TUCSON, Ariz. -- Thirteenth-ranked UCLA volleyball ended a six-year drought in McKale Center, sweeping Arizona (25-15, 25-17, 25-20) on Wednesday night.
 
Arizona struggled from the service line in the match; the Wildcats allowed eight UCLA aces while committing eight service errors.
 
The Bruins hit .336 in the match, while holding UA to a .196 clip. Arizona dropped to 0-7 when being outhit in a match.
 
Paige Whipple led the Wildcats with nine kills in the match. The freshman, who also had 10 digs, finished one kill shy of a double-double.
 
Julia Patterson was also near a double-double; the sophomore had 28 assists and nine digs in the match.
 
Arizona fell to 7-7 (1-4 Pac-12) on the season while the Bruins improved to 10-4 (3-2 Pac-12) on the year.
 
Set 1: UCLA defeated Arizona 25-15 in the opening set, outhitting the Wildcats .300-.103 in frame.
 
Set 2: The Bruins broke away late to win the second set, 25-17. UA held tough, but a successful UCLA challenge that turned a 14-14 tie to a 15-13 UCLA lead proved to be the catalyst for the Bruins to turn it around down the stretch.
 
Set 3: In the third set, Arizona hit .294, but could not slow the Bruins, who hit .361 to sweep the match with a 25-20 victory.
 
Quotes
Arizona head coach Dave Rubio
On what he said to the team during intermission:
"Last year we found ourselves 2-0 at UCLA, and I told them, it's not about winning this match, it's about advancing our game. That's why the competition is so important to us, whether we win or lose, it's really not about that. It's about advancing our game and becoming more skilled and becoming mentally better. To me that's the most important thing. The skills will follow the brain, and I feel like right because we're so young and so talented, the skill part is easy to develop, but we really wat to develop how good we are mentally and our mindset. I never felt like we were nervous. I never felt like we were scared. I never felt like we were holding back, I never felt any of those things. If I had felt like we were nervous or tentative or deferring to UCLA, it would have been a much different talk I gave in the post meeting, but I've been through it enough times in my coaching career in situations like this that it's really about the individual development of our players. As they get better the team will get better. If you don't have the right mindset it doesn't matter how much talent you have."
 
Junior outside hitter Kendra Dahlke
On tough Pac-12 conference...
"Playing this tough competition, and being in such a fierce conference, gives us the experience and will help us grow moving forward."
 
On the resiliency of the team...
"We focused on that going in. Being able to bounce back from deficits is very important and we worked hard at practice. We struggled with it at times, but we focused on bouncing back and stop the deficit"
 
Freshman outside hitter Paige Whipple
On the resiliency of the team...
"We have gotten a lot better at trusting each other throughout the season. At the beginning it was rocky because everyone was new on the court. As we've played together more, we have built those relationships and it is easier to hold each other accountable. It's important for me as a freshman to have older girls hold me accountable but also encourage me to develop has helped us stick together"

Up Next: The Wildcats face No. 15 USC on Friday in McKale.
 
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