For UCLA women’s water polo, a crucial part of its game is team defense – it’s the Bruins’ bread and butter, according to coach Brandon Brooks. Anchoring the No. 3 Bruins’ defense, which has held opponents to just three goals a game on average, is sophomore goalkeeper Carlee Kapana. After splitting goal keeping duties with […]
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UCLA women’s water polo starts season strong, aims to improve offense
No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo is off to a 6-0 start after the first two invitationals of the season. But the Bruins have put up other numbers that differentiate this season’s undefeated start from the rest of the past seven undefeated starts. So far the Bruins have scored 99 goals, the second highest amount […]
UCLA women’s water polo to face top-25 teams at UCSB Winter Invitational
Coming off of strong performances against ranked opponents in the first invitational of the season, UCLA women’s water polo looks to continue its hot start at the UCSB Winter Invitational this weekend. In their first two official games, the No. 3 Bruins (2-0) totaled 35 goals as they took down No. 16 San Jose State […]
UCLA cross country teams race for first NCAA championship titles
Both the UCLA men’s and women’s cross country teams are headed to the national championships for just the second time since 1985. The race will be held at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course for the eighth time in the past 10 years Saturday morning, in what’s projected to be 46-degree weather – a […]
Women’s, men’s cross country teams qualify for national championship
It’s been quite a season for the UCLA cross country teams. The men’s team has four All-Conference runners, and in the rankings – new ones will come out tomorrow – the men’s team comes at No. 8, the highest spot for the Bruins since the poll began in 1997. The women’s team didn’t have as […]
Cross country picks up the pace for Pac-12 championships
The UCLA cross country team is headed to Wildcat territory as Arizona hosts the Pac-12 championships Friday. The last time UCLA brought the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships to Westwood was when the men’s team won in 1981. Of the five races that made up the 2016 campaign, both the men and women put on strong […]