Taylor Formico transferred from UCSB to UCLA just last year. So it’s no surprise the junior libero looked right at home at this weekend’s UCSB tournament, tallying a team-high 46 digs as women’s volleyball extended its win streak to six in its penultimate tournament before Pac-12 play. Read more...

Photo: Junior libero Taylor Formico led the Bruins in digs at this weekend’s UCSB tournament. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Early season adversity for sports teams can cause a team to become dispirited or motivate it to emerge better than before. The No. 17 UCLA women’s volleyball team has evidently chosen to follow the latter path as it recovered from its shocking 3-0 defeat against Loyola Marymount University last Sunday to win the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. Read more...

Photo: Women’s volleyball swept three teams en route to capturing the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic last weekend. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)

The three-set sweep came as a bit of a shock to the No. 20 Bruins on Sunday night, seeming to indicate that the Loyola Lions have them pegged in recent matchups. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA women’s volleyball team split its opening weekend games against Virginia and Loyola Marymount. Coach Michael Sealy and the Bruins continue the early portion of the 2015 season in Hawaii next weekend. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Last year, the UCLA women’s volleyball’s goal was to become a new team. The 2013 season was historically rough. The Bruins posted a 15-15 record, the worst in the program’s history, marking the first time in 17 years that the program did not receive an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman defensive specialist Taylor Schlener passes the ball in last weekend’s Blue and Gold Match. The UCLA women’s volleyball team begins the 2015 season ranked No. 20 in the country. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)

It seemed like a tall order for Karsta Lowe. It was less than a year after the outside hitter completed a four-year run at UCLA that she managed to land an unexpected spot with the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Karsta Lowe goes for the kill in her first match with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team. The recent graduate helped the Americans clinch the FIVB World Grand Prix title this past weekend. (Courtesy of USA Volleyball)