PEPPERDINE STUNS UCLA.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer The national title won't be determined for almost a week, but Pepperdine overcame perhaps the biggest obstacle to a men's volleyball championship Saturday. The Waves, ranked No. 2 in the USA Today/AVCA poll, defeated top-ranked 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 15-12, 11-15, 15-4, 15-12 in front of 2,369 at Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, informally and commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The men's and women's volleyball teams also play here. to win 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. The victory gives Pepperdine (22-4) an automatic berth in the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championships, which start Thursday in Honolulu. The masters of comebacks rallied from a 10-5 deficit in the fourth game to earn their ninth trip to the championships when UCLA's 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 hit a second consecutive wide ball at match point. The Pepperdine win ended a 12-year streak of conference championships for the Bruins (26-4), who entered the match with a 14-match home winning streak over the Waves and a 61-15 advantage in the teams' all-time series, including wins in their two previous meetings of the year. |
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