Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s golf in second place at the Stanford IntercollegiateAfter a strong showing in day two of the Stanford Intercollegiate, UCLA women’s golf currently stands in second place behind the host team. Read more...
Photo: Men’s volleyball ended last season as the No. 12 team in the nation. This year, the squad returns all but one starter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Speraw and the U.S. qualify for Rio 2016 The U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team, led by head coach John Speraw, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by winning the FIVB World Cup this week. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Martin Redlicki, the No. 57 player in the country, lost to No. 27 Collin Altamirano in the second round of singles at the Costa Mesa Pro Classic Thursday. He is still in the tournament playing doubles with junior Mackie McDonald. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Robbie Page wakes up before the sun most mornings and goes to work before the Southern California day becomes too hot. For hours every morning, the Association of Volleyball Professionals player trains on the sand in Manhattan Beach, conditioning his 7-foot body to withstand the various physical tests of professional beach volleyball. Read more...
Photo: Robbie Page, a UCLA alum who played four years of NCAA volleyball, now practices 30 minutes away from his alma mater. After graduation, Page played overseas before deciding to come home to California to play beach volleyball. (Courtesy of Nick Chan)
Football – Josh Rosen Josh Rosen’s early enrollment at UCLA last January gave him a definitive edge over all other rookies in that he is familiar with the ins and outs of the school and football team before the first day of orientation. Read more...
Photo: Josh Rosen was nearly unanimously regarded as the top quarterback recruit from 2015. He was rated the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the nation by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com; ESPN ranked Rosen the No. 2 quarterback recruit in the country. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
It took just seven months since starting his first collegiate volleyball match for J.T. Hatch to put together an impressive list of accomplishments in both NCAA and national play. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore outside hitter J.T. Hatch was named captain of this year’s U.S. Men’s Junior National Team after the NCAA season. The team got silver at the U21 Pan American Cup in June. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Three UCLA men’s volleyball coaches traded their blue and gold for a summer of red, white and blue after the 2015 NCAA season. As the team’s players scattered for the offseason, head coach John Speraw and assistant coaches Andrea Becker and Brad Keller united under a common goal: representing the United States on sidelines across the world. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s volleyball coaches Andrea Becker and John Speraw (third and fourth from left) are coaches with the U.S. Men’s National Team. The team is currently in the midst of FIVB World League play. (Courtesy of the FIVB)
The 2015 season will likely go down in the storied history of UCLA men’s volleyball as a rebuilding year in every sense of the term. With four starting freshmen and only one starting upperclassman, the Bruins’ youth became their defining – and often limiting – characteristic. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore middle blocker Mitch Stahl finished fourth on UCLA with 135 kills this season. Stahl was one of five underclassmen to play a consistent starting role for a young Bruin team this year. UCLA showed its youth at times, finishing the season 13-14 and ranked No. 12 in the nation. Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
