After five weeks away from the pool, UCLA has started 2019 with a win. UCLA swim and dive (5-0) took home first place in a doubleheader meet against Harvard (4-1) and University of San Diego (4-3) at Spieker Aquatics Center. “People were extremely focused on the controllables of the meet,” said swimming and diving coach […]
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UCLA swim and dive places fifth at Georgia Fall Invitational
The Bruins were tested this weekend. UCLA swim and dive (3-0, 3-0 Pac-12) finished in fifth place with an overall 425.5 points in the Georgia Fall Invitational against various NCAA teams, all but one outside of the Pac-12. “We want to be our best at Pac-12s, but even better at NCAAs,” said swimming coach Cyndi […]
Swim and dive hopes to continue undefeated run during trip to USC
The Bruins will be splitting up this weekend. The UCLA diving team is heading to USC (3-0) for the Trojan Diving Invitational running Friday through Sunday, while the UCLA swimming team (3-0) will host UC Santa Barbara (1-2) and UC San Diego (1-3) on Saturday. The Bruins are in the midst of an undefeated start […]
UCLA’s undefeated swim and dive team thrives as athletes score personal bests
The Bruins are undefeated to start the season for the first time since 2014. No. UCLA swimming and diving (3-0 Pac-12) recorded a win against No. 25 Arizona (2-1) with a score of 156-144 and another win against Arizona State with a score of 160-140 on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Both meets were swam at […]
Despite loss to USC in semifinals, women’s water polo sees future potential
UCLA women’s water polo’s season ended in the NCAA semifinals for the second time in three years. The No. 4-seeded Bruins (23-8, 2-3 MPSF) played their last game of the season Saturday and lost to the No. 1-seeded USC Trojans (26-1, 5-0). USC went on to take down No. 2-seeded Stanford (20-4) the following day […]
Women’s water polo sees consistency as key as NCAA tournament campaign begins
The Bruins will have a chance to win their eighth program title this weekend. No. 4 seed UCLA women’s water polo (22-7, 2-3 MPSF) earned a bye in the first round and will begin its journey in the NCAA tournament by facing Pacific (18-7, 7-0 West Coast Conference) in the quarterfinals Friday at USC’s Uytengsu […]
Women’s water polo heads into MPSF fresh off loss, to face Arizona State
The Bruins will head back to Berkeley this weekend as the reigning Mountain Pacific Sports Federation champions. No. 4 seed UCLA women’s water polo will face No. 5 seed Arizona State on Friday in the conference tournament opener, coming off an 11-5 loss against top-seeded USC last weekend. However, sophomore attacker Maddie Musselman said the […]