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.
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.
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.
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...
The UCLA women’s volleyball team had its back to the wall. Not playing at its best, the team was down 2-1 on the road, embroiled in a tight match of long rallies and missed opportunities. In such a situation, many teams would have folded—even UCLA teams of old, according to coach Michael Sealy. Read more...
Photo: Senior outside hitter Kelly Reeves had 21 kills in UCLA’s win over Long Beach State.
A week after suffering its first loss of the season, the No. 11 UCLA women’s volleyball team left the Mile High City in high spirits after going undefeated in the Denver Invitational. Read more...
Having played together as a group for only a week, it was inevitable that the UCLA women’s volleyball team would go through some growing pains early in its season. Read more...
Photo: Junior outside hitter Karsta Lowe and the Bruins lost their first match of the year against the Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine.
