming to indicate that the Loyola Lions have them pegged in recent matchups. This is now the second year in a row the UCLA women’s volleyball team (1-1) has been upset by Loyola Marymount (1-1) – straight […]
Women’s volleyball to build on 2014 campaign, targets NCAA title
Last year, the UCLA women’s volleyball’s goal was to become a new team. The 2013 season was historically rough. The Bruins posted a 15-15 record, the worst in the program’s history, marking the first time in 17 years that the program did not receive an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. The team had lost its […]
Former UCLA volleyball player brings deadly kills to US national team
It seemed like a tall order for Karsta Lowe. It was less than a year after the outside hitter completed a four-year run at UCLA that she managed to land an unexpected spot with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team. “As a rookie it’s really hard. Especially this summer before the Olympics’ year, it’s hard […]
Rookies to watch: Bruin Sports looks at 2015 incoming athletes
Football – Josh Rosen Josh Rosen’s early enrollment at UCLA last January gave him a definitive edge over all other rookies in that he is familiar with the ins and outs of the school and football team before the first day of orientation. Accolades and expectations preceded the St. John Bosco graduate’s arrival on campus, […]
From court to sand, senior set to further volleyball dream in last year
An 11-year-old Julie Consani looked a little out of place on the volleyball court. Still a few years too early for her eventual growth spurt, the undersized young athlete’s footwear of choice was a combination of pink low-top Converse sneakers and white Adidas soccer socks with black stripes. “I think at that point I was […]