UCLA beach volleyball’s trip to the Hawaii tropics didn’t feel quite like a vacation. Whether it was traveling, playing multiple games under the warm Hawaiian sun or catching up with two day’s worth of missed classes, it did a number on the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: Senior Julie Consani and the UCLA beach volleyball team travel south to Hermosa Beach to compete against two top-15 foes in Long Beach State and University of San Francisco. ( Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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. Read more...
Photo: UCLA beach volleyball jumped to No. 4 in the rankings after upsetting two top four opponents last week. Nicole McNamara (L) and Megan McNamara (R) won all three of their matchups and were named Conference Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For a team on the rise, the first week of spring quarter has closely followed the theme of getting better and better. After starting the week with a successful takedown of the No. Read more...
Photo: Freshmen Nicole McNamara (right) and her sister, Megan McNamara (left), clinched the winning points against Pepperdine and Hawai’i over the past week. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin)
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. Read more...
Photo: UCLA beach volleyball coach Stein Metzger leads the Bruins, fresh off an upset over the No. 1 team in the country, into two Pac-12 matchups this weekend in Hawaii. (Daily Bruin file photo)
It was an unseasonably blustery day at Sunset Recreation Center as UCLA beach volleyball took on the top team in the country, but the Canadian duo of Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara felt right at home. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Megan McNamara and her sister, Nicole, clinched UCLA’s upset of the No. 1 Pepperdine Waves. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Kamila Tan lunged forward, ready to dig the ball her Arizona opponent sent toward the end line. But the senior retracted her arms at the last second after hearing repeated cries of “It’s out” from her partner, freshman Zana Muno. Read more...
Photo: Freshman Zana Muno (foreground) and Kamila Tan (background) partnered for the first time against No. 7 Arizona after injuries and illness forced No. 3 UCLA to alter its lineups. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A 2-2 split over the weekend against the then-top-four teams in the nation catapulted the UCLA beach volleyball team into the No. 3 spot in the rankings. Read more...
Photo: Senior Julie Consani and the beach volleyball team faced strong winds during last weekend’s competition. (Daily Bruin file photo)
