The early morning sky began to brighten as the car sped west down Sunset Boulevard. UCLA men’s volleyball player Hagen Smith’s fingers were crossed as he looked out the window toward the horizon. Read more...
Photo: Smith once surfed competitively on the Loyola High School team, but he found the need to appease judges counterintuitive to the “free-spirit” nature of surfing. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
All Spencer Rowe wanted for his birthday was a win. Wins have come few and far between for UCLA men’s volleyball lately, but on Saturday night the Bruins finally earned themselves a coveted match point. Read more...
Photo: Senior middle blocker Spencer Rowe came up with the game-winning kill in a win over Long Beach State on his birthday Saturday. (Nathan Vanderveer-Harris/Daily Bruin)
It was a scenario that has become all too familiar for the UCLA men’s volleyball team. After dropping a crucial first set to Cal State Northridge Thursday night, the team battled back to win the second and fourth sets before dropping the fifth in overtime and losing the match 3-2. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Gonzola Quiroga that in the context of difficult teams UCLA is set to face, the team has not “played (its) best volleyball yet.”(Nathan Vanderveer-Harris/Daily Bruin)
Things have not been looking good for UCLA men’s volleyball as of late. The team has dropped six of its last eight games, lost three starters over the course of the season to injury and hasn’t won more than one set in a competition since March 1. Read more...
Photo: After going 2-5 in the month of March, UCLA men’s volleyball hopes to turn its season around Thursday against Cal State Northridge. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
He wasn’t supposed to play all season, let alone start. It was a foregone conclusion that freshman setter Jake Reeves would redshirt the year, but then the injuries began to pile up. Read more...
Photo: An injury, undisclosed for team reasons, has kept senior outside hitter Robart Page from the starting lineup as of late. (Nathan Vanderveer-Harris/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins had a setter playing at libero. They had another setter playing at outside hitter. They had a middle blocker playing at opposite hitter. They were mixing and matching, searching for an answer, but the No. Read more...
Photo: Despite UCLA’s recent struggles, senior middle blocker Spencer Rowe said the team still has its sights set on a national championship. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
The door to the film room was closed, but coach John Speraw’s voice still echoed throughout the lower-level hallways of Pauley Pavilion. The exact words were difficult to make out, but the urgent, angry tone was not. Read more...
Photo: Although he led the Bruins with 15 kills, senior outside hitter Gonzalo Quiroga came away disappointed with his team’s performance in a 3-1 loss to USC. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
