A day after dropping its sixth Pac-12 match, the UCLA women’s volleyball team held a meeting. During the meeting, their coaches made it clear that the team’s mistakes and lack of focus had cost it vital points, sapping momentum and turning winnable matches into trying losses. If the Bruins were to win, they had to […]
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Women’s volleyball looks to build new momentum against Arizona schools
In the aftermath of its 3-1 loss to Oregon, the fifth such outcome in as many games, the UCLA women’s volleyball players made a promise to each other. “The game against Oregon was rough, and in the locker room we kind of came together as a team for an hour and a half,” said freshman […]
First Pac-12 victory gives UCLA women’s volleyball morale boost
It was a tale that had been told too many times before: The UCLA women’s volleyball team, despite playing well enough to hang with its opponents, made a few key mistakes, fell behind at a crucial point and could not catch up, eventually losing the match. However, this loss, a 3-1 defeat to Oregon on […]
UCLA women’s volleyball earns first Pac-12 win at Oregon State
For nearly a month, UCLA women’s volleyball games have followed the same old script: repeating scenes of close, but not quite; almost there, but not; good, but not good enough. For much of this weekend’s trip to Oregon and Oregon State, the team appeared ready to follow that line. On the heels of an all-too-familiar […]
UCLA women’s volleyball travels to Oregon in search of Pac-12 wins
The UCLA women’s volleyball team finds itself in unfamiliar territory this weekend, and that has nothing to do with its trip to Oregon. Four games into their conference slate and staring at an unprecedented zero in the conference win column this late into the calendar, the Bruins find themselves in the Pac-12 cellar and in […]
As losses mount, UCLA women’s volleyball goes back to basics
Freshman middle blocker Claire Felix took the set pass and sent it hurtling across the court for the kill, much to the delight of half her teammates. During what UCLA women’s volleyball coach Mike Sealy called the team’s best practice of the year, the team exchanged words, praise and points in an inter-squad scrimmage that […]
Volleyball falls 3-0 to California in competitive match
Down 1-0 late the second set, the UCLA women’s volleyball team had two set points, chances to even the score and climb back into the match. It seemed as if they would do just that, as senior outside hitter Kelly Reeves and junior outside hitter Karsta Lowe sent blistering shot after shot into the opposing […]