The American water polo recruiting “radar” is most attuned to California – players from the state go on to play for schools all over the country. Very rarely does it pass over the Midwest. Redshirt junior center Matt Farmer, the lone Midwesterner on the UCLA men’s water polo team, is one of five players not from […]
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Men’s water polo ties national record with win over Pacific
The Tigers were reeling. After falling to No. 3 USC the week before 15-7, the team showed up Saturday looking to assert itself in its second top-five nontournament matchup. But the No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo team (18-0) wouldn’t have it, defeating No. 4 Pacific (12-4) in Stockton, California, on Saturday 9-5, and tying […]
Men’s water polo aims to keep consistency as it nears record win streak
After escaping the Mountain Pacific Invitational with their win streak intact, the Bruins will look to tie a program-record 50 straight victories this weekend. The No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo team (15-0) hosts No. 13 UC Irvine (7-5) and unranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3-8) before playing an exhibition match against former UCLA men’s water polo players […]
Softball to face elimination after 10-3 loss in first series game
UCLA started the Women’s College World Series in the same struggling fashion that it started the super regionals. Auburn University needed only one hit off UCLA to score five runs in the first inning. The No. 12 Bruins (40-14-1) struggled on the mound and on defense, falling 10-3 to the No. 4 Tigers (54-10) in […]
Softball to face elimination after 8-1 super regional loss to Oregon
UCLA softball’s nine-game winning streak came to a screeching halt Saturday evening. The No.12 Bruins (38-14-1, 16-5-1 Pac-12) were hit hard in the first game of the super regional series against the No. 5 Oregon Ducks (48-8, 20-4 Pac-12), losing 8-1 to the reigning Pac-12 champs. After throwing 9 2/3 dominant innings against the Ducks […]
UCLA softball looks to carry long ball into NCAA super regional
The Bruins scored 14 of their 15 runs via the long ball last weekend. No. 12 UCLA softball – which finished the regular season as one of the hottest teams in the NCAA – carried its offensive momentum into regional play by outscoring Cal State Bakersfield and Cal State Fullerton 15-6 over the course of […]
Softball advances to NCAA super regionals after edging out Fullerton
UCLA softball will keep on dancing to the super regionals. The No. 12 Bruins knocked the Cal State Fullerton Titans out of regionals with a pair of third-inning homers. After striking first in each of its first two tournament games, UCLA fell to an early 3-0 deficit when Fullerton hit a pair of doubles off […]