Author Archives: Bryan Chu

At the Bruins’ final home game Saturday, Lauren Heineck really couldn’t hold back her emotions. During Senior Day, five seniors, including Heineck, each received cheers, a bouquet of flowers and an embrace from UCLA women’s water polo coach Adam Krikorian. But for Heineck, the feelings surging through her body were unlike that of the other […]

Blood began streaming from Cardinal junior Alison Gregorka’s nose after she received a blow to her face. Jessica Steffens’ chin rested on the side of the pool, her eyes stewing with tears after she got the wind knocked out of her. Call it the physical nature of water polo, but the Cardinal got the worst […]

Redshirt senior Thalia Munro has been blessed with being a part of three championship teams during her illustrious career at UCLA. She is currently sixth among UCLA’s all-time leaders for goals scored, with 121. The utility is one of the most feared defenders ““ as well as one of the most decorated players ““ in […]

Think 2001. UCLA coach Adam Krikorian is; he’s hoping there will be a similar outcome. Five seasons ago, the Bruins dropped a game early on to USC and four to Stanford after having won the national championship the year before. Yet, when it came down to the national championship game, the Bruins edged a Cardinal […]

Last season, driver Courtney Mathewson was like most players on a team that was expected to win a national title. As a freshman on the women’s water polo team, she sat and watched from the bench. Her playing time consisted mostly of getting her feet wet against below-par teams and blowouts. Yet one year later, […]

With the recent announcement of plans to construct the Spieker Aquatic Center, questions have arisen as to whether the center will affect the surrounding area, specifically the adjacent Sunset Canyon Recreation Center basketball and tennis courts. Mick Deluca, director of the UCLA Department of Cultural and Recreational Affairs, has cleared some of the misconceptions regarding […]

Surrounded by pine trees and nestled in the upper regions of the UCLA campus, the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center pool has housed some of the most heralded water polo players, swimmers and divers ever to grace the campus. That will change beginning fall of 2008. On Monday, the UCLA Athletic Department announced the construction of […]