A number of athletes and teams on campus deserve recognition for their achievements over the past year. The Daily Bruin Sports staff joined heads and came up with a handful of serious – and not so serious – awards to hand out to the most deserving candidates. Read more...
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Over half of the Bruins’ starters are leaving this summer, but they will be replaced by a group of some of the nation’s top prospects. Coach John Speraw announced the signing of six recruits in November. Read more...
Photo: Coach John Speraw signed six recruits for the 2019 season back in November. Four of his seven starters from this season will be leaving UCLA men’s volleyball this summer. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)
After a lengthy season with new squad members taking on larger roles, the Bruins fell one set short of claiming the NCAA championship. Coach John Speraw said after the championship final that this team was different than others that had advanced as far in the postseason because it had to create a new offense. Read more...
Photo: Christian Hessenauer was UCLA men’s volleyball’s leading scorer in 2018. The senior opposite had 12 kills in the NCAA title game but also five service errors and a team-high seven attack errors. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA men’s volleyball was 5 points away from its 116th school championship in the fourth set, but then missed four consecutive serves and allowed Long Beach State to force a decisive fifth set. Read more...
Photo: No. 3 seed UCLA men’s volleyball fell in five sets to No. 1 seed Long Beach State in the NCAA championship Saturday. This was the third time this season that the 49ers took down the Bruins. (Isabelle Roy/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins are one match away from winning their 20th championship in program history. No. 3 seed UCLA men’s volleyball (26-7) will face No. 1 seed Long Beach State (27-1) in the NCAA championship final Saturday at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Jake Arnitz recorded 10 kills and eight digs in the Bruins’ semifinal win. No. 3 seed UCLA will face No. 1 seed Long Beach State in the NCAA championship Saturday at 4 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 4 at 12:27 a.m. Grant Maleski had only entered the game once before the final point. With the score at 24-19, the freshman outside hitter and opposite hammered a serve through the BYU back row to take the Bruins one game away from claiming their 20th national championship. Read more...
Photo: Daenan Gyimah led the Bruins with a hitting percentage of .750 and finished the night second on the team with 13 kills. No. 3 seed UCLA will next face No. 1 seed Long Beach State in the NCAA championship Saturday. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins are one game away from the national championship final. No. 3 seed UCLA (25-7, 9-3 MPSF) will face No. 2 seed BYU (22-6, 10-2) in the NCAA tournament semifinal Thursday night at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Dylan Missry didn’t have a good game the last time UCLA played BYU. The junior outside hitter picked up four kills on 15 swings, registered four errors and brought his hitting percentage down to .000. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
