No. 3 women's volleyball cruises to victory in Hawaii

Traveling to Hawaii this weekend, the Bruins weren’t focused on buying souvenir leis or soaking up sunshine on the beach.

Instead, it was a complete business trip for No. 3 UCLA, who rolled through the Verizon Volleyball Challenge with three wins and no losses against Idaho (2-8), San Diego State (6-2) and No. 9 Hawaii (7-2), respectively.

UCLA volleyball alumna Nana Meriwether finds a new way to compete by participating in pageants

When Nana Meriwether transferred to the UCLA volleyball team as a sophomore, she was a shy girl with “goofy” footwork, the sort of player then-head coach Andy Banachowski called “a little (OK, a lot) bashful.”