MALIBU “”mdash; There was no celebration. There was only dejection, anger and bitterness. The UCLA men’s water polo team didn’t look like a team that had scored a game-winning goal with 30 seconds left, pulling off a fourth-quarter comeback, which normally is cause for a jubilant celebration. Instead, the Bruins’ 7-6 win at Pepperdine on […]
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M. polo: Water polo looks to extend streak
Pepperdine is one of the few teams that has given the UCLA men’s water polo team a tough time in recent years, which makes sense as the Waves have been one of the top teams in the country. But it will be different Sunday when the two teams face off in Malibu. While the Bruins […]
Corporate-sponsored name a necessary evil
PETCO Pavilion? Why not? It pains me to say this. Well, not really. But selling a corporate sponsor the naming rights to Pauley Pavilion to fund some much-needed renovations really wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. UCLA athletic department officials are in the preliminary stages of looking into refurbishing the aging venue, and […]
M. polo: Bruin defense steps up
The UCLA men’s water polo team has been showing lately that practice really does make perfect ““ or close to it. Over the last couple of weeks, coach Adam Krikorian has stressed defense in practice, as opposed to conditioning, which is what the team had done for most of the season. In their last five […]
M. polo: Water polo to seek vengeance at Cal
Revenge. The UCLA men’s water polo team has only lost two matches all year ““ and one of them was to California, whom the Bruins will hope to get revenge against on Saturday in Berkeley. “We want to win pretty badly,” UCLA coach Adam Krikorian said. “We want to get that bitter taste out of […]
Bruin women still striving to defeat USC
Imagine having a top-10 team every year, but there’s one team that you just can’t beat. It gets worse. That team, which has been one of the most successful in the country over the last few years, is your cross-town rival. That is exactly the situation the UCLA women’s volleyball team is in. Since 2000, […]
M. polo: Water polo lures football crowds
It’s rare that a collegiate water polo match can attract crowds in the thousands, but it happens a few times a year in the state of California. One of them will be this Saturday, when No. 1 UCLA plays No. 4 California in Berkeley at 1 p.m. ““ three hours before the same two schools […]