What a great day for UCLA men’s volleyball! There were so many amazing individual performances, but it was the team’s execution of the fundamentals—passing and blocking, in particular—that was the key to beating a very strong, experienced Hawai’i squad. David and Knight will be lauded for their attacking productivity, but libero Troy Gooch was consistently outstanding and Norris was a gem off the bench. Freshman setter Andrew Rowan was not at his very best, but he was still very good and played with incredible poise. McHenry didn’t dominate but he got stronger in the later stages of the match. Everyone understood their role and did their part, and as I said after the semifinal win, this team is greater than the sun of its parts.
This team is not finished. It will be here again next year. This is a truly special team—a team, a season, and a national championship for Bruins fans to treasure.
Go Bruins!!!
Shaky start by UCLA, but the Bruins fight back to get to 2-2.
The Bruins are not passing well so far, but the first set is scrappy and UCLA is staying in touch, 7-9.
Hawai’i gets to ten first but UCLA quickly ties it up, 10-10.
Ido David was outstanding in set 1, and Champlin was excellent.
As expected, Hawai’i is extremely tough to break.
The Bruins start set 2 with an ace! But David makes a couple of errors and Hawai’i pushes into the lead, 4-5.
TV coverage should be changing over now
Going to set 3 after UCLA failed to close out set 2 after building a big lead.
Championship experience is so valuable, as Hawai’i just demonstrated.
Set 3: The teams are trading points early on. 4-4
Heading into set 4, the Bruins should expect a fast start from the defending champions.
Set 4: Hawai’i hasn’t been able to stop David, but they open set 4 with improved attacking. 3-3
Aww challenge cancelled Rowan's pancake, was pretty otherwise.
Anyone else think that Hawaii's band has surpassed their quota for playing 5-0 theme?
Woo championship
Commentary was funny--fortunately challenge failed so they didn't have to continue after a dogpile haha
Congrats Bruins!
What a great day for UCLA men’s volleyball! There were so many amazing individual performances, but it was the team’s execution of the fundamentals—passing and blocking, in particular—that was the key to beating a very strong, experienced Hawai’i squad. David and Knight will be lauded for their attacking productivity, but libero Troy Gooch was consistently outstanding and Norris was a gem off the bench. Freshman setter Andrew Rowan was not at his very best, but he was still very good and played with incredible poise. McHenry didn’t dominate but he got stronger in the later stages of the match. Everyone understood their role and did their part, and as I said after the semifinal win, this team is greater than the sun of its parts.
This team is not finished. It will be here again next year. This is a truly special team—a team, a season, and a national championship for Bruins fans to treasure.
Go BRUINS!