No team ever wants to lose, but the NCAA Championship-bound UCLA men’s water polo team says it can build on its 7-6 loss to Stanford in the finals of the MPSF Tournament. Because of their regular season success, the Bruins were in the unique position of not needing to win their conference tournament to qualify […]
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Defeating evil key to big weekend
This upcoming weekend has to be one of the biggest sports weekends ever at UCLA, and definitely the biggest in my four years here. In football, UCLA has the chance to pull off one of the biggest upsets in college football this season in front of a national television audience and its hometown fans. Yes, […]
Trying season hasn’t shaken women’s soccer squad
It would have been easy for coach Jill Ellis and the UCLA women’s soccer team to just pass this season off as a year of rebuilding. The Bruins lost four starters, three of them All-Americans, to graduation. Two other talented and significant starters, Stephanie Kron and Stacy Lindstrom, left the team for a year to […]
M. polo: Victories make NCAA bid likely
The UCLA men’s water polo team has gone undefeated during the MPSF conference season. The Bruins have won 16 games in a row. They have an overall record of 21-2, the best in the country. They have earned the national No. 1 ranking. They lead the season series against No. 2 Stanford 2-1. They lead […]
M. polo: No. 1 team gets break before tournament
The draw for the MPSF men’s water polo tournament has been released, and, as expected, UCLA is where it has been for the past two months ““ No. 1. With a 16-game winning streak at hand, the Bruins will play No. 8 seed UC Santa Barbara in the first round. The match is scheduled for […]
M. polo: Bruins stay strong with wins over Trojans, Anteaters
After finishing the conference season undefeated on Sunday, the Bruins didn’t celebrate. But they weren’t dejected, like they would be after a loss, either. The UCLA men’s water polo team just didn’t know what to think. The team had just won two physical, grueling matches, beating both cross-town rival USC 6-4 on Saturday and UC […]
M. polo: Renewed focus
Last year was supposed to be Albert Garcia’s best season. Last year was supposed to be his last hurrah, leading the UCLA men’s water polo team to another national championship as a senior. But Garcia wasn’t in the pool last year. He wasn’t on the bench, or even on the team roster. Instead, the Bruin […]