Bojana Todorovic’s body went still, her arms dropping to her side. Within moments her teammates mobbed her and she found herself in the middle of a dogpile – UCLA women’s volleyball’s national championship clinched. Read more...
Photo: Junior Zoë Nightingale said that the No. 6 UCLA sand volleyball team plans to go “all out” in their last regular season game against No. 5 Long Beach State. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
When you picture a sand volleyball court, it’s easy to imagine the peaceful background of an empty beach, the ocean and blue skies. However, when that court is in the middle of No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Rachel Inouye played a role in UCLA’s lone match victory of the doubleheader against LMU. Although the Bruins lost both of their games on Thursday, Inouye said that the team put up a good fight against No. 1 USC. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA sand volleyball’s Tuesday practice had been a lackluster one by normal standards. The players were going through the motions. Their typical energy and excitement seemed buried beneath the sand, and nowhere to be found. Read more...
Photo: Sophomores Rachel Inouye (right) and Karly Drolson (center) listen to assistant coach Jenny Jordan (left) on the sideline. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
Spring “break” was anything but for the UCLA sand volleyball team. The Bruins closed out the week with a long, long road trip: four days, five matches, a double-elimination pairs tournament, pouring rain and, well, lots of traveling. Read more...
Call it a clean sweep of UCLA sand volleyball – five Bruin pairs up, five down. Call it the Bruins’ first blemish on a young season – three wins, and now one loss. Read more...
As sophomore sand volleyball player Kamila Tan stares across the net during this Friday’s match, she will likely meet the eyes of a girl who’s all too familiar. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Kamila Tan said she is excited to face her former teammate in the No. 1 doubles matchup against Florida State. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
The conditions for UCLA sand volleyball were less than ideal, but the same could not be said of the results. There was the hard-packed sand to contend with, an element that played to the advantages of jump-lenient players, while serving as a disadvantage to a “ball-control team,” which is how coach Stein Metzger described his team. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Rachel Inouye (shown here) and her doubles partner, sophomore Karly Drolson, have won all of their matches this season. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
