MPSF MEN'S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP BRUINS RECOVER TO BEAT WAVES AND EARN BERTH IN FINAL FOUR UCLA 3, PEPPERDINE 1.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News The odds of Ed Ratledge or Evan Thatcher Thatch·er , Margaret Hilda. Baroness. Born 1925. British Conservative politician who served as prime minister (1979-1990). Her administration was marked by anti-inflationary measures, a brief war in the Falkland Islands (1982), and the passage of a being in the groove at opposite hitter are good in any given match. On Saturday night, it was Ratledge's turn to shine in UCLA's 6-15, 15-11, 15-4, 15-11 victory over host Pepperdine in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. championship before 2,862 at Firestone Fieldhouse Firestone Fieldhouse is a multipurpose arena located in Malibu, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It was built in 1973 as the home of the Pepperdine University Waves basketball and volleyball teams, who still play at the Fieldhouse today. . The 6-8 senior came off the bench to register a match-high 27 kills to give fourth-seeded UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX (27-5) an automatic berth in the four-team NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships in Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, city (1990 pop. 173,072), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee River; inc. 1840. It is the second largest city in the state, a major railroad and shipping point, a wholesale and distribution hub, , Ind., on May 4 and 6. Mark Williams Mark Williams is the name of the following people: Great Britain
``Ed never cooled down,'' UCLA coach Al Scates said. ``He got the play the whole match tonight. On some occasions, I start Ratledge and Thatcher gets to play the whole match. One of the boys usually is hot. The chances were one of them was going to get off.'' After a shaky first game, Ratledge helped the Bruins jump to early leads in the final three games to put the Bruins in position for a shot at their second NCAA title in three years. ``We just started playing as well as we can,'' Ratledge said. ``I think they pretty much played a career game that first game. I know they can play that well, but there is no way a team can play as well as they did for an entire match.'' In the first game, second-seeded Pepperdine (22-5) jumped to leads of 6-0 and 8-1 to start the match behind steady hitting from Keith Barnett, Brad Keenan and Scott Wong, who registered five kills each in the first game and a .462 hitting percentage. The Waves dropped off to .136 and .100 in the second and third games, respectively. Pepperdine, which defeated top-seeded USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , the nation's No. 1 team, likely will join UCLA, Ohio State and Penn State in the NCAA championships when the at-large berth is announced today. ``You never know for sure, but I would be pretty surprised if we did not make it,'' Pepperdine setter Kurt Nelson said. Pepperdine's Andre Breuer shared match-high honors with Ratledge with 27 kills. Wong and Barnett contributed 20 and 12 kills, respectively, for the Waves. Powered by eight kills in the second game by Ratledge, the Bruins scored the final eight points in the second game to overcome an 11-7 deficit. UCLA jumped to a 6-0 lead before the Waves responded with eight unanswered points for a 8-6 lead. In the third game, UCLA scored 12 of the final 13 points. The Bruins raced to a 8-3 lead after breaking a 3-3 tie and closed out the game with the final six points, including four in a row served by Ratledge. |
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