LOS ANGELES – The UCLA women’s volleyball team heads to the Bay Area this weekend for a pair of contests versus No. 7 Stanford and California. The Bruins (9-8, 3-5 Pac-12) take on the Cardinal (12-4, 7-1) on Friday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. and the Golden Bears (7-11, 0-8) on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. PT. Leading the attack for UCLA is sophomore outside hitter Charitie Luper with 3.50 kills per set at .253. Eight matches through conference play, setter Matti McKissock ranks third in the Pac-12 with 11.70 assists per set.
UCLA at No. 7 Stanford
Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 – 8 p.m. PT
Stanford, Calif. (Maples Pavilion)
Watch: Pac-12 Networks
Talent: Troy Clardy (PxP), Don Shaw (Analyst)
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
UCLA at California
Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022 – 1 p.m. PT
Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion)
Watch: Pac-12 Networks
Talent: Ted Enberg
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
Weekend Recap
UCLA saw its three-match winning streak come to an end with a split of Oregon State (W, 3-0) and No. 17 Oregon (L, 2-3) last week.
• The Bruins swept the Beavers behind a .360 hitting night. UCLA’s middles Anna Dodson and Tristin Savage stepped up in the absences of Francesca Alupei and Lauren Forte with 13 combined kills at .500. élan McCall led the Bruins in kills for a team-best seventh time this season with 14 kills and just three hitting errors at .407.
• UCLA was on the verge of taking a 2-0 lead in its Sunday matinee with Oregon, but the Ducks fended off two set points at 24-22 and 24-23 to rally for an extra-point win in set two. UCLA held a 22-14 lead in set three before the Ducks stormed out to a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to one. Oregon took that momentum into sets four and five to win the match.
Noting the Bruins
• The Bruins are hitting .224 (13.32 KPS) while limiting opponents to .184 (11.74 KPS).
• Charitie Luper ranks eighth in the Pac-12 during conference play with 3.52 KPS.
• Luper recorded the second 20-point performance by a Bruin this season at Arizona on Oct. 9 with a career-high 26.
• élan McCall picked up her team-high seventh double-double of the season against the Ducks with 15 kills and 11 digs.
• Libero Mackenzie Cole leads UCLA with 3.65 digs per set (226 total digs).
• Setter Matti McKissock leads UCLA with 10.68 assists per set. She currently has…
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