PROVO — UCLA crept one step closer to the NCAA Championships by sweeping Long Beach State in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation volleyball semifinals Thursday, beating the 49ers 26-24, 28-26, 25-19 at BYUs Smith Fieldhouse.
The Bruins will face the winner of Thursday's other MPSF semifinal, between BYU and UC Santa Barbara, in Saturday's championship match. The Cougars and Gauchos face off at 7:30 p.m. MDT at the Smith Fieldhouse. The match is being broadcast on BYUtv.
Long Beach State had the opportunity to take the first set, leading 24-23 after a kill from Dan Glamack. But UCLA scored the final three points of the set, capped by a block from Oliver Martin and Hagen Smith.