There haven’t been many surprises this year for UCLA women’s volleyball. Since conference play began, every match has ended with the higher-ranked team winning, meaning the Bruins have yet to pull off an upset. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s volleyball takes on two top-15 Arizona teams this weekend. Redshirt sophomore setter Ryann Chandler leads the Bruins in assists with 327, averaging 9.26 per set. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A team leader can raise a team up, and push that team to over-preform and outplay teams that are better on paper. As UCLA women’s volleyball gets deeper into conference play, the team is still looking for its leader. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s volleyball coach Michael Sealy said that he thinks there’s a collective of leaders on this year’s team. He named seniors Rachel Inouye and Karly Drolson, and junior Taylor Formico as a trio of players who are “setting a standard.” (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The weekend started familiarly for the women’s volleyball team. After dropping the first set of its Friday night match, No. 12 UCLA (13-3, 4-2 Pac-12) looked headed for a repeat of last year’s straight-set loss to Utah. Read more...
Photo: Bruin setter Ryann Chandler had 46 assists in the match against Colorado. The redshirt sophomore helped the Bruins improve to 13-3 for the season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The last two weeks have not been great for the women’s volleyball team, which has come up short in its first two battles against top-ranked competition. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior outside hitter Haley Lawless has produced 2.34 kills per set on a hitting percentage of .178 so far this year. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The women’s volleyball team has played two matches against top-five opponents this year. Both times, No. 12 UCLA has been dominated, falling in straight sets against then-No. Read more...
Photo: Junior outside hitter Jordan Anderson has been one of UCLA’s strongest players, but she continues to struggle against top-ranked opponents. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Josh Grau is a former Division I women’s volleyball coach who now works as a volleyball broadcaster for the Pac-12 Networks. Daily Bruin assistant sports editor Matt Cummings got a chance to ask Grau about the Bruin team before Grau broadcasted Friday night’s UCLA-Washington match. Read more...
Photo: Josh Grau used to coach Division I women’s volleyball before switching roles to become a broadcaster for Pac-12 networks. (Courtesy of Josh Grau)
Michael Sealy had tried to reverse the momentum. But his team still trailed Washington State 16-8 in the third set, and the women’s volleyball coach was out of the usual options. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore setter Ryann Chandler sets the ball for junior outside hitter Jordan Anderson in a straight-set win against unranked Washington State. The Bruins are now 12-3 for the season. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
