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No. 1 UCLA will take on No. 2 LBSU at the Walter Pyramid, on the Long Beach State campus, on Saturday with the national title on the line.

UCLA is now 2-0 against Penn State and has an all-time record of 35-8-1.

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 9:56 p.m.  “Next man up” was the Bruins’ motto Friday night. No. 5 UCLA men’s volleyball (8-2) defeated No.

As a Gaucho went up to serve, the Den roared. “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” But like Hamlet himself, the Bruins could not pull victory from the jaws of defeat.

It’s not every day a team gets to hoist a national championship trophy. But the feat may become a continuous reality for one. UCLA men’s volleyball snapped its 17-year national title drought – the longest in program history – on Saturday.

No. 1 seed UCLA men’s volleyball (29-2, 12-0 MPSF) will take on Long Beach State (20-4, 9-1 Big West) in the semifinal round of the NCAA tournament in Fairfax, Virginia, on Thursday.

Ira Gorawara Daily Bruin contributor Prediction: MPSF champions Each game, it’s someone new for the Bruins. Among a roster of players who have registered the team’s best conference season since 1995, UCLA has produced its deepest roster in recent history.

The name “UCLA men’s volleyball” has become synonymous with coming up short in recent years. Take last year, for example, when the Bruins were the No.

After a 13-day hiatus from match play, the Bruins will return to the court. Following a back-to-back clean sweep over No. 9 Stanford nearly two weeks ago, No.

Freshman Alex Nikolov led Long Beach State to a come-from-behind five-set win over UCLA in the NCAA men's volleyball semifinal Thursday at Pauley Pavilion.