University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Bruins Seeded 14th, Hosting NCAA's
November 30, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
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LOS ANGELES - The Bruins earned a #14 national seed for the NCAA Tournament and will host the first and second rounds next weekend at the John Wooden Center. UCLA will face Lipscomb at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, with Santa Clara and Michigan squaring off at 5:30 p.m. Friday's winners will play on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. for a right to advance to the Austin Regional (Dec. 11-12).
A free video stream for the three matches will be available on UCLABruins.com. Ticket information for the first and second rounds is available on the Tournament Central page. Tickets go on sale at 12 p.m. on Monday.
The Bruins received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament after finishing the regular season with a 23-7 record and a fourth-place showing in the Pac-12 Conference (14-6). Lipscomb earned an automatic berth as winners of the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, going 23-8 and 13-1 in league play.
Michigan went 19-12 overall and 9-11 (9th) in Big Ten Conference play to earn an at-large bid, as did Santa Clara, which posted a 22-8 record and a 13-5 mark in the West Coast Conference (tied for third).
