This post was updated Oct. 26 at 11:16 p.m.

Resetting a computer can help fix issues within the software.

But hitting the reset button may work just as well for a sports team.

Clicking the button seemed to work for No. 25 UCLA women’s volleyball (12-8, 6-4 Big Ten), which downed Maryland (8-12, 1-9) in straight sets to complete its eighth sweep of the season Saturday night at Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins jumped out to a 6-0 run to begin the match and didn’t look back, holding onto the lead throughout the entire first set and only surrendering three advantages across the last two.

“This conference is the toughest conference in the country – and you can take it in the chin one night, and then we have to respond and fail,” said coach Alfee Reft. “‘Fail fast’ is what we say.”

The Big Ten is no easy challenge for any women’s volleyball program, especially with the pace of conference play – there is no time to dwell. After being swept by an unranked Oregon squad, UCLA only had two days to reset and prepare for its Maryland match. But conference play is all about the way you respond.

The Bruins combined for a .321 hitting clip – their third highest of the season – and held the Terrapins to just a .126 team hitting percentage.

Senior outside hitter Cheridyn Leverette spearheaded the offense, posting 15 kills on a career-best .520 clip. Junior outside hitter Maggie Li made her first start since Sept. 6, stepping in for freshman outside hitter Eliana Urzua, who did not suit up Saturday and is considered day-to-day, Reft said. Li – who played all six rotations Saturday – put up 11 kills, her second double-digit kill performance this season.

The Bruins have continued to reiterate that they thrive on energy and joy during practice and matches. It is no different now, more than halfway through the season. Li, a transfer from California, has found her transition to be seamless.

“I enjoy every single minute with the girls,” Li said. “I remember there was a challenge (on the court). I was just standing there, and I looked at the people around me. I just felt very happy and loved.”

The energy the team fosters on and off the court radiates into its play, a testament to how the Bruins can embrace adversity.

Collective growth has allowed new voices to emerge on the court and grit to develop, and sophomore libero Lola Schumacher has helped spearhead this growth from the Bruin back row.

“It’s a tough group,” Reft said. “This team, led by this one (Schumacher) up here, she kind of sets the tone for that … and I think we have the grit and the determination and the heart. The team talked about discipline tonight, and I thought that showed a lot in how we were touching balls and slowing things down, not just to dig, but to transition into kills.”

Schumacher finished the match with 11 digs – a feat she has only failed to do once this season. The Carmel, Indiana, local leads the Big Ten with 4.29 digs per set, which is nearly a full dig more than her 3.64 average last season.

As another Westwood newcomer, Schumacher has embraced the new environment, using her voice to lead the defense.

“That’s just me,” Schumacher said. “That’s just how I am off the court, and the girls know that. Whether that’s 6 a.m. in the weight room, that’s just who I am, and that’s who I’ll always be. I hold our team to that standard, and that’s something we’ve really been working on – and I’m just proud of the work that our whole team tonight did, block- and defense-wise.”

Whether it’s jumping into the arms of her teammate in celebration or yelling after a teammate scores, Schumacher fuels the heartbeat of a Bruin identity defined by energy and joy.

And UCLA may have found its reset button in Schumacher.