[media-credit name=”” align=”alignnone”]A few women’s water polo coaches, including Krikorian, are thrown in the pool after the Bruins defeated Stanford 5-4 to win the university’s 100th national championship as well as the team’s fourth straight.[media-credit name=”” align=”alignnone”]Krikorian embraces then-senior driver Nicolette Grams after leading the women’s team to a 12-7 victory over Long Beach State on senior day, capping off an undefeated regular season. The Bruins continued their undefeated streak to the national championship.[media-credit name=”” align=”alignnone”]Krikorian instructs his players during their match against Stanford. The Bruins upset the Cardinal in a 9-8 overtime thriller. The victory gave the Bruins better seeding in the MPSF tournament. The Bruins eventually won their second-straight national title.[media-credit name=”” align=”alignnone”]Now the men’s co-coach, along with Baker and the rest of the Bruins, Krikorian celebrates UCLA’s 12-11 victory over Stanford in the MPSF Championship. Krikorian eventually took sole leadership of both the men’s and women’s programs as Baker departed to coach the U.S. women’s national team.[media-credit name=”” align=”alignnone”]As an undergraduate assistant coach for the men, Krikorian already had a presence in the team huddles. With then head coach Guy Baker, Krikorian gives his former teammates some late-game advice in their 12-10 loss to the Trojans.
