Women’s water poloKelsey Angus, Assistant Sports editor Sophomore attacker Maddie Musselman was named MPSF Player of the Week for her performance in No. 4 UCLA’s (13-1) double-overtime 8-7 victory over No. 7 Irvine (3-5) on Friday. Musselman posted her third hat trick of the season in the win. She took advantage of a 6-on-5 opportunity […]
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UCLA women’s water polo defeats UC Irvine 8-7 in double overtime
Coach Adam Wright said a successful game of 6-on-5 opportunities would be converting at least half of the opportunities into goals. The Bruins went five for 11 after not converting until the second quarter. “We started off zero for four, and we were able to change that around,” Wright said. “I really believe our 6-on-5 […]
Around the League: Pac-12 gymnastics show strong representation in top 25
Gymnastics Kelsey Angus, assistant Sports editor Seven of the eight Pac-12 gymnastics teams are ranked in the top 25 this week. No. 13 Oregon State (2-1, 1-1 Pac-12) took down No. 21 Stanford (0-2, 0-2) by a score of 196.975-195.550 on Saturday. The Beavers began behind after the first rotation, but quickly gained the lead […]
Men’s volleyball suffers first loss of season to Hawai’i
UCLA men’s volleyball is no longer undefeated. The No. 3 Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors (7-0) handed the No. 2 Bruins (7-1) its first loss of the season Friday. UCLA managed to take the first set 25-23, but its lead stopped there. “We had some opportunities we didn’t capitalize on to potentially win that second set,” said […]
Angus’ Beef: UCLA has one shot to remain superior over Stanford in men’s basketball
Stanford is better than UCLA at a lot of things. The Cardinal have long been ranked above the Bruins academically, but at least UCLA could claim athletic superiority – until December. With a women’s soccer NCAA national championship Dec. 3, Stanford took over the title of the school with the most team NCAA championships, but […]
Successful weekend reveals strengths, weaknesses of women’s water polo
The Bruins remain undefeated after their second weekend of play. No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo (5-0) took down No. 7 Michigan (3-2), Fresno Pacific (0-3), No. 21 UC Santa Barbara (1-1) and No. 17 UC San Diego (1-3) in the UCSB Invitational. “I think something we did really well this weekend was focusing on […]
Women’s water polo will depend on underclassmen in upcoming season
UCLA women’s water polo graduated a strong group of seniors in 2017 that had reached the national championship game three times and will now have to rely on the strength of its underclassmen. Coach Adam Wright – now the coach of both men’s and women’s water polo – faced a similar challenge with the men’s […]