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Three UCLA men’s volleyball members assist in USA opening win

UCLA players making noise in Paris.

Three UCLA Bruins led Team USA to a three-set win over Argentina on Saturday. The United States team is looking to get back on track following their tough finish in the last Olympics where they lost in the Pool Play.

Garrett Muagututia us a 6’5 outside hitter from Oceanside California. He finished playing at UCLA back in 2010. He has been a US Men’s National team member since 2011. He had played in several countries over the last ten years.

Micah Ma’a is a 6’3, setter from Hawaii. He finished his college volleyball at UCLA in 2019. His father Pono was on the Men’s Olympic team back in 1986, and his mother played professional beach volleyball.

Of course, head coach John Speraw has been on the men’s Olympic staff since 2012.

The USA team got off to a great start against Argentina. The Americans won the first set 25-20 after the match was tied at 13.

The next game for Team USA is on Tuesday. They will take on Germany. The Germans are coming off a massive upset over Japan.  The Americans are part of Pool B.

Bruins volleyball coach discusses title with Big Ten Network

John Speraw chimes in on UCLA national title.

UCLA Bruins Men’s Volleyball head coach John Speraw recently stopped by to discuss with the Big Ten Network the run that the Bruins made to win a national title.

Speraw discusses how the season went and how the team struggled to start the season and maybe was falling short of expectations:

We didn’t have a great fall, and then we lost a couple players in key positions, so we needed to put some pieces together, get some young guys on the court, ended up not meeting, I think everyone’s expecations of how the season was going to go, and it wasn’t very smooth. So, I think for us to weather that period of time, to make sure we stayed together as a group, come and play our best volleyball at the end of the year is I think what it made it so special.

Speraw is a graduate of UCLA, and played middle blocker, winning two national titles as a player. He was named the head coach of the UCLA Men’s team in 2012 and won his first title with the Bruins in 2023. Before his time at UCLA< he won three titles at UC Irvine