UCLA wins Elephant Bar in five games over CSUN

[Rocky]

UCLA Wins UCSB's 41st Annual Elephant Bar Invitational: Final Results
The top-seeded Bruins claimed the title with a thrilling five-game win over No. 2 seed Cal State Northridge.


Jan. 8, 2005


Box Score



Santa Barbara, Calif. - Top-seeded UCLA claims UCSB's 41st Annual Elephant Bar Invitational tournament title with thrilling five-game win over No. 2 seed Cal State Northridge. Long Beach State takes home third, while Stanford and Pacific rounded out the top five, respectively. UC Irvine placed sixth, and USC topped hosts UCSB to bring home seventh.


Championship Match • 7:00 p.m.
Match 9 • No. 1 UCLA 3 vs. No. 2 Cal State Northridge 2 (35-37, 30-25, 30-23, 23-30, 17-15)


Third Place Match • 5:00 p.m.
Match 10 • No. 5 Long Beach State 3, vs. No. 6 Stanford 2 (25-30, 31-29, 33-31,23-30,19-17)


Fifth Place Match • 2:30 p.m.
Match 11 • No. 3 Pacific 3, vs. No. 8 UC Irvine 1 (30-26, 21-30,30-28,31-29)


Seventh Place Match • 12:00 p.m.
Match 12 • No. 7 USC 3, No. 4 UC Santa Barbara 0 (30-27,30-26, 30-24)


Overall Tournament Standings and Records
1. UCLA (3-0)
2. Cal State Northridge (2-1)
3. Long Beach State (2-1)
4. Stanford (1-2)
5. Pacific (2-1)
6. UC Irvine (1-2)
7. USC (1-2)
8. UC Santa Barbara (0-3)

[Rocky]

The finals and the match for third both look like they were great matches. Wish I could have gone (too much rain!).
Anyone go that can post their observations?

[cbrown1709]

Glad to see Stanford is showing some promise.

[sjhaysuess]

Wow...the championship match was excellent and could've gone either way. After watching to first game go 37-35 I knew it was gonna be classic.

[sjhaysuess]

I just noticed UCSB got last. Weren't there a couple players from there school, starters even, who said they were way better than that? What happened? I'm not trash talking I'm just wondering.

[vballmom]

One starter that I know of from UCSB is ineligible due to grades. What are these boys thinking?

[perspixx]

Maybe UCSB's volleyball players were off trying out for the basketball team, which only has seven active players.

[donkeykong]

"One starter that I know of from UCSB is ineligible due to grades. What are these boys thinking?"



To answer your question. They really don't think much up in Isla Vista. It's more of a decision. Beer bong or real bong? Which first?
But I guess a decision requires some form of thinking so asking them to also pass classes is impossible. Brain overload.
No team in the MPSF wants SB to lose their program because a roadtrip to UCSB is essentially a vacation with a little sweat involved. Only about forty five minutes a night. No big deal.