A sea of eyes watched the court.
Each gaze seemed fixed toward Cooper Robinson.
But the redshirt junior’s eyes were trained on someone else.
Former Bruin teammate Merrick McHenry – with the national championship ring he earned alongside the outside hitter last year glinting on his finger – gesticulated emphatically with his hands at Robinson from the sidelines, urging him on with some advice.

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Few moments in a contest are as critical as match point.
The stakes are as high as they can get – and the fans know it, thundering from both sides with excitement.

Andrew Rowan soared into the air, setting the ball to the left side of the net – an offensive sequence the junior setter has run thousands of times.

AVCA National Player of the Week and MPSF/Molton Offensive Player of the Week Cooper Robinson stood on the sidelines Thursday night.
Through the first 15 games of the 2025 campaign, coach John Hawks hadn’t once left the redshirt junior outside hitter out of the starting lineup.

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Daily Bruin received 13 awards at the Associated Collegiate Press Spring National College Media Conference, which took place Thursday through Saturday.

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Little notice was given that Ido David – the senior outside hitter/opposite who was initially slated to start – would be out for the evening.

Shattering records has become a Bruin trademark.
Wednesday night proved that nothing has changed.
Led by Sean McQuiggan’s perfect hitting percentage, No. 3 UCLA (7-3) swept No.

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Miles Partain has unofficially returned to UCLA men’s volleyball with one year of collegiate eligibility remaining.
Partain, who was a setter/opposite hitter for the Bruins from 2021-2023, is waiting on NCAA clearance in order to officially return to action on the court.

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Winning the battle doesn’t always mean winning the war.
Despite besting No. 1 Long Beach State (9-0) in several statistical categories Friday evening, No.

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The Beach intended to come back with a vengeance after the Bruins sent them home early in the NCAA semifinals two years ago.