This year’s club hockey team has approached its sport at a totally different angle since last year’s unimpressive season, where they went 5-14.

The time is now for the UCLA men’s volleyball team, a senior-heavy squad with all the pieces needed to be a top force this year.

The talent was there, the heart was there, and the chance came for the UCLA men’s volleyball team to knock off a heavily favored USC team in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation playoff opener.

The UCLA men’s volleyball players had their fingers crossed for an upset on Thursday night, but they left USC’s Galen Center reminded that the nation’s best team is hard to beat.

The importance of today’s match for the UCLA men’s volleyball team has nothing to do with standings, seeds or rankings.

The UCLA men’s volleyball team fell to UC San Diego on Friday in what was more than just a loss. The sweep, an unexpected result against a beatable team, left the Bruins scratching their heads and wondering how much they can pull things together before the looming playoffs.

All good things must come to an end, and for the UCLA men’s volleyball team, this end came out of nowhere.

The original Pauley Pavilion hosted its final athletic event Tuesday, and the UCLA men’s volleyball team appropriately left the historic venue with a win.

Sometimes, the most dangerous animal is a wounded one, and Thomas Amberg was nothing short of beastly against Penn State on Wednesday despite a fractured finger and split webbing on his left hand.

The junior quick hitter led the UCLA men’s volleyball team, which needed every kill it could scrape together, and the Bruins were able to eke out yet another 3-2 thriller.

It seems like the UCLA men’s volleyball team and Long Beach State can’t get enough of each other.