Author Archives: Ben Peters

Coming to haunt the No. 2 UCLA men’s water polo team this Halloween weekend is the spooky specter of anteaters. But seriously, UCLA (9-6, 1-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) cannot take No. 5 UC Irvine (11-6, 2-2 MPSF) lightly because another MPSF loss could make the Bruins’ status scary. After back-to-back excruciating two-goal […]

The UCLA men’s water polo team would love it if senior center defender Dan Yeilding truly turns out to be the team’s Robert Horry, if that means that they can expect last-second heroics from him en route to winning an NCAA championship. A self-described huge Lakers fan, Yeilding, or “DJ” as he is known to […]

Heartbreak then redemption. That seems to be the theme for this year’s UCLA men’s water polo team. Mirroring the pattern started with a double-overtime loss to USC, followed by a determined first-place finish in the NorCal tournament the following weekend, No. 2 UCLA (8-4) managed to reassert itself with a 9-3 win over No. 7 […]

As far as weekends go, the UCLA men’s water polo team will be hard-pressed to top its four-match NorCal tournament victory in Berkeley that ended last Sunday. That it culminated with a revenge win against USC in the final only made it that much sweeter. It was the kind of confidence-enhancing weekend a team can use […]

After the disappointment of last weekend’s heartbreaking double-overtime loss to USC, the UCLA men’s water polo team responded this weekend in the biggest way possible. During a grueling 4-game, 2-day tournament in Berkeley, the Bruins claimed the NorCal tournament title fittingly beating USC 6-3 in the final match. That No. 7 UCLA had enough energy […]

By Elizabeth Newman and Ben Peters DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTORS enewman@media.ucla.edu bpeters@media.ucla.edu On a Sunday the 7-0 score seemed fitting … except the sport was soccer. In the rout, senior forward Tim Pierce had a memorable day, not only scoring his first hat trick as a Bruin, but also creating a new UCLA record in the […]