LIVE BLOG: SWEEP UCLA 3 Long Beach State 0

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Set 3 UCLA wins 25-19

6;36: Olivier hits into the net to end it.
Call stands. UCLA up 23-17
6:33: At the moment UCLA up 23-16. Beach challenging at touch on Siapanis attack
6:30: Harlan hits way long on the BIC. UCLA up 21-17. TO Beach.

6:27: Torwie serves just wide. Beach challenges that it was in. Quick decision. Call stands. UCLA up 15-18. 
6:22: Beach on a 3-0 run behind serve of Harlan, including an ace and blocking Champlin for the first time. TO UCLA. Bruins lead 16-13

6:19: UCLA up 15-10 at the TTO. 3 dump shots by Rowan and then Champlin with his 12th kill. Champlin 12-0-16.

Set 2: UCLA wins 25-14
6:02: Well that was ugly. Beach 9-6-26, .115; UCLA 13-2-22, .500. Ido 10 kills for Bruins, Siapanis with 7 (7-0-14) for beach. UCLA 5-1 edge in aces, both teams with 5 SEs. 
5:58: Towrie’s first kill comes 20-11 in Set 2. 
5;57: UCLA up 20-10 on the Bruins 4th ace and 5th block. TO Beach. 
555: Call reversed. UCLA up 17-9. Bruins with a service error. It’s 17-10.
5:51: Beach has closed to 16-10 but UCLA challenging a net violation
5:44: UCLA up 11-5. TO Beach.

Set 1: Bruins win 25-16
5:41: UCLA holds off one set point but not a second. Siapanis with Beach’s third service error ends it.

5:26:Bruins running away at 21-14. Reminds me a lot of how Beach looked like at UCI.

5:24: UCLA with its third block. Bruins up 18-13. TO Beach. 
5:18: UCLA up 15-11 at the TTO. Beach 3-1-16, .125. UCLA 10-5-25, .200. UCLA 3-2 edge in SEs Beach 2-1 edge in blocks

NCAA Men’s Volleyball Championship
At EagleBank Arena, George Mason, Fairfax, Va.
Thursday semifinals
11 a.m. HST: No. 1 seed UCLA (29-2) vs. No. 4 seed Long Beach State (21-4)

Live stats: https://www.ncaa.com/game/6147337

Live video: https://www.ncaa.com/game/6147337

Series: Long Beach State and UCLA will face each other for the 101st time in program history. In the all-time series, the Bruins lead the Beach, 55-45, including defeating LBSU in a pair of matches earlier this season. When playing each other at a neutral site, UCLA leads 13-6. When facing off in the NCAA Tournament, Long Beach State leads 2-1. The Beach’s two NCAA Tournament wins came in 2022 and 2018. In 2022, both played at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, LBSU defeated UCLA to advance to the NCAA Championship match. In 2018, the Beach knocked off the Bruins in five sets to capture the National Title.