The Trojans scored five goals in the opening quarter, and the Bruins were never able to recover from the deficit despite a strong second half.
“The game got away there in the first half, but in the second half we locked it in and we played a great second half,” said coach Adam Wright.

UCLA men’s volleyball’s 2017 season was cut short with a loss to UC Irvine in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation quarterfinals.
But this season, the Bruins advanced.

Micah Ma’a sprinted past the antenna to the other side of the court to chase down a ball shanked by senior opposite Christian Hessenauer and fell just short, giving USC the point it needed to win the match.

Despite a failure to score in the first quarter, UCLA women’s water polo’s strong second quarter led the team to victory.
The No. 4 Bruins (21-3, 2-1 MPSF) took down the No.

UCLA men’s volleyball had not lost to an unranked team since 2014.
On Saturday, USC broke that streak.
The Trojans (7-17, 3-7 MPSF) took down the No.

The Bruins headed into Wednesday’s match after a 12-day break from competition – their longest amount of time without a game this season.
“It was a long two weeks off after we’d played two or three games a week, so it was just kind of odd to come back,” said junior setter Micah Ma’a.

Prior to Wednesday night, no Bruin had averaged more than five kills per set in a match this season.
Senior opposite Christian Hessenauer finished averaging six kills per set in No.

Despite going into overtime, UCLA could not clinch a win, succumbing to Arizona in the Pac-12 semifinal.

UCLA dominates against Stanford in the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas.

Women’s water poloKelsey Angus, Assistant Sports editor
Sophomore attacker Maddie Musselman was named MPSF Player of the Week for her performance in No. 4 UCLA’s (13-1) double-overtime 8-7 victory over No.