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MVB Swings Into Action with Exhibition Matches

Men's Volleyball

Bruins Host Stanford on Sunday at 10 a.m. in SAC Gym

The UCLA men's volleyball team will swing into action this weekend with several pre-season exhibition matches, including a Sunday match at 10 a.m. against Stanford in the SAC Gym on campus.

 On Saturday, UCLA will split its roster and send squads to play in tournaments at USC and in Las Vegas. The USC event will be held upstairs in the Galen Center Pavilion and admission is free. UCLA begins play at 8:30 a.m. against Grand Canyon, one of the new members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) league. At 11:30 a.m., the Bruins will face off against UC Santa Barbara before finishing up with matches against UC San Diego at 1:30 p.m. and versus CSUN at 2:45 p.m.

USC MVB Tournament Schedule - Nov. 11 - (best 2-out-of-3 sets) Galen Center Pavilion
                                              Court 1                     Court 2                                     Court 3 

 
8:30 AM:              Grand Canyon v. UCLA           Concordia v. Stanford                  USC v. CSUN
 
10 AM:                  UCSB v. UCSD                        Grand Canyon v. CSUN            USC v. Concordia
 
11:30 AM:            UCSD v. Stanford                      UCLA v. UCSB                        Concordia v. Grand Canyon            
 
1:30 PM:              UCLA v. UCSD                          CSUN v. Stanford                     USC v. Grand Canyon
 
2:45 PM:              Concordia v. UCSB                   CSUN v. UCLA                          USC v. Stanford
 
4:00 PM:              UCSD v. USC (or TBA)             UCSB v. USC (or TBA)

 
In Las Vegas, the Bruins will do battle against teams from BYU and Pepperdine. Matches are scheduled for 9 a.m. (vs. BYU1), 11 a.m. (vs. Pepperdine) and at 2 p.m. (vs. BYU2) and will be played on the UNLV campus.

The Bruins will host their annual Fall Tournament on two courts in SAC Gym on Friday, Nov. 17 and Saturday, Nov. 18. Admission is free. On Friday evening, UCLA will square off against CSUN and USC will meet UC Santa Barbara at 5 p.m. The "B" teams from UCLA and CSUN will play at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, the Bruin A team will play UCSB's A squad at 11:30 a.m. At 2 p.m., the UCLA B squad will play the USC B team. At 4:30 p.m., the UCLA A squad will tangle with the USC A team. All matches will be the best 3-out-of-5 sets.

HOME EXHIBITION MATCHES
SUNDAY 11/12/17
UCLA vs. Stanford - 10 a.m.  (SAC Gym)

UCLA FALL TOURNAMENT (SAC GYM ON CAMPUS - best three-out-of-five sets)
FRIDAY 11/17/17:
  
5:00pm
Court 1: UCLA (A) vs. CSUN (A)
Court 2: USC (A) vs. UCSB (A) 
7:30pm
Court 1: UCLA (B) vs. CSUN (B)
SATURDAY 11/18/17:  
9:00am
Court 2: CSUN (A) vs. USC (A)
11:30am
            Court 1: UCLA (A) vs. UCSB (A)
            Court 2: CSUN (B) vs. USC (B)
2:00pm
Court 1: UCLA (B) vs. USC (B)
Court 2: UCSB (A) vs. CSUN (A)
4:30pm
            Court 1: UCLA (A) vs. USC (A)