The message was simple: just like practice. With No. 13 UCLA down 21-18 in the second set of its matchup with Cal on Sunday, women’s volleyball coach Michael Sealy called a timeout to talk to his team. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore outside hitter Reily Buechler was second on the UCLA team with 11 kills in Sunday’s match at Cal. Buechler helped the Bruins post a season-high hitting percentage just one match after their season-low hitting percentage in Wednesday’s loss to USC. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin senior staff)

After its first loss of the season, the UCLA women’s volleyball team responded with an eight-game winning streak. After its second loss – a straight-set thumping at the hands of No. Read more...

Photo: Junior libero Taylor Formico (center) and the Bruins travel to Berkeley for a weekend matchup against California. UCLA is undefeated away from home with a 4-0 record on the road and a 4-0 mark at neutral sites in 2015. (Jose Ubeda/ Daily Bruin staff)

Taylor Formico transferred from UCSB to UCLA just last year. So it’s no surprise the junior libero looked right at home at this weekend’s UCSB tournament, tallying a team-high 46 digs as women’s volleyball extended its win streak to six in its penultimate tournament before Pac-12 play. Read more...

Photo: Junior libero Taylor Formico led the Bruins in digs at this weekend’s UCSB tournament. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Early season adversity for sports teams can cause a team to become dispirited or motivate it to emerge better than before. The No. 17 UCLA women’s volleyball team has evidently chosen to follow the latter path as it recovered from its shocking 3-0 defeat against Loyola Marymount University last Sunday to win the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. Read more...

Photo: Women’s volleyball swept three teams en route to capturing the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic last weekend. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)