Former UCLA basketball and volleyball standout Natalie Williams was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday. The 6-foot-2 dual-sport athlete initially earned a scholarship to play basketball for the Bruins but decided to walk on to the women’s volleyball team as a freshman where she finished her career as a four-time All-American. Read more...
Sports, Women's Basketball, Women's Volleyball
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June 12, 3:32 pm
UCLA alumna inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
Baseball, Sports, Women's Volleyball
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April 12, 12:05 am
The Rundown: April 12
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Thirty under 30 Women’s volleyball assistant coach Kaitlin Nielsen was honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Friday when she was named to the association’s Thirty under 30 list. Read more...
Photo: After helping coach Michael Sealy and the UCLA women’s volleyball team make two consecutive playoff runs, assistant coach Kaitlin Nielsen was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Women’s volleyball Thirty under 30 list. (Korbin Placet/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Football, Softball, Sports, Women's Volleyball
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January 12, 7:36 am
The Rundown: Jan. 12
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Laced with regret Jeff Locke’s main job is punting, but it was his side job that brought him an outbreak of negative attention this past weekend. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA football player Jeff Locke was the holder for the Minnesota Vikings’ failed field goal attempt at the end of their playoff game last weekend. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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December 11, 4:38 pm
UCLA women’s volleyball set to take on Texas in NCAA regional match
They say everything is bigger in Texas. UCLA’s No. 14-seed women’s volleyball team (25-7) will attempt to pull off a win, of appropriate Texas magnitude, against the host No. Read more...
Photo: Junior outside hitter Jordan Anderson and the No. 14-seed UCLA women’s volleyball team will need to pull off an upset in Texas on Friday night to continue their 2015 season.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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December 7, 11:52 am
Women’s volleyball recovers from early deficit to trounce Michigan
Sometimes Claire Felix is okay not getting the ball. Saturday night was not one of those times. With her team down 2-0 to Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the junior middle blocker adopted a new mentality: “You know what, set me the ball, I’m going to put it away,” she said. Read more...
Photo: The women’s volleyball team was fired up Saturday night as it came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Michigan in five sets in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins will face No. 3 Texas in the Sweet Sixteen on Friday night in Austin. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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December 5, 6:12 pm
UCLA women’s volleyball breezes through first round of NCAA Tournament
The UCLA women’s volleyball team glided through the first round of the NCAA Tournament with a straight-set win over the Lipscomb Bisons on Friday. The match was pretty typical for the No. Read more...
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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December 3, 1:07 am
UCLA women’s volleyball to host Lipscomb in NCAA first round
The women’s volleyball team has faced its fair share of familiar foes throughout the season. That won’t be the case Friday night, as No. 14-seed UCLA (23-7, 14-6 Pac-12) hosts Lipscomb (23-8, 13-1 Atlantic Sun) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, marking the first time the two programs have ever met. Read more...
Photo: Behind the steady play of junior libero Taylor Formico, the UCLA women’s volleyball team earned the No. 14 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Formico was named Pac-12 Libero of the Year this week. (Korbin Placet/Daily Bruin senior staff)