The women’s volleyball team fired up its fans early on Sunday, tossing out miniature pink volleyballs during pregame introductions. The Bruins gave the crowd plenty more reasons to cheer during the match. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore outside hitter Reily Buechler was second in kills on the the team, with a hitting percentage of 0.256 Sunday night against the Sun Devils. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)
There haven’t been many surprises this year for UCLA women’s volleyball. Since conference play began, every match has ended with the higher-ranked team winning, meaning the Bruins have yet to pull off an upset. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s volleyball takes on two top-15 Arizona teams this weekend. Redshirt sophomore setter Ryann Chandler leads the Bruins in assists with 327, averaging 9.26 per set. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A team leader can raise a team up, and push that team to over-preform and outplay teams that are better on paper. As UCLA women’s volleyball gets deeper into conference play, the team is still looking for its leader. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s volleyball coach Michael Sealy said that he thinks there’s a collective of leaders on this year’s team. He named seniors Rachel Inouye and Karly Drolson, and junior Taylor Formico as a trio of players who are “setting a standard.” (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The weekend started familiarly for the women’s volleyball team. After dropping the first set of its Friday night match, No. 12 UCLA (13-3, 4-2 Pac-12) looked headed for a repeat of last year’s straight-set loss to Utah. Read more...
Photo: Bruin setter Ryann Chandler had 46 assists in the match against Colorado. The redshirt sophomore helped the Bruins improve to 13-3 for the season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The last two weeks have not been great for the women’s volleyball team, which has come up short in its first two battles against top-ranked competition. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior outside hitter Haley Lawless has produced 2.34 kills per set on a hitting percentage of .178 so far this year. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The women’s volleyball team has played two matches against top-five opponents this year. Both times, No. 12 UCLA has been dominated, falling in straight sets against then-No. Read more...
Photo: Junior outside hitter Jordan Anderson has been one of UCLA’s strongest players, but she continues to struggle against top-ranked opponents. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Josh Grau is a former Division I women’s volleyball coach who now works as a volleyball broadcaster for the Pac-12 Networks. Daily Bruin assistant sports editor Matt Cummings got a chance to ask Grau about the Bruin team before Grau broadcasted Friday night’s UCLA-Washington match. Read more...
Photo: Josh Grau used to coach Division I women’s volleyball before switching roles to become a broadcaster for Pac-12 networks. (Courtesy of Josh Grau)
