Staring out into the pool as his team trickled out of the Spieker Aquatics Center on Wednesday, UCLA men’s water polo coach Adam Wright reminisced on a night in 1998 practicing with the U.S. national team in Long Beach, Calif. Practice ended, the team had changed and Jim Toring, a former UCLA water polo player, […]
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Men’s water polo works on intensity as season’s end approaches
Constantly swimming back and forth, repeating counterattack drills over and over again, men’s water polo players displayed a palpable intensity at Wednesday’s practice. “The emphasis this week has been getting the intensity level back up,” said coach Adam Wright. With its focus faltering just a little over the past few weeks, the team has more […]
No. 2 UCLA men’s water polo intent on reclaiming top spot
The UCLA men’s water polo season is reaching its peak as there are just nine games left before the postseason, all but two being conference games. However, there is still time for the Bruins to redeem themselves after these past two less-than-successful weeks. Following three weeks sitting in the No. 1 spot, UCLA gave it […]
No. 2 UCLA men’s water polo splits weekend series
UCLA men’s water polo saw an old problem come back to haunt it in its game against Stanford, a problem it felt great improvement in over the past month. In their first day of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play, the No. 2 Bruins failed to take advantage of 6-on-5 opportunities against No. 4 Stanford, ultimately […]
Another tough Stanford matchup awaits men’s water polo
With an expected crowd of more than 2,000 trickling into the Avery Aquatic Center before the Stanford vs. UCLA football game, the stakes will be higher than normal and the game more intense for UCLA men’s water polo. “We know it’s going to be a big crowd,” said redshirt junior goalkeeper James Hartshorne. “We’re expecting […]
Water polo focuses on setback recovery before Stanford matchup
With only 12 games remaining in the regular season, one thing still plaguing the UCLA men’s water polo team is the challenge of recovering after a setback. Coach Adam Wright stressed the importance of improving the team’s transition game by emphasizing how essential it is to push aside what happened in the last play and […]
No. 1 men’s water polo drops SoCal Invitational title to USC
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo team experienced a feeling of deja vu this weekend, taking the Bruins back to the 2012 NCAA championship game where they lost their chance at a […]