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)
Stein Metzger often uses the words “a team on the rise” to describe UCLA beach volleyball. Over the weekend, the Bruins managed to echo the sentiments of their coach with their actions, reinforcing their identity against the top teams in the nation. Read more...
Photo: After splitting two sets that lasted 108 points, senior Julie Consani (pictured) and junior Laurel Weaver clinched a crucial 15-9 third set to give No. 6 UCLA the upset over No. 3 Hawai’i. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For the first time since 2012, Stein Metzger doesn’t have the same commitments that took him away from Westwood in the fall. Over summer, the UCLA beach volleyball coach relinquished his assistant coach position with the women’s volleyball team, and with it went the days spent traveling to arenas of other Pac-12 teams and recruiting trips. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Elise Zappia said it has been helpful that coach Stein Metzger gave up his role as an assistant coach on the women’s volleyball team because he can now coach the beach players all year. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A wave of change will hit the NCAA’s newest collegiate sport in 2016. With it will come new formats for teams looking to claim the conference and national title. Read more...
Photo: Stein Metzger, a UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, used to split time coaching UCLA women’s volleyball and the fledgling sand volleyball program. Now that sand volleyball has officially gained Pac-12 Division I recognition, Metzger will move to coaching the team full time. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An 11-year-old Julie Consani looked a little out of place on the volleyball court. Still a few years too early for her eventual growth spurt, the undersized young athlete’s footwear of choice was a combination of pink low-top Converse sneakers and white Adidas soccer socks with black stripes. Read more...
Photo: In her last season with the UCLA women’s indoor volleyball team, senior Julie Consani notched 11.5 assists per game, good for No. 12 in the nation and 8th-highest all-time for the Bruins. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Laurel Weaver is still undecided about what a future playing volleyball will entail – whether it’ll be spent touring through different indoor courts in Europe or playing on the beaches of California. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore sand volleyball player Laurel Weaver is a participant at the NCAA Career in Sports Forum this year. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
While UCLA was not one of the eight teams chosen to compete in the American Volleyball Coaches Association sand volleyball posteason tournament, the team still has reason to celebrate: its first winning season in team history. Read more...
Photo: Madie Smith had to play through a torn labrum throughout her career as a Bruin. The fifth-year senior managed to pick up two wins in the Aloha Invitational tournament, which will be her last time playing volleyball. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
