1. Will men’s basketball improve its record over last year’s team? Kevin Bowman: UCLA’s 25-10 season last year was largely viewed as a disappointment, despite the Bruins winning the Pac-12 regular-season title and reaching the championship game of the Pac-12 tournament. Read more...
Football, Men's Basketball, Men's Volleyball, Softball, Sports, Sports Columns, Women's Volleyball
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October 3, 12:23 am
Battle of the editors: Oct. 3
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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October 3, 12:00 am
UCLA women’s volleyball drops home opener in Stanford sweep
After almost five weeks on the road, the UCLA women’s volleyball team finally returned to Pauley Pavilion, playing before a home crowd for the first time this season. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore libero Karly Drolson had 12 digs in UCLA’s 3-0 loss to Stanford. The sweep in their home opener was the Bruins’ third straight loss.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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October 2, 12:06 am
Volleyball hopes to take down the Cardinal at Pauley Pavilion
They’ve been as far as Hawaii and have gone to Colorado and back again. They’ve played in Centers (Galen), Pyramids (Walter) and a Pavilion, just not one named Pauley yet. Read more...
Photo: Mariana Aquino believes the UCLA offense has what it takes to match up with Stanford.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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October 1, 1:17 am
Women’s volleyball rolls with varied lineups
If the UCLA women’s volleyball team seems unfamiliar, there’s a reason why. Twelve games into the 2013-2014 season, only three players – senior outside hitter Kelly Reeves, senior middle blocker Mariana Aquino and junior middle blocker Zoe Nightingale – have started all 12 games for the Bruins, while junior outside hitter Karsta Lowe has started 11. Read more...
Photo: Senior middle blocker Mariana Aquino sees UCLA’s depth as one of the team’s strengths.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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September 30, 12:49 am
Unranked Colorado defeats UCLA women’s volleyball
The UCLA women's volleyball team found itself on the wrong side of history Friday night. Leading 12-2 and within one set of leaving Boulder, Colo. with a victory, No. 11 UCLA looked as if it would finally put away unranked Colorado. However, as they had done all match, the Buffaloes answered the Bruins. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore libero Karly Drolson attributed UCLA volleyball’s loss to Colorado to a “funk” and said the team will need to return to the fundamentals in order to improve.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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September 27, 1:07 am
UCLA volleyball hopes to earn first Pac-12 victory at Colorado
Kelly Reeves raced towards the end line, as the volleyball sailed over her head. The senior outside hitter slowed up, letting the ball land, believing it to be out of bounds. Read more...
Photo: Junior outside hitter Karsta Lowe emphasized the need to avoid costly errors and play sound volleyball for today’s match against Colorado.
Sports, Women's Volleyball
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September 26, 2:31 am
Attacked by errors, UCLA loses to USC
It wasn’t a raucous crowd or hostile environment that doomed UCLA women’s volleyball trip to rival USC Wednesday night. It wasn’t even entirely the opposing team, although credit is certainly due to the Women of Troy, who earned a close 3-1 victory. Read more...