The UCLA women’s water polo team had relatively few bumps on the road to their undefeated regular season, but the playoffs are always an entirely different journey. This weekend, the Bruins proved they know that.
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Perfect season in sight
The only reason the 2008 UCLA women’s water polo team is not blazing an unprecedented trail through the record books is because they already have.
Undefeated water polo takes care of Cal, Pacific
As the season rattles on for the UCLA women’s water polo team, the opponents keep changing, but the song remains the same.
Unbeaten women’s water polo tries to end USC’s 42-game home streak
Just by mentioning Bruins and Trojans in the same sentence, tradition states that fans be ready for a showdown.
After avoiding one upset, water polo hopes to avert another at UCSB
With their first loss of the season looming over them and the seconds ticking away on the game clock, the Bruins showed the kind of composure known only to champions.
Bruins not planning to drop the No. 1 ball
Returning home from a tough weekend tournament and heading into another weekend filled with road games, some teams might take it easy at practice.
Athletic but not politically active
In 1967, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title as heavyweight champion of the world because he refused to fight in Vietnam, a war he believed to be unjust.