After losing last year’s Conference Player of the Year, the Bruins have pivoted their attention to freshman setter Andrew Rowan. Rowan, who has become the blue and gold’s singular setter, has now stepped up in place of junior setter/opposite Miles Partain, who announced his departure from the program last week. Read more...
Photo: Freshman setter Andrew Rowan sets the ball to his teammate. Rowan has 258 total assists across the season. (Amelie Ionescu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 14 at 10:04 p.m. Losing a first-team All American and Lloy Ball Award finalist might have set some teams back. But not the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are UCLA men’s volleyball freshman Andrew Rowan (right) and junior Miles Partain (left). Partain has departed from the Bruins’ program, leaving Rowan as UCLA’s starting setter. (Left to right: Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin, Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor. Photo illustration by Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
One thought sat on the Bruins’ minds Thursday night: payback. “We’ve had a poster of the point that ended the match last year,” said senior outside hitter Alex Knight. Read more...
Photo: The Bruins go in for a huddle after winning a point. Led by freshman Andrew Rowan – the Bruins’ new starting setter – UCLA swept the team that knocked it out of the NCAA tournament in 2022. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 9 at 11:59 p.m. UCLA men’s volleyball junior setter/opposite Miles Partain has stepped away from the program, team officials confirmed to the Daily Bruin on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s volleyball junior setter/opposite Miles Partain looks on during a match. Partain has stepped away from the program, team officials confirmed to the Daily Bruin on Thursday. (Patrick Shao/Daily Bruin)
For the first time in 2023, the Bruins will take on the team that sent them home a season ago. As No. 4 UCLA men’s volleyball (9-1) returns from its East Coast road trip, it stares down a pair of matchups against No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior middle blocker Merrick McHenry lines up with his team after last year’s matchup against Long Beach State. The Bruins enter the Thursday matchup looking for vengeance against the squad that knocked them out of the NCAA tournament in 2022. (Patrick Shao/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 5 at 10:48 p.m. John Speraw tried to conceal his displeasure after his team’s match Saturday. Though expressing pride in the Bruins’ progress this season, the often-calculated coach revealed mixed emotions through his words – mid-sentence, even. Read more...
Photo: Coach John Speraw looks on. Speraw and UCLA men’s volleyball had their first loss of the season because of a lack of offensive and defensive cohesion. (Jon Christon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The monotony of winning started to seep into the country’s second-best team. Victors of their last eight matches entering Friday, the Bruins found themselves losing their edge as they dropped a set for just the second time this season. Read more...
Photo: Freshman setter Andrew Rowan goes up for a serve. Rowan came off the bench for the Bruins to lead the squad to a win in their tight contest on Friday. (Ilan Berdy/Daily Bruin)
