If the 24-dig, 19-kill performance was any indication, junior pin hitter Reily Buechler didn’t want to go out in the third round for her third straight year. Read more...
Photo: Reily Buechler fell just one kill short of a 20-20 night in Friday’s win. The junior pin hitter will make her first round of 8 performance Saturday night. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
The Bruins fought their way through the anxiety of the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. They now face the challenge that ended their season in each of the last two years: the round of 16. Read more...
Photo: Senior pin hitter Jordan Anderson said the Bruins ran very competitive short-court drills before their main practices this week to try to build confidence going into the round of 16. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Dec. 3 at 10 p.m. Playoff anxiety might have cost UCLA the first set of the first round Friday night, but since then the Bruins have shown why they earned the No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman pin hitter Torrey Van Winden led both teams in hitting percentage with a .346 mark. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 2 at 11:21 p.m. The Bruins didn’t have their best start, but they didn’t need to. No. 10 seed UCLA women’s volleyball dropped set one before winning three straight against Murray State to advance to round two of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at Pauley Pavilion. Read more...
Photo: Junior pin hitter Reily Buechler took 51 swings Friday night as UCLA beat Murray State in game one of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin contributor)
It’s playoff time. UCLA plays in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, and the women’s volleyball beat writers have you covered. Kelsey Angus, David Gottlieb and Melissa Zhang will take a look at the Bruins’ final regular season tuneups and take a look ahead at the first two rounds of the tournament in Out of System: Episode V, Read more...
Toward the end of Pac-12 play, the Bruins had a chance to contend for their first conference championship since 1999. But winning the conference was never coach Michael Sealy’s primary goal. Read more...
Photo: Jennie Frager recently earned All Pac-12 First Team honors. The senior middle blocker led the Bruins with 1.13 blocks per set and a .358 hitting percentage. UCLA finished in a tie for second place in conference play. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
The Trojans don’t like to make things easy. The Bruins were down two games to one. They either had to win set four, or take their first losing streak of the season. Read more...
Photo: After being stuck hitting balls from the middle for much of the season, middle blocker Claire Felix has gone back to hitting the slide. The senior led her team in hitting percentage Saturday by hitting from the antenna instead of the middle. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
