MVB Opens Play at Fall Invitational

Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA

MVB Opens Play at Fall Invitational

November 02, 2019 | Men's Volleyball

The 2020 UCLA men's volleyball team kicked off the fall season this weekend with a series of split squad exhibition matches across town at the USC Fall Invitational on Saturday.

Results---
Long Beach State Gold d. UCLA Blue 21-25, 25-17, 15-12
        (starters: Sam Kobrine, Grant Maleski, Austin Matautia, Adam Parks, Cole Pender, Brandon Rattray, Matt Younggren)
Long Beach State Black d. UCLA Gold 25-23, 25-14
UCLA Blue d. Stanford 25-22, 25-18, 18-16
       (Sam Kobrine, Grant Maleski, Austin Matautia, JR Norris, Chris Orem, Adam Parks, Cole Pender)
UCLA Gold d. Pepperdine Orange 25-22, 23-25, 15-9
       (Ethan Hill, Mads Keyd Jensen, Cole Ketrzynski, Daniel Matheney, Merrick McHenry, Cole Pender, Cole Power)
UCLA Gold d. Concordia 24-26, 28-26, 15-9
       (Sam Burgi, Ian Eschenberg, Mads Kyed Jensen, Daniel Matheney, Merrick McHenry, Ian Parish, Cole Power)
UCLA Blue d. USC Cardinal 25-19, 25-19
       (Ian Eschenberg, Sam Kobrine, Austin Matautia, JR Norris, Chris Orem, Cole Pender, Matt Younggren)

On Nov. 15-16, 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 4:30 and 7:00 p.m. on Friday night and 9 am, 11:30 am, 2 pm and 4:30 pm on Saturday. Admission is free and seating is limited. The playing schedule will be announced soon.

On Dec. 7, UCLA will host MPSF rival Pepperdine for an exhibition. Time is to be determined.