It’s No. 1 vs. No. 2, a national championship rematch, with Olympians facing Olympians, the highest-powered offense vs. a tested defense – the narratives for the yearly Crosstown Splashdown between UCLA and USC continue to stack up. And so, Daily Bruin Sports reached out to one of the Daily Trojan’s men’s water polo beat writers, […]
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Offense picks up pace as men’s water polo defeats San Jose State, Whittier
The two matches on men’s water polo’s senior day both ended in victory, but each came in a starkly different manner. On Saturday, No. 1 UCLA (24-0, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) took down San Jose State and Whittier 10-3 and 18-5 respectively, to add to an NCAA-record 57-game winning streak. For much of the […]
Matt Farmer brings in water polo expertise from the Midwest
The American water polo recruiting “radar” is most attuned to California – players from the state go on to play for schools all over the country. Very rarely does it pass over the Midwest. Redshirt junior center Matt Farmer, the lone Midwesterner on the UCLA men’s water polo team, is one of five players not from […]
In the Cage: Episode V with Patrick Woepse
It’s senior day on Saturday – there’s two games for No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo at Spieker Aquatics center between Whittier and San Jose State. So, senior center Patrick Woepse joins Daily Bruin beat writers Michael Hull and Brent Troop to recap the incredibly close Stanford game, diagnose the Bruins’ offense and review the […]
Men’s water polo survives offensive struggles to defeat Stanford 7-6
There were 12-and-a-half minutes of scoreless water polo. The ensemble of blue that was filtered throughout the stands clamored in the bleachers, anxiously waiting for a team to score. The crowd erupted in Spieker Aquatics Center as the drought was finally ended by a goal from senior defender Chancellor Ramirez. “Chancellor’s goal was tremendous for […]
In the Cage: Episode IV with Danny McClintick
The Bruins have been competing on the road for nearly three weeks. This Saturday however, No. 6 Stanford rolls into Westwood, and undergraduate assistant coach Danny McClintick joins the Daily Bruin beat writers to preview the homecoming and what the Cardinal brings to the table. [Related: In the Cage: Episode III]
Men’s water polo faces Stanford in first home game since setting record
Upperclassmen play a critical part on any collegiate team. On the No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo team (21-0, 1-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation), the seven seniors in the field account for over 41 percent of the 25-man roster’s total scoring. As for the No. 6 Stanford Cardinal (12-3, 0-1), the Bruins’ lone opponent this […]