When asked what factor led to the UCLA men’s volleyball loss to Stanford Saturday, sophomore setter Steve O’Dell offered a familiar response: inconsistency. Saturday’s game at UCSB’s Asics Invitational felt like déjà vu, after last year’s team suffered a similar outcome when losing 3-1 to the Cardinal, who were, at that point, tied with UCLA for the No. Read more...
Photo: Steve O’Dell and the Bruins lost their season-opening match.
This weekend, the UCLA men’s volleyball team hosted the annual SAC Tournament, playing in three exhibition matches at the Student Activities Center. The tournament featured four men’s volleyball teams from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation: UCLA, USC, UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Northridge. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA men’s volleyball team came away as tournament winners at the annual SAC Tournament, which UCLA hosts.
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...
1. Which team is most likely to win UCLA’s 110th NCAA title this year? Jordan: It’s hard not to pick the men’s water polo team. After falling to USC in the final minutes in last year’s national championship match, the team appears poised to at least return to the title match this year. Read more...
When the UCLA men’s volleyball team's season ended in spring, coach John Speraw began planning for summer trips to Poland and Brazil. But instead of warm beaches, Speraw spent his days and nights indoors on the volleyball court. Read more...
Photo: John Speraw will be coaching the U.S. Men’s National Volleyball Team. Speraw said he must adjust his coaching to suit the different personalities among the experienced group of players.
When John Speraw was contemplating taking over the UCLA men’s volleyball head coaching job last year, he didn’t think about the pressure or expectations that would come from replacing the legend that was Al Scates. Read more...
Photo: The current UCLA men’s and women’s volleyball coaches, John Speraw (No. 14) and Michael Sealy (No. 7), were both members of the 1993 men’s volleyball squad.
It was nothing short of epic volleyball, a battle that tested both teams to the core. It was the classic case in which neither team deserved to lose, but one of them had to. Read more...
Photo: Junior outside hitter Gonzalo Quiroga led all players on Thursday with 22 kills. He and the Bruins had built a two-set lead over the top-ranked BYU Cougars only to lose three straight sets after.
