This weekend, the No. 20 Oregon Ducks proved that while they might have been lucky, they were definitely not chicken, showing guts and courage as they took down the top-ranked Bruins in five sets. Read more...
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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November 14, 12:38 am
Women’s volleyball rebounds with a win against Oregon State after upset by Oregon
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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November 7, 1:15 am
Women’s volleyball maintains top rank, momentum on the court against Washington schools
Proudly sporting white oversized UCLA women's volleyball shirts, a trio of rowdy fans attracted the attention of video cameras as the No. 1 Bruins prepared to face Washington State on Sunday afternoon. Read more...
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Junior outside hitter Rachael Kidder led the Bruins to two more conference victories with 32 kills this weekend.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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November 4, 12:29 am
High morale boosts No. 1 women’s volleyball team for Washington schools
In 2000, the UCLA women's volleyball team was ranked No. 1 in the country. More than a decade later, the Bruins finally earned that ranking again, after winning against two top-five teams last weekend. Read more...
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Sophomore outside hitter Kelly Reeves and the Bruins will take on Washington tonight and Washington State on Sunday in the John Wooden Center.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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November 1, 12:34 am
Support from friends and family help women’s volleyball put on strong performances
Freshman middle blocker Zoë Nightingale and the No. 1 Bruins received welcome and added support in Cal's Haas Pavilion on Friday night. Read more...
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Senior setter Lauren Van Orden had an extremely productive weekend for the Bruins, contributing 51 digs and 13 assists in UCLA’s win against Cal on Friday and following that with another big performance the next night with 39 assists and three digs in the team’s sweep of Stanford.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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October 31, 12:44 am
Women’s volleyball triumph on the road against No. 2 Cal and No. 5 Stanford
On a night where Andrew Luck and company played a lengthy triple-overtime game against USC, Stanford's women's volleyball faced a much shorter, three-set match against a motivated UCLA team. Read more...
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Freshman middle blocker Zoë Nightingale, shown here in a game against Oregon State, had 10 kills in the Bruins’ victory over No. 2 California this weekend, with four kills in the last set. UCLA improves to 20-3 overall and are tied for first in the Pac-12 with rival USC.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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October 28, 12:39 am
Women’s volleyball to face top NorCal teams, California and Stanford
Just one year ago, the UCLA women's volleyball team stunned the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, Stanford, in Westwood. Read more...
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After upsetting Cal and Stanford at home this September, senior setter Lauren Van Orden and the women’s volleyball team will try their luck again against the Bears and the Cardinal on the road this weekend.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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October 27, 12:29 am
Killing them softly
Mariana Aquino says "North Dakota" a bit slowly, drawing it out "“ her father spent a year there as an exchange student in high school, but for the most part it's foreign to her, as it probably is to the average resident of Los Angeles. Read more...
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Sophomore middle blocker Mariana Aquino grew up in Brazil before coming to the United States. Aquino started playing volleyball at age 13 in Curitiba, Brazil. Aquino was attracted to UCLA because of the options the school provides in terms of academics, sports and music. For her, the location is a good place to balance a volleyball and music career.





