Coach Jim Mora turned up the music on the loudspeakers. He tinkered with the order of the practice schedule. He told the referees to be nitpicky with their calls during scrimmages. All of these were planned efforts to fluster and disorient the UCLA players in Saturday morning’s practice. And, for the most part, they worked. […]
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UCLA excels across court in straight set upset over Stanford
UCLA men’s volleyball didn’t take its losses to BYU – or its drop in the standings – hard at all. Instead, the No. 4 Bruins (22-5, 16-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) dismantled the No. 3 Stanford Cardinal (19-4, 17-4) in straight sets Thursday night at home (27-25, 25-18, 25-22). UCLA was not the same team […]
Bruin hurdler leaps for glory, hopes to compete in Olympic Qualifiers
Misana Viltz had quite the fulfilling summer. While most of us were waking up at 2 p.m., driving to the beach and stuffing our faces in celebration of being out of school, the UCLA sophomore hurdler was busy training in Canada – representing team USA at the Pan American Junior Championships in Edmonton. Before even […]
McNamara twins help propel UCLA beach volleyball over top teams
UCLA beach volleyball moved up a spot in national rankings this week after upsetting two top-four teams in four days. The Bruins had yet to defeat a top-three team this season before taking down two of the nation’s top teams last weekend, an effort that made UCLA the fourth-ranked team in the country. UCLA toppled […]
Beach volleyball heads to Hawaii for Outrigger Tournament
Oahu and early spring are a duo that screams vacation. The No. 5 UCLA beach volleyball team heads to Honolulu this weekend, but not for a paradisiacal getaway. It’s a business trip, as they have the Outrigger Beach Volleyball Challenge Pairs Tournament hosted by the University of Hawai’i. There, the Bruins (10-4) look to build […]
UCLA baseball suffers four Tuesday pitching mishaps, hopes to improve
When UCLA baseball won the NCAA championship in 2013, it only lost four Tuesday games all season. It’s only March, but the Bruins have already accomplished that feat, going 0-4 in their first four Tuesday games of 2016. Despite a good amount of success in weekend games, UCLA (12-10, 4-2 Pac-12) has yet to find […]
Men’s volleyball maintains momentum despite break in play
A long break in the schedule could have forced UCLA men’s volleyball out of rhythm heading into the final weeks of the regular season. The 13-day break in play, however, didn’t slow the No. 1 Bruins (21-3, 15-3 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) as they extended their six-match winning streak to eight. Upon returning to the […]