UCLA vs Pepperdine 2-24-19 BVB

These rankings came out after this game happened so UCLA stays at #1 while Pepperdine goes from #4 up to #3

This is #5 for UCLA, Senior Zana Muno

Dear Readers~


I apologize for not putting this up on Monday. I was out of state this weekend and Monday was the day I came home so I hope you don't mind that Monday didn't have a blog. Without any other problems, let me start this blog between UCLA and Pepperdine.

February 22-24, 2019 had a lot of NCAA volleyball going on. This includes men’s indoor and women’s beach. The game I’ll be talking about in this blog will be women’s beach volleyball between UCLA and Pepperdine at the big tournament held at Queens Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday, February 24, 2019.

On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 3:30 pm Pacific Time, the #1 UCLA Bruins took on the #4 Pepperdine Waves in a game of beach volleyball on Queens Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii for the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic that happened from February 22-24, 2019.

The #5 teams were the first game to finish. That game had Izzy Carey and Megan Muret, for UCLA, against Nikki Lyons and Katie Gain, for Pepperdine. Both sets were fairly close. Set 1 ended 21-15 with Izzy and Megan winning the set. The second set ended with the score a little closer at 21-17 with Izzy and Megan winning that set as well. That game ended with UCLA having a 1-0 lead over Pepperdine.

The #4 teams finished next. They include Mac May and Savvy Simo, from UCLA, while Maddie Dilfer and Alexis Filiprone, for Pepperdine. The first set ended close at 21-19 with Maddie and Alexis winning that set. The second set ended 21-16 in favor of Maddie and Alexis. That makes the total a tie at 1 win for each school.

The #2 teams finished next. They include Lily Justine and Sarah Sponcil, for UCLA, along with Skylar Coputo and Deahna Kraft, for Pepperdine. The first set ended 21-17 with Sarah and Lilly taking that set. The second set ended 21-15 with Sarah and Lilly winning that second set as well. The total score is now 2-1 with UCLA at a 1 game advantage over Pepperdine.

The #3 teams finished next. They include Zana Muno and Abby Van Winkle, for UCLA, against Gigi Hernandez and Jenna Tunnell, for Pepperdine. The first set ended 21-13 with Zana and Abby getting the win. The second set ended 21-11 with Zana and Abby coming out on top and making the score 3-1 with UCLA in the lead and there being only 1 game left.

The last team to go were the 1’s. They include Megan and Nicole McNamara, from UCLA, against Brook Bauer and Heidi Dyer, from Pepperdine. The first set ended 21-17 with Brook and Heidi winning. After the second set ended close at 24-22 with Nicole and Megan winning that set, a third set happened. That score was close, ending at 24-22 and in favor of Nicole and Megan. UCLA won that game 2 sets to 1 and made the final score end with UCLA winning 4 of the 5 matches the teams played.

For those that have read my previous blogs then you’ll know that a few athletes on the AVP have played for UCLA and some have played for Pepperdine.

The athlete for UCLA that I’ll be covering is Kelly Reeves. I've mentioned her before when I linked her setting tutorial with Riley and Maddison McKibbin. The video she did with them that I'll be linking down below is the vlog that Riley and Maddison did for the 2018 AVP New York Open. See the link below to watch that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUmEEoovcZ4 And don't forget to follow her on Instagram for Typical Tuesdays: @kellyreeves02

Kelly Reeves is on the far left joined with other AVP players like Geena Urango and Angela "Benny" Bensend

The athlete for Pepperdine that I’ll be covering is Corinne Quiggle. If you've read my blog about men's indoor volleyball of BYU @ Pepperdine, you may have heard of Corinne. She recently got a silver medal at the FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) 2 star women's only event in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh with her partner, Amanda Dowdy. Don't forget to follow them on Instagram if you want to see pictures of their adventures: @corinnequiggle and @adowdy11

This is Amanda Dowdy (Left) and Corinne Quiggle (Right) with their Silver medals from the FIVB event in Cambodia

UCLA’s next game is on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 8 am Pacific Time at Arizona State as they travel to Tucson, Arizona for the PAC-12 South tournament happening that weekend. Pepperdine’s next game is on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 9 am Pacific Time against California State University Bakersfield as Pepperdine hosts the Zuna Classic in Malibu, California that weekend. That concludes the UCLA vs Pepperdine beach volleyball game that happened on February 24, 2019. Stay tuned for my next blog and until next time, Miller out

~J. Miller

Cal Poly @ UCLA 2-21-19 BVB

This is 5'8 Freshman #10 Jaden Whitmarsh for UCLA

Dear Readers~


If you read my last blog where I explained how NCAA beach volleyball works then you'll know that the NCAA beach volleyball season has started and the first team that I'll be covering will be #6 Cal Poly @ #1 UCLA. On February 21, 2019 at 8 am Pacific Time Cal Poly traveled to the Sunset Canyon Recreation center there in Los Angeles to take on UCLA in the first game of the 2019 season.

Before I get into the game, I want to introduce UCLA's newest coach. Being the new volunteer assistant coach for the UCLA Bruins is the AVP's very own Irene Pollock. This is a little odd because Pollock's husband, JD, is the director of player development for San Diego State's basketball team down in San Diego, California. If you'd like to read more about Pollock's transfer to UCLA, I'll leave a link to her article down below:  https://uclabruins.com/news/2019/2/19/bruins-add-pollock-to-beach-volleyball-staff.aspx Don't forget to follow her on Instagram: @irenepollock

Cal Poly has a few coaches that some of the readers may know. First off is their head coach. He's Mr. Todd Rogers, the man that won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in beach volleyball with Phil Dalhausser. The pair no longer play together because Todd retired and no longer plays competitively. Cal Poly's assistant coach is someone that some of my readers may have heard of if they read my P1440 Young Guns blog about the Huntington Beach Open. I'm talking about the one and only Miss Allie Wheeler. Don't forget to follow them on Instagram: @toddjrogers and @alwheels12

Now allow me to explain how scoring on the beach works in the NCAA. Unlike indoor where you win 3 sets, the beach has to win 3 of 5 games. Each team is composed of 5 main teams. In order to win your school must win at least 3 games. Just like in the AVP, the first and second sets go to 21 while the third set, if needed, goes to 15 and yes they do use the rule where you must have a 2 point or higher lead to win. Most of the time the games start with the fourth and fifth teams up in what's called the "First Flight" then after both of those games are over, the first, second, and third teams are up in what's called the "Second Flight". This part differs depending on how many courts the school hosting the event has. Now let me introduce the first game of the Cal Poly @ UCLA beach volleyball game.

The first game to finish was the 4's which paired Mac May and Savvy Simo, for UCLA, against Elenore Johanssen and Jayelin Lombard, for Cal Poly. That game lasted 2  sets. The first set ended 21-14 in favor of UCLA while the second set ended 21-9, also in favor of UCLA. If the name "Mac May" sounds familiar it's because she also plays indoor for UCLA in the fall.

The second game to finish was the 3's which paired Abby Van Winkle and Zana Muno, for UCLA, against Macy Gordon and Vanessa Roscoe, for Cal Poly.  The first set ended 21-17 in favor of Cal Poly while UCLA got their revenge by winning the  second set 21-17 and causing a third set. That third set ended 15-10, in favor of UCLA.

The third game to finish was the 5's with Izzy Carey and Megan Muret, for UCLA, against Brayden Gruenewald and Heather Pembroke, for Cal Poly. The first set ended 21-16, in favor of UCLA. The second set was similar by ending at 21-15, with UCLA winning that set as well.

The fourth game to finish was the 1's with Megan and Nicole McNamara, for UCLA, against Emily Sonny and Torrey Van Winden, for Cal Poly. The first set ended 21-16, in favor of UCLA while the second set was closer, ending at 24-22, in favor of UCLA.

The fifth and final game of the day to finish was the 2's with Lily Justine and Sarah Sponcil, for UCLA, against Tiadora Miric and Crissy Jones, of Cal Poly. The first set ended 21-17, in favor of Cal Poly, while UCLA took the second set 21-9 and causing a third set. The third set ended 15-13 in favor of UCLA. At the end of that game, UCLA won all 5 matches for their home opener.

That concludes the game. I hope you liked it and are ready for the rest of the NCAA 2019 beach season. Don't forget that the first AVP event is just around the corner so mark your calendars for that happening from May 3-5, 2019 in Huntington Beach, California but if you can't make it to the west coast that weekend, the NCAA Beach volleyball national finals are that same weekend in Gulf Shores, Alabama if you live on the east coast. Until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball

These are the top 5 teams to start the 2019 NCAA beach volleyball season

Dear Readers~


In less than a week after this blog is released, it will be time for the 2019 NCAA beach volleyball season. because of this, I wanted to give a little NCAA beach volleyball introduction, since it's different than the AVP. Unlike how indoor volleyball is played by women in the fall and men in the spring, the NCAA only has beach volleyball for women and because of this, it happens in the spring since a few athletes play beach in the spring after they do indoor in the fall. An example is Mac May, a sophomore from Iowa that plays for UCLA.

With Beach volleyball becoming more and more popular, more colleges are getting beach volleyball, and not just schools in California, Florida, or Texas. My home state of Tennessee has many schools with beach volleyball. The top ones are UT Martin, in western Tennessee, and Austin Peay State University, northwest of Nashville.

The top 5 teams at the start of the season are from 5 to 1: Hawaii, Pepperdine, Florida State, USC, and UCLA. UCLA won the 2018 national finals in Gulf Shores, Alabama last season and before that the 2017 winners were UCLA's cross town rivals, USC. The 2018 finals were UCLA taking on Florida State (Game linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Pzn-S2qnE) The 2017 finals were USC taking on Pepperdine (Summary of the game linked here: https://www.ncaa.com/video/beach-volleyball/2017-05-07/nc-beach-volleyball-championship-2017)

Believe it or not, lots of AVP females have played beach volleyball in the NCAA for the top 5 ranked 2019 teams. Katie Spieler played for Hawaii, Corrine Quiggle played for Pepperdine, Kelly Claes played for USC, Sarah Sponcil currently plays for UCLA, and Florida State is the only team in the top 5 that has no alumni or current players that compete on the AVP  as of the posting of this blog.

Katie Spieler's profile when she was at UH

Corinne Quiggle's profile when she was at Pepperdine

 

Kelly Claes' profile when she was at USC

 

 

Sarah Sponcil's profile at UCLA

Hawaii's first game is Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 10:30 am Hawaii Time against Saint Mary's on Queen Beach there in Manoa, Hawaii. Pepperdine's first game is Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 2 pm Pacific Time  against Stanford. USC's first game is Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 1 pm Pacific Time against LMU at Merle Norman's Stadium there in Los Angeles. UCLA's first game is Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 8 am Pacific Time against Cal Poly at the Sunset Canyon Recreation area there in Los Angeles. Florida State's first game is Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 5 pm Eastern Time against LSU there in Tallahassee, Florida.

That was just a summary of where some of the beach volleyball teams stand as the season starts in the next week. Don't forget to follow your favorite team as they begin their journey for the 2019 NCAA national championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama from May 3-5, 2019. There is even a giveaway for a person to win a free trip to the national finals there in Gulf Shores. Use the link below for more: https://woobox.com/qdwo6o?source=ETW_NCAAVB_FACEBOOK&fbclid=IwAR39Cshz29eccV_kaoE-6XgFV-G_PlqzbCsJXQ_sexShmrvGZWgR1BjfNjM

That concludes my introduction of the 2019 NCAA top beach volleyball teams as they begin their season in the next week. Make sure to watch them during the season. If you'd like your favorite team, game, or sport covered, let me know in the comments below. Until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

BYU @ UCLA 2-9-19 MVB

 

This is UCLA's setter #13 Micah Ma'a

 

 

This is BYU's Outside Hitter #5 Gabi Garcia Fernandez

 

Dear Readers~


ON February 9, 2019 the #7 BYU Cougars traveled from Provo, Utah to Los Angeles, California to take on the host, the #4 UCLA Bruins, in a game of men's indoor volleyball. This is the first time this season that both of these teams have played each other in the regular season. Because of this, so many people were excited to see this game. The game took place on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7 pm Pacific Time at the John Wooden Center, there in Los Angeles, where the UCLA men's team has their home games when they're not at Pauley Pavilion, where UCLA's women's indoor volleyball team plays their home games in the fall. Now it's time to get into the game.

The first set ended 25-16 in favor of BYU while UCLA got their revenge by wining the second set 25-14. The third set ended 25-19, in favor of UCLA. With UCLA leading 2 sets to 1, BYU knew that they had to win the fourth set to stay in the game. The fourth set would later end 25-18 in favor of UCLA and ending the game in UCLA's favor after winning the last 3 sets of the game.

The leader in kills goes to UCLA's Austin Matautia, with a total of 13, while Gabi Garcia Fernandez led BYU with 11 kills of his own. The leader in aces goes to UCLA's Micah Ma'a, with 5 aces alone, while Gabi Garcia Fernandez led BYU with 3 aces of his own. The leader in blocks was UCLA's Matt Younggren, with 6, while Cyres Fa'alogo and Felipe de Britto Ferr both had 5 blocks each for BYU. The leader in assists was BYU's Will Stanley, with 23 assists, while UCLA's Micah Ma'a had 20 assists of his own. The leader in digs was UCLA's Adam Parks, with 9, while Gabi Garcia Fernande and Taylor Richards led BYU with 7 digs each.

UCLA's next game is against Long Beach State at 7 pm Pacific Time on Saturday, February 16th at the Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State in Long Beach, California. BYU's next game is against Concordia at 7 pm Mountain Time on Thursday, February 14th at the Smith Fieldhouse at BYU in Provo, Utah.

Just a fun fact about the visiting BYU Cougars, for those that haven't seen my BYU @ Pepperdine blog for men's indoor volleyball, is that AVP  player and 2016 Rio Olympian Casey Patterson went there. With Casey being close with Riley and Maddison Mckibbin, he's in many of their vlogs. One of my favorites that he was in was the 4 man vlog the Mckibbin's did for the AVP Hawaii Open in 2018. That video is titled "The Fours Awaken EPIC Beach Volleyball Match" That game had quite the teams. Casey's team was called "The Lilikoi Boys" and that team included Maddison Mckibbin, Sam Schachter, and Casey's current partner, Chase Budinger. I suggest  watching the whole video. The Mckibbin brothers did a good job putting the video and the event together so make sure to watch it at the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQ7CiCkvY4 Don't forget to follow Casey on Instagram: @caseypatt

 

This is a clip of Casey from the 4 man game in Hawaii at the 1:25 mark

Just a fun fact about the host, the UCLA Bruins, is that another AVP player, this time on the female side, attended that school and her name is Kelly Reeves. In 2016 Kelly Reeves was the AVP newcomer of the year for the 2016 AVP season. Being good friends with Riley and Maddison, she got the chance to do a video with them and instead of it being a vlog, like with Casey, she got to do a tutorial. Her tutorial is called "How to Bump Set- Beach Volleyball Tutorial" One of the things she talks about are the 3 types of sets that she personally uses. These three are the normal set, the tempo set, and the shoot set. Keep in mind that I'm not a professional volleyball player (not yet anyway, but the day may come) so if you want to watch the whole tutorial by Kelly, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXb-rlia9Y Don't forget to follow her on Instagram: @kellyreeves02 for more. She even does Typical Tuesday, so I suggest checking that out.

 

 This is the map/graph Kelly drew for the 3:40 mark

That concludes my blog about the #7 BYU @ #4 UCLA men's indoor volleyball game at the John Wooden Center there in Los Angeles, California. Feel free to check out some of my previous blogs like USC @ UCI or Stanford @ Hawaii if you like men's indoor volleyball, my P1440 series if you like beach volleyball played by pros, or Stanford vs Nebraska for the women's indoor national finals back in December. Don't forget to mark your calendars for early May when the AVP has their first event in Huntington Beach, California to start the 2019 season, which is also the same weekend as the 2019 NCAA beach volleyball finals in Gulf Shores, Alabama if you live on the east coast. The 2019 NCAA beach volleyball season starts in under 2 weeks so take a look to see if your favorite school has a team that will be competing. Until next time, Miller out.


~J. Miller

USC @ UCI 2-2-19 MVB

 

This is #20 Jack Wyett, Outside Hitter for USC

Dear Readers~


On February 2, 2019 at 7 pm Pacific Time people were crowding into the Ben Event Center there in Irvine, California for the big game of #4 UCI hosting #15 USC. With UCI coming off of their fourth win in a row against Grand Canyon, UCI really wanted to beat USC and make it 5 wins in a row. USC is sitting at 1 win in a row after losing to Long Beach State and then beating Princeton before their game against UCI. The last time these two teams faced off, they were at the Galen Center, home to USC, with USC winning 3 sets to 1. USC wanted to beat UCI for a second time this season, especially since the game is at UCI with USC coming in as the visitors.

The first set ended 25-20 with UCI winning the first set to start the game. The second set was close, ending at 27-25 with USC winning that set. The third set ended 25-19, in favor of USC. UCI knew that if USC won this fourth set the game would be over. With both teams playing hard, the fourth set ended 25-23 with UCI winning the set and causing a fifth set to happen. With each team winning two sets each, pressure was on in the fifth set. That set ended 25-10 with UCI beating USC on home court and winning 3 sets to 2 against USC.

The leader in kills goes to UCI's Karl Apfelbach, with 19, while Ryan Moss led USC with 18 kills of his own. The leader for aces was a tie at 3 aces each. UCI's Joel Schneidmiller and USC's Chris Hall and Tyler Resnick each left with their 3 aces. USC's Tyler Resnick and Ryan Moss led in blocks, with 5 each, while UCI's Scott Stadick and Karl Apfelbach had 4 blocks each. UCI's Dante Chakravorti led in assists, with 50, while Chris Hall led USC in assists, with 42. Chris Hall also led in digs, with 18, while David Parker led UCI with 13 digs of his own.

UCI's next game will be on Thursday, February 14, 2019 against UCSD at the Ben Events Center, there at UCI at 7 pm Pacific Time while USC's next game is at Stanford at the Maples Pavilion on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 7 pm Pacific Time.

Just a fun fact about the USC Trojans: Many, and I mean MANY, AVP players went there. The ones I chose for this blog were Riley and Maddison Mckibbin (they're younger brother, Jameson, currently goes to USC and is a setter for their men's indoor volleyball wearing #10) Riley and Maddison vlog a lot of the 2018 AVP season so you can check them out on their YouTube Channel "The Mckibbin Brothers" for all of their cool content and I'll link my personal favorite video that they did down below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OgPKEBha2A I highly recommend checking it out and giving it a like. Make sure you follow them on Instagram as well: @Maddison.mckibbin, @riley_mack4, @jameson_Mckibbin, and their professional page @themckibbinbros

 

Riley is the one getting ready to set the ball while Maddison is on the far left of the picture. This is from my personal favorite video that they've done, so feel free to check them out on YouTube

 

Just a fun fact about UCI is that an AVP champion went there. His name is Ty Loomis and he won the 2017 San Francisco Open with Maddison Mckibbin, mentioned above. Ty didn't play in the 2018 AVP season so there's not much of a summary to give here so I apologize for that. I'll leave a link for the vlog that Ty was in down below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUmEEoovcZ4 Don't forget to follow him on Instagram: @tyroneloomis

 

This is Ty Loomis from the New York Vlog (Around the 5:25 mark)

That concludes my blog about the USC @ UCI men's indoor volleyball game. Don't forget to check out some of my other blogs like the ones over the NCAA men's and women's indoor volleyball, the AVP or P1440 if you like beach volleyball, or my story if you're looking for a good read. Until next time, Miller out


~J. Miller

#TBT to UCLA @ Berkeley 9-28-18 WVB

Dear Readers~


My latest #TBT blog is complete. This one covers UCLA taking on Berkeley in the Bay area. Now it's time to get into this blog.

On Friday, September 28, 2018 at 7 PM Pacific Time, UCLA's women's volleyball team traveled to the bay area to play University of California, Berkeley. UCLA gave Berkeley a challenge. Now time to introduce some of the players from that game.

Starting with the visiting team, UCLA. Some of UCLA's top players are: 6'4" Redshirt Freshman from Maryland, Middle Blocker, #1 Emily Ryan, 6'0" Senior from Roseville, California, Middle Blocker, #2 Kyra Rogers, 6'5" Redshirt Freshman from Sloughhouse, California, Outside Hitter, #8 Alexis Light, 6'3" sophomore from Iowa, Outside Hitter and beach volleyball player, #14 Mac May, 6'4" Sophomore from Moraga, California, Middle Blocker, #17 Sabrina Smith, and lastly, the tallest player on the court, 6'7" Freshman from Oregon, Middle Blocker, #18 Tristin Savage. All of these positions, heights, and ages are all true. Check out the UCLA 2018 Volleyball Roster for the rest of the players as well as the 2019 list to see who you could be seeing on the court this fall.

 

This is the game day post UCLA put on their Instagram for the big day featuring Senior Kyra Rogers. Don't forget to follow UCLA on Instagram as they prepare for their 2019 fall season: @uclawomensvb

Next is the home team, playing for UC Berkeley. First up for Berkeley is a 6'4" Junior from Rocklin, California, Outside Hitter, #4 Maddie Haynes, 6'2" Sophomore from Chandler, Arizona, Middle Blocker, #10 Preslie Anderson, 6'3" Redshirt Freshman from Tempe, Arizona, Middle Blocker, #11 Lauren Forte, 6'2" Freshman from Larkspur, California, Middle Blocker, #15Bella Bergmark, 6'2" Redshirt Junior from San Diego, California, Middle Blocker, #16 Savannah Rennie, and 6'2" Senior from Los Altos, California, Outside Hitter, #24 Carmen Annevelink. Don't forget to check out the UC Berkeley 2018 volleyball roster for the rest of the players, since I only listed a few and the 2019 roster to see who could be playing this upcoming season. Now that the players have been introduced, let the game begin.

The first set went in favor of Berkeley ending 25-21. The second set went in favor of Berkeley 25-19. At the start of the third set, UCLA knew that it was now or never. They worked hard enough for the set to end 25-23 in favor of UCLA. UCLA worked even harder in the fourth set with UCLA winning 25-21. After each team winning 2 sets, a fifth set happened. It was a good one but in the end, UCLA came out victorious with the set ending 15-13 in favor of UCLA. The game ended with UCLA winning the game 3 sets to 2.

I hope you enjoyed the summary of the UCLA at UC Berkeley women's volleyball game. Don't forget to mark your calendars for the 2019 AVP stop in Manhattan Beach, California for stop #2 of the Gold Series from August 16-18. Don't forget to check out some of my other blog posts and until next time, Miller out.


~J. Miller

#TBT to UCLA @ Stanford: 9-26-18 WVB

Dear Readers,


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