Friday, January 13
Los Angeles, CA
6:00 PM
UCLA
vs
Princeton
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
MVB Hosts Princeton Friday
January 12, 2023 | Men's Volleyball
BRUINS PLAY HOME-OPENER FRIDAY —UCLA, ranked No. 2 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Pre-Season poll, will host Princeton (1-1) on Friday at 6 p.m. on Colllns Court in the John Wooden Center. The Bruins (3-0) opened the season with three straight sweeps of Big West Conference teams from CSUN, UCSD and UCSB last week in the Asics Invitational in Santa Barbara. Last season, UCLA defeated Princeton in three straight sets to open the 2022 season. Princeton went on to win the EIVA Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament where it lost in the Opening Round. The Bruins will remain at home next week against UC Santa Barbara (Fri.-J20) and UC San Diego (Sat.-J21).
Video: https://pac-12.com/live/ucla-2
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=439507
RETURNING -- UCLA returns five starters in redshirt sophomore middle blocker Guy Genis, the 2022 MPSF Freshman of the Year, senior outside hitter Alex Knight, redshirt junior middle blocker Merrick McHenry, junior outside hitter Ethan Champlin along with junior setter Miles Partain. Also back are redshirt junior opposite Kyle Vom Steeg, redshirt middle blocker J.R. Norris IV, senior outside hitter/opposite Cole Ketrzynski, redshirt junior setter Aryton Garcia-Jurado, redshirt freshman middle blocker Sean McQuiggan, redshirt freshman outside hitter Cooper Robinson, sophomore libero Matthew Aziz,sophomore outside hitter/opposite Ido David, redshirt sophomore outside hitter Grant Sloane and redshirt freshman middle blocker Matthew Edwards.
NEW TO THE MIX-- UCLA adds redshirt senior libero Troy Gooch from Purdue Fort Wayne, freshman setter Andrew Rowan, freshman middle blocker Christopher Hersh, freshman opposite David Decker, freshman outside hitter Zach Rama, freshman libero Coleman McDonough.
UCLA AND RANKINGS -- UCLA remained at No. 2 in the first regular season AVCA Poll. The Bruins earned the No. 2 spot in the pre-season AVCA poll for the fourth time in the past five seasons. UCLA received one first-place vote in the poll while two-time defending national champion Hawai'i garnered the remaining 21 votes for the top spot. Eleven of the AVCA's Top 15-ranked teams in the pre-season poll appear on the Bruins' schedule for 2023 and will meet UCLA for a total of 19 matches this season. UCLA has now been ranked as high as No. 2 in the AVCA poll at some point in 7 of the last 8 seasons (not in 2021). The Bruins finished the 2022 season listed fourth in the final AVCA poll.
MPSF -- Ethan Champlin was named the MPSF's first 2023 Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the UCSB Tournament ... UCLA, which finished atop the 2022 MPSF standings with an 11-1 record, is picked to repeat by the coaches in 2023. The 2023 Preseason MPSF coaches poll: 1-UCLA, 2-Pepperdine, 3-Stanford, 4-Grand Canyon, 4-USC, 6-BYU, 7-Concordia, Irvine. This year's MPSF post-season Tournament will be held at Stanford as the location will rotate among the league schools going forward. Returners Miles Partain, Ethan Champlin and Merrick McHenry each earned first-team 2022 All-MPSF honors. Guy Genis was the 2022 MPSF Freshman of the Year and a second-team selection. Ido David earned honorable mention. Grant Sloane joined Genis and David on the 2022 MPSF All-Freshman Team.
HOME SCHEDULE -- UCLA will host matchups against ranked opponents this season versus No. 15 Princeton (Jan. 13), No. 7 UC Santa Barbara
(Jan. 20), No. 3 Long Beach State (Feb. 9), No. 8 UC Irvine (Feb. 26), No. 10 USC (Apr. 6) and No. 5 Pepperdine (Apr. 15).
Video: https://pac-12.com/live/ucla-2
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=439507
RETURNING -- UCLA returns five starters in redshirt sophomore middle blocker Guy Genis, the 2022 MPSF Freshman of the Year, senior outside hitter Alex Knight, redshirt junior middle blocker Merrick McHenry, junior outside hitter Ethan Champlin along with junior setter Miles Partain. Also back are redshirt junior opposite Kyle Vom Steeg, redshirt middle blocker J.R. Norris IV, senior outside hitter/opposite Cole Ketrzynski, redshirt junior setter Aryton Garcia-Jurado, redshirt freshman middle blocker Sean McQuiggan, redshirt freshman outside hitter Cooper Robinson, sophomore libero Matthew Aziz,sophomore outside hitter/opposite Ido David, redshirt sophomore outside hitter Grant Sloane and redshirt freshman middle blocker Matthew Edwards.
NEW TO THE MIX-- UCLA adds redshirt senior libero Troy Gooch from Purdue Fort Wayne, freshman setter Andrew Rowan, freshman middle blocker Christopher Hersh, freshman opposite David Decker, freshman outside hitter Zach Rama, freshman libero Coleman McDonough.
UCLA AND RANKINGS -- UCLA remained at No. 2 in the first regular season AVCA Poll. The Bruins earned the No. 2 spot in the pre-season AVCA poll for the fourth time in the past five seasons. UCLA received one first-place vote in the poll while two-time defending national champion Hawai'i garnered the remaining 21 votes for the top spot. Eleven of the AVCA's Top 15-ranked teams in the pre-season poll appear on the Bruins' schedule for 2023 and will meet UCLA for a total of 19 matches this season. UCLA has now been ranked as high as No. 2 in the AVCA poll at some point in 7 of the last 8 seasons (not in 2021). The Bruins finished the 2022 season listed fourth in the final AVCA poll.
MPSF -- Ethan Champlin was named the MPSF's first 2023 Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the UCSB Tournament ... UCLA, which finished atop the 2022 MPSF standings with an 11-1 record, is picked to repeat by the coaches in 2023. The 2023 Preseason MPSF coaches poll: 1-UCLA, 2-Pepperdine, 3-Stanford, 4-Grand Canyon, 4-USC, 6-BYU, 7-Concordia, Irvine. This year's MPSF post-season Tournament will be held at Stanford as the location will rotate among the league schools going forward. Returners Miles Partain, Ethan Champlin and Merrick McHenry each earned first-team 2022 All-MPSF honors. Guy Genis was the 2022 MPSF Freshman of the Year and a second-team selection. Ido David earned honorable mention. Grant Sloane joined Genis and David on the 2022 MPSF All-Freshman Team.
HOME SCHEDULE -- UCLA will host matchups against ranked opponents this season versus No. 15 Princeton (Jan. 13), No. 7 UC Santa Barbara
(Jan. 20), No. 3 Long Beach State (Feb. 9), No. 8 UC Irvine (Feb. 26), No. 10 USC (Apr. 6) and No. 5 Pepperdine (Apr. 15).
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