No. 1 UCLA Pulls Off Reverse Sweep of No. 2 Long Beach State, 3-2

Friday, February 6

Long Beach, CA

7:00 pm (PT)

UCLA

9-0,2-0MPSF

No.2 Long Beach State

8-1,0-0Big West

UCLA

Long Beach St.

No. 1 UCLA Pulls Off Reverse Sweep of No. 2 Long Beach State, 3-2

February 06, 2026 | Men's Volleyball

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LONG BEACH, Calif. – The No. 1 UCLA men's volleyball team earned a reverse sweep over No. 2 Long Beach State on Friday night, winning 3-2. Set scores on the night were 16-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-10.

The No. 1-ranked Bruins (9-0, 2-0 MPSF) handed No. 2 Long Beach State (8-1, 0-0 Big West) its first loss of the season.

Despite dropping the first two sets, the Bruins battled back, taking the third, fourth and fifth sets, while limiting Long Beach to a .193 hitting percentage on the day.

Setter Andrew Rowan paced the Bruins offense with 45 assists, while Zach Rama tallied 21 kills, and Sean Kelly added 14 kills for the Bruins. Skyler Varga led The Beach with 12 kills on the night.

With the match tied at 2-2, the Bruins carried their momentum from sets three and four into the fifth set. UCLA took an early 5-2 lead after kills from Rama and Cameron Thorne forced a Long Beach timeout.

Back-to-back aces by Varga got Long Beach State even at 5-5. Decker and Hersh responded with a block to push the Bruins up 7-5.

Long Beach then took an 8-7 lead in the final set before the Bruins rattled off four-straight points to make it 11-8, forcing a LBSU timeout. A block from Rowan and Hersh, followed by a Rama kill, forced the Long Beach timeout.

The Bruins pushed the lead to 13-10 before closing out the night. Rama recorded his 21st kill of the evening to make it 14-10 before Rowan ended the match with an ace, giving the Bruins the set 15-10, and the match 3-2.

In the final set, the Bruins hit .529 while limiting Long Beach to -.062 hitting.

As for the fourth set, UCLA raced out to a 13-9 lead, after an attack error from Long Beach State. A kill from Hersh off an assist from Rowan made it 17-14, and then the Bruins forced another attack error from Long Beach to make it 18-14.

With the Bruins leading 23-18 in the set, Kelly and Rama tallied kills to give the Bruins the fourth set 25-19, forcing a decisive fifth set.

After dropping the first two sets 16-25 and 22-25, the Bruins rallied back in the final three sets. After struggling offensively in the opening sets, the Bruins earned a hard-fought third set win, 25-22.

In the third set, the Bruins went up 14-11 courtesy of a block assist by Christopher Hersh and Rowan. Long Beach battled back and took a 20-18 lead before a service error and a kill by Kelly, tying the set at 20-20. UCLA then closed the set on a 5-2 run to take the set 25-22, as a Kelly kill got the Bruins on the board two sets to one.

Up Next: UCLA returns to action on Saturday night, taking on Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. First serve is set for 7 pm PT and the match will be broadcast on B1G+.