LOS ANGELES – The UCLA women’s volleyball team closes its season series at No. 9 Washington State and Washington this week. The Bruins (14-10, 6-8) play the Cougars (19-6, 9-5) at Bohler Gym in Pullman, Wash. Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. (PT) on the WSU Live Stream. UCLA caps the weekend at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Wash. to take on the Huskies (14-11, 5-9) at 1 p.m. on Pac-12 Insider.
UCLA (14-10, 6-8) at No. 9 Washington State (19-6, 9-5)
Date: Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 – 7 p.m. (PT)
Location: Pullman, Wash. (Bohler Gym)
Watch: WSU Live Stream
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
UCLA (14-10, 6-8) at Washington (14-11, 5-9)
Date: Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023 – 1 p.m. (PT)
Location: Seattle, Wash. (Alaska Airlines Arena)
Watch: Pac-12 Insider
Live Stats: uclalivestats.com
First Serve
· UCLA is led by first-year head coach Alfee Reft who was announced as the program’s fourth head coach on Dec. 19, 2022.
· UCLA enters this weekend ranked No. 52 in the latest ratings percentage index (RPI) and sixth in the Pac-12 Conference standings.
· Washington State is currently in a tie for fifth in the conference standings.
· Outside hitter Iman Ndiaye leads UCLA in kills (275), kills per set (3.06), points (327.5) and points per set (3.64).
· Ndiaye has reached double-digit kills in 16 out of 24 matches this year and leads UCLA’s pin hitters with a .267 hitting percentage.
· Middle blockers Anna Dodson and Desiree Becker rank third and sixth in blocks in the Pac-12 with 110 and 104, respectively.
· Dodson owns a team-high .366 hitting percentage and ranks fourth on the squad with 2.98 points per set.
· Dodson ranks third in the Pac-12 in solo blocks (21) and fifth in hitting percentage (.366).
· UCLA has won four out of its last seven Pac-12 matches for its best stretch in conference play.
Last Time Out
UCLA split its two matches at then-No. 15 Arizona State (L, 0-3) and Arizona (W, 3-0) last week. After dropping a 31-29 set one versus the Sun Devils last Friday, the Bruins fell flat, hitting below .100 in each of the final two sets. In last Sunday’s victory over the Wildcats, the Bruins rallied late in each of their three set victories. UCLA’s pin hitter combo of Grayce Olson and Cheridyn Leverette each tallied double-digit kills with 11 and 10, respectively, for a combined .405 hitting percentage….
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