As Stanford and USC players shook hands after their game, the Trojans all were looking down, not a single person with a smile. USC’s NCAA-record 52-game winning streak had just been snapped. The team that handed the then-No. 1 Trojans their first loss in nearly two years will face No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo […]
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Women’s water polo beats ASU as Rachel Fattal makes program history
For the second time in three weeks UCLA women’s water polo competed against the No. 4 team in the country. And for the second time in three weeks, it was hardly a contest in the end. The No. 3 Bruins (18-1, 4-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) cruised to victory over the freshly ranked No. 4 […]
Women’s water polo hopes to defeat Cal for second time this season
Round one went to UCLA. Round two hits Westwood this weekend. This Saturday, No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo (13-1, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will look to get its second win against No. 4 California (13-3, 1-0) this season while continuing to stay perfect in MPSF play. Ever since the first week of competition, […]
Armed with renewed leadership, women’s water polo eyes NCAA championship
The Rio Olympics took its toll on collegiate women’s water polo last year, and UCLA wasn’t immune. Three of its veteran players redshirted last year with hopes of making the senior national team. One of the players was redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal, who ended up making the roster and became Team USA’s go-to sprinter […]
Women’s water polo routs San Jose State to open up conference play
One down, five to go. In No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo’s first of six Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference games, the Bruins (12-1, 1-0 MPSF) cruised to a 24-2 victory over No. 10 San Jose State (6-11, 0-1). Three Bruins netted hat tricks, and the leading scorers – freshman attacker Maddie Musselman and redshirt […]
Kelsey O’Brien reflects on water polo journey from hometown to UCLA
When Kelsey O’Brien, a senior attacker on the UCLA women’s water polo team, first walked onto UCLA’s campus, she was 11 years old. She had a cousin who went to UCLA at the time so Kelsey and her father, Joe O’Brien, stopped by to visit after a water polo tournament. When her cousin didn’t pick […]
Freshman takes lead in UCLA women’s water polo’s strong season
UCLA women’s water polo has never had a season where a freshman has finished as the team’s leading scorer. That could change this year. After the first seven games, freshman attacker Maddie Musselman leads with 19 of the team’s 112 goals. The Olympic gold medalist netted all of them in just 36 attempts, giving her […]