The UCLA women’s water polo team is riding a five-game winning streak heading into this weekend’s trip to CSU Bakersfield. After a close loss to USC, the Bruins have gotten back on track to win their last five matches. The Bruins have already faced the Roadrunners this season in a match that featured a 14-3 […]
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UCLA swim and dive finishes 21st in NCAA Championships
Despite swimming fast at the NCAA championships, the UCLA swim and dive team was hoping for a better finish. The team placed 21st overall. “We didn’t score as many points as we had hoped, but for the most part everyone swam faster so its hard to complain about that,” said coach Cyndi Gallagher. According to […]
UCLA swim and dive all set for NCAA championships
The UCLA swim and dive team hopes that prior experience in competitive conference swimming will help it when it travels to Minneapolis for the NCAA championships starting Thursday. The expectations for this meet will be high. According to senior freestyle swimmer Lauren Baker, the team is in a good place heading into the meet. “We […]
UCLA swim and dive finishes fourth in Pac-12 finals
The UCLA swim and dive team faced stiff travel conditions and competition heading into the Pac-12 Championships. However, the Bruins finished in a strong fourth position and were able to avenge their prior loss to Arizona by finishing ahead of the Wildcats. The Pac-12 championships were held over four days in Federal Way, Wash., which […]
UCLA swim and dive all set and focused for Pac-12 championship
As the Bruins travel to Washington for the Pac-12 women’s swimming and diving championship, which runs Wednesday through Saturday, the focus will remain on one thing: themselves. This is something that, according to swim coach Cyndi Gallagher, the team did very well in its final dual meet of the season against USC on Feb. 17. […]
Bruins fall to Trojans in final UCI Invitational match
What would have completed a sweep for the UCLA women’s water polo team this weekend was spoiled by a gut-wrenching defeat to a bitter rival. The Bruins traveled to Irvine to compete in the UC Irvine Invitational this past weekend. They won three of their four matchups, and avenged a prior loss to Stanford. However, […]
UCLA swim and dive adjust for Pac-12s, NCAAs
The training will be less intense, the competitions will be longer, and even the suits will be different for the UCLA swim and dive team for the rest of its season. The Bruins finished their dual meet schedule with a 165-135 loss to the Trojans Monday and have only the Pac-12 championships and NCAA championships […]