Friday, October 3, 1997
Two adversaries for women’s volleyball
The No. 21 UCLA women’s-volleyball team aims to gain back
winning momentum this weekend in its two home matches against
unranked UC Berkeley and No. 4 Stanford.
The Bruins (1-3 Pac 10, 5-4 overall) entertain the Bears (1-2,
6-6) in the Fox Sports Net televised match of the week.
UCLA defeated Berkeley in both of its matches last season and
leads the series against the Bears 30-0. Yet, the Bruins are not
overlooking the Bears ability going into Friday’s match.
UCLA’s record gives the Bruins the advantage since they have
only lost to the Bears eleven times in sixteen years.
After UCLA plays the Bears, the Bruins host Stanford, which will
prove to be a much more difficult match.
The Cardinal defeated UCLA in both matches this season, and
Stanford’s experience this season gives the Cardinal the advantage
once again.
Stanford has five seniors on a veteran squad, three of who are
listed among the Pac-10 leaders with hitting percentages above
.400. Senior Kristen Folk leads the Cardinal. She is second in the
conference in kills per game at 5.09. Folk is fifth on the Stanford
career kill list with 1,452.
BJ’s Pizza will sponsor the annual UCLA Women’s Volleyball Beach
night on today when the Bruins host Cal, and the first 500 fans
wearing beach attire will receive free UCLA Volleyball Beach Towels
and a chance to partake in special BJ’s giveaways during the
televised match.
The Bears top player is senior Jessica Dinaberg who currently
leads the Bears with 153 total kills. However Compared to UCLA’s
top player senior outside hitter, Kara Milling who has notched a
total of 190 kills, the two players are not similar at all.
After UCLA plays the Bears, the Bruins host Stanford which will
prove to be a much more difficult match.
The Cardinal defeated UCLA in both matches this season, and
Stanford’s experience this season gives the Cardinal the advantage
once again.
"We believe that this match will be much tougher than last
season’s," Stanford coach Don Shaw remarked. "We are looking to
solidify our defense in attempt to stop UCLA’s attack. We have to
make sure that they do not control the net and run an offense which
is spread out."