UCLA Bruins Men's Volleyball

Volleyball is such an exciting game to watch! It's such an underrated sport.

I attended the UCLA-BYU men's volleyball game - #2 vs #5 in the country. Top level volleyball and a classic, timeless facility - what can go wrong with that? Well, plenty, if the staffing is commensurate with a crowd of 200 but 4,000 show up instead.What let me down were the extremely long lines to get into the facility, made even worse by the longer lines for concessions. Surely the folks in charge anticipated a large crowd attending the game (I'm sure they can know how many tickets were sold prior to the event), yet despite that there was only one admission entrance and only one concession stand open, each of which had very long lines and left me with a bad impression of facility management. There simply should be no reason to miss almost an entire set of a 3-set match to buy snacks because only one food service stand was open in the building.

Pauley Pavilion is so new and clean. It was a great venue to see men's volleyball. They do have a clear bag policy so make sure you bring one or else you will have to check your purse/bag. Parking in Lot 8 is was very conveniently located.

This PAC-12/Big Ten Challenge was worth the 100-mile drive. Both matches went five sets and both ended with excitement. In the first match, #13 USC gave their all against a good #9 Penn State team, but just couldn't get the win. Most of us came in thinking the Men of Troy would be trounced by PSU, but were pleasantly surprised to see the Trojans fight to tie the match at 2-2 and battle to the end, losing the fifth set 17-15. Keep an eye on the USC team. In the second match, it was #2 vs #3 and the guys didn't disappoint. A see-saw match with the teams splitting the first four sets and going into "overtime" in the fifth set with UCLA coming out on top 16-14. Looking forward to seeing these two teams again in the NCAA championship. Pauley Pavilion is a beautiful arena with comfortable seats and very clean surroundings. Security is very friendly as is the arena staff, and the crowd was well-behaved and friendly. And parking was a breeze; no complaints about the parking fees...it all goes to a good cause. I would definitely attend more events at Pauley Pavilion!

Really enjoyed the men's volleyball at the NEW Pauley Pavillon. The venue is attractive and fairly user friendly. The play was excellent (of course, it helped that UCLA was by far the better team). We'll also be attending the NCAA Men's Volleyball tournament here in early May and are looking forward to it.

The Bruins put on a volleyball clinic and made the visiting Southern Cal team look like a JV high school team. The home crowd was awesome and the new Pauley Pavilion is spectacular.

What a great event. I like the opportunity to get close to the action. Seats were comfy. UCLA was in fine form. It was open seating.