The No. 1 Bruins’ second regular season conference matchup comes at home Saturday when UCLA hosts No. 6 Stanford. Daily Bruin Sports reached out to The Stanford Daily’s Laura Sussman, the desk editor for men’s water polo, to preview the top-5 contest. Daily Bruin Sports: Stanford is in an interesting position this year, as the […]
Author Archives: Michael Hull
No. 1 men’s water polo buoyed by defense in close win at No. 2 Cal
The score was close, the players were close, the fans were close – some sat along the deck of the pool. No. 2 California (14-2, 1-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) has gotten closer than any other team to upending No. 1 UCLA (21-0, 1-0 MPSF) over the Bruins’ streak of now 54 straight victories, and […]
In the Cage: Episode III
“This is Goliath versus Goliath, this is an unstoppable force against an immovable object.” It’s the first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game of UCLA’s season. Water polo beat writers Brent Troop and Michael Hull preview the impending No. 1-No. 2 showdown between the Bruins and the Golden Bears in the third and most heated episode […]
Around the League: Long Beach to challenge USC water polo, Bruin nominated for CLASS award
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. Men’s Water PoloMichael Hull, assistant Sports editor The last time No. 6 Long Beach State (11-5, 1-0 Golden Coast Conference) played a top-three team at home, it was a Saturday September evening against […]
Patrick Fellner’s trend-defying journey from NorCal to UCLA water polo
There’s somewhat of an iron grip on the North. Of all the blue-chip recruits on current Big Four rosters that come out of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, two-thirds of them go to Cal or Stanford. There is one, however, that slipped through the gauntlet, and he’s the scoring leader for the No. 1 […]
The Hull Shebang: Bring the coaches into the classroom
The teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. While I’d love to take credit for this – hello professors – I won’t. This isn’t from me, it’s from John Wooden. The man who would go on to become the best collegiate basketball coach in NCAA history started […]
In the Cage: Episode II
The No. 1 Bruins have the weekend off after breaking the NCAA consecutive wins record in the last one and a rare Thursday game in Santa Barbara. To fill the vacuum in the absence of scheduled matches, the Daily Bruin water polo writers serve up 11 minutes of shop talk to catch you up on […]