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MVB Swings Into Action with Exhibition Matches

Men's Volleyball

UCLA begins play Saturday at 8:30 a.m. in the USC Fall Invitational.

The UCLA men's volleyball team will swing into action this weekend with a series of exhibition matches, including a Sunday matchup with Stanford in the SAC Gym on campus.

On Saturday, UCLA will split its roster and compete in the USC Men's Volleyball Fall Tournament. Each team will play 3 matches.  Matches are best of 3 sets, with the first 2 sets to 25 points and the third set to 15 points (must win by 2 points). The participating teams: USC (2 teams), UCLA (2 teams), Stanford, Pepperdine (2 teams), UC Santa Barbara (2 teams), Cal State Northridge, UC San Diego, Concordia. The event will be held upstairs in the three Galen Center Pavilion side courts and admission is free.

UCLA begins play at the Trojan event with both its Blue and Gold squads in action at 8:30 a.m. The Blue will open with a match against UC Santa Barbara, while the Gold will start off against Pepperdine. Play continues throughout the day with UCLA and USC squaring off at 4 p.m. in the final slot of matches.

On Sunday, UCLA will host MPSF rival Stanford for a series of matches which are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in the SAC Gym. Play is expected to continue until approximately 2 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10, the Bruin men's volleyball alumni are invited to take in a practice for Coach John Speraw's team (2:30 - 4:30 p.m. and the site will be determined).

On Nov. 16-17, UCLA will host its annual Fall Invitational in the SAC Gym on campus with teams from CSUN, UC Santa Barbara and USC set to attend. Match times will be 5 and 7:30 p.m. on Friday night and 9 am, 11:30 am,  2 pm and 4:30 pm on Saturday.


USC MVB Fall Tournament Schedule - Saturday, Nov. 3
                                Jefferson Court                 Exposition Court              Figueroa Court 
 
 8:30 a.m.            USC Cardinal-CSUN         UCSB Gold-UCLA Blue    UCLA Gold-PEP Orange
 
10:00 a.m.           UCSB Blue-UCSD              PEP Blue-Concordia        USC Gold-Stanford
 
11:30 a.m.           USC Cardinal-UCSD          UCLA Gold-Concordia     UCSB Gold-Stanford                   
 
1:00 p.m.             UCSB Blue-CSUN              PEP Blue-UCLA Blue        USC Gold-PEP Orange
 
2:30 p.m.             CSUN-UCSD                       UCLA Blue-Concordia     PEP Orange-Stanford
 
4:00 p.m.             USC Cardinal-UCSB Blue   UCSB Gold-PEP Blue        UCLA Gold-USC Gold