This post was updated May 5 at 2:23 p.m. GULF SHORES, Ala. — Abby Van Winkle crouched down and slammed the sand after the ball hit the ground. Read more...
Photo: No. 2 seed UCLA beach volleyball celebrates after sweeping crosstown rival USC to win back-to-back NCAA championships. The Bruins bounced back after falling to the Trojans in the Pac-12 championship last week. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
GULF SHORES, Ala. — The Bruins were dancing on tables at the NCAA banquet Thursday – and they’re still dancing. No. 2 seed UCLA beach volleyball (34-3) swept No. Read more...
Photo: Senior Sarah Sponcil and her partner junior Lily Justine won 21-9, 21-7 against LSU, picking up their first win of the NCAA championship. The duo put up UCLA beach volleyball’s second dual point. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
GULF SHORES, Ala. — All five courts went to three sets – and the dual was decided by a pair that hadn’t gone to three since exactly a month ago. Read more...
Photo: Senior Izzy Carey (left) blocked a Florida State kill to clinch the dual win for the Bruins. Carey and freshman Lindsey Sparks (left) won 21-13, 18-21, 15-13. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
GULF SHORES, Ala. — It was a race to the finish. No. 2 seed UCLA beach volleyball (32-3) broke a 2-2 tie to defeat No. 7 seed Hawai’i (26-10) in the first round of the NCAA championship in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Friday morning. Read more...
Photo: Seniors Nicole and Megan McNamara clinched No. 2 seed UCLA beach volleyball’s victory over No. 7 seed Hawai’i in a three-set match that ended on an ace from Megan McNamara. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
No. 2 seed UCLA beach volleyball – last year’s national champion – will compete in the NCAA championship this weekend. The Bruins won the program’s first-ever national title in 2018, and will have the opportunity to win UCLA’s 117th NCAA title. Read more...
No. 2 seed UCLA beach volleyball will have the opportunity to defend its national title in Gulf Shores, Alabama, this weekend. UCLA will face No. 7 seed Hawai’i in the first round of the NCAA championship at 9 a.m. Read more...
Photo: No. 2 seed UCLA beach volleyball will take on No. 7 seed Hawai’i in the first round of the NCAA championship. The Bruins – last year’s NCAA champion – will have the opportunity to bounce back from its Pac-12 championship loss to USC last weekend. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
Last May, the Bruins became the first collegiate team to win the NCAA title through the elimination bracket. Last weekend, UCLA beach volleyball (31-3) entered the elimination bracket in the Pac-12 championship after losing to USC (28-4), and won the elimination bracket final – but lost to the Trojans again in the championship final. Read more...
Photo: Senior Sarah Sponcil said that experience playing through the contender’s bracket in both the this year’s Pac-12 championship and last year’s NCAA championship will help UCLA beach volleyball. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
