If you've read some of my previous #TBT blog posts you'll know that UCLA stands for "University of California, Los Angles". On September 26, 2018 UCLA played another California school. The previous California PAC-12 game I talked about was UCLA at USC, check that out if you haven't already. The game I will cover today is UCLA at Stanford. Unlike their LA cross town rivals, Stanford is over 5 hours, by car, away from UCLA so the team had plenty of time to work on their game plan, practice a little, and all the other fun stuff they get to do on the way to games.
I already talked about a few of UCLA's top players in my previous blog. They get to go first since they're the visiting team. UCLA has players like #1 Emily Ryan, #2 Kyra Rogers, #8 Alexis Light, #14 Mac May, #17 Sabrina Smith, and #18 Tristin Savage. Check out their bios on UCLA's website for more about them.
It's time to introduce the home team, the private university in Northern California, Stanford University. Stanford is coached by 2 women and 1 man. The associate head coach is Denise Corlett, the assistant coach is Erin Linsey, and the volunteer assistant coach is Russell Corbelli. Some of the players are 6'6" Junior from Aliso Viejo, California, Outside Hitter, #2 Kathryn Plummer,6'4" Freshman from Austin, Texas, Middle Blocker, #3 Holly Campbell, 6'6" Junior from Overland Park, Kansas, Outside Hitter and Opposite, #12 Audriana Fitzmorris, and 6'4 Senior from Brooklyn, New York, Middle Blocker, #25 Courtney Bowen.
If you want to know about the athletes on the UCLA team, you can either look at my previous blog post about the UCLA at USC game or you can check out UCLA's volleyball list. Out of all of the players on the court, from both teams, the tallest is UCLA's Tristin Savage at 6'7" followed by Stanford's Kathryn Plummer and Audriana Fitzmorris, both at 6'6". Now that all of the players have been introduced, let the game begin. Keep in mind that indoor volleyball plays to 25 instead of 21, like on the beach.
UCLA had a rough first set losing 18-25. They did a little better but they sadly lost 19-25 and were hoping for a third set redemption. Stanford was able to win all 3 sets by winning the third set 25-17 in their favor.
This is Stanford celebrating after keeping their win streak alive by beating UCLA in 3 straight sets. Don't forget to follow them on Instagram as they prepare for their 2019 season: @stanfordwvb
This is the game day post UCLA put on their Instagram account for the game. It features #4 junior outside hitter 5'11 Jenny Mosser. Don't forget to follow UCLA on Instagram as they prepare for their 2019 season coming this fall: @uclawomensvb
Don't forget to tune in to Amazon Prime this weekend for the 2019 AVP Hermosa Beach Open happening in Hermosa Beach, California July 26-28, 2019. Until next time, Miller out
~J. Miller
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