As the fading summer sun shines brightly upon the pools of the Spieker Aquatics Center, the familiar whistles and shrills of water polo return to Westwood. However, anyone watching the No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo team would have noticed that the familiar face of senior goalkeeper Garrett Danner has been missing from the pool […]
Category Archives: Men’s Water Polo
Olympians share how UCLA experiences paved their way
Kevin Love was back for one more eight-clap. Russell Westbrook led a 8 clap at Pauley when he donated. Kevin Love wanted his chance to lead one with @uclatheden. pic.twitter.com/NtXOcgzY6X — Derrek Li (@DerrekLi) September 25, 2016 Not as a basketball player, but as one of the UCLA Olympians honored this past weekend during the […]
UCLA men’s water polo beats Cal in Mountain Pacific Invitational final
BERKELEY, Calif. – It was supposed to be a bigger contest. No. 3 California (11-1) had dominated No. 2 USC (9-1) in the semifinals and was riding a wave of momentum coming into the championship game of the Mountain Pacific Invitational. But the energy that helped the Golden Bears past the Trojans less than 20 […]
Men’s water polo keeps up solid defense in win against No. 4 Pacific
BERKELEY, Calif. — For the fourth year in a row for this senior class and eighth year in a row for coach Adam Wright, UCLA has made the championship game of the first major collegiate tournament of the season. After handling No. 10 Pepperdine (8-4) 11-5, the No. 1 Bruins (14-0) had a six-hour break […]
Men’s water polo to be tested at Mountain Pacific Invitational
The first major NCAA Division I water polo gathering of the season has gone by many names over the years. It’s been the Kap7 NorCal Invitational, the NorCal tournament, sometimes it’s been the SoCal tournament and this year it’s the Mountain Pacific Invitational. But underneath the titles, there’s one thing that they all have in […]
Men’s water polo claims close overtime victory against Long Beach State
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Fans packed into Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center Saturday night, ready to see the underdog take on the two-time defending champions. The raucous No. 7 Long Beach State (6-1) crowd disrupted the communication between coach Adam Wright and his Bruins, resulting in a close and hard-fought 8-6 overtime victory. It didn’t have […]
No. 1 men’s water polo secures 9-3 win over Pepperdine in home opener
It was a game of spurts. In Friday night’s 9-3 victory for No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo (10-0) against No. 9 Pepperdine (6-1), the Bruins came out strong, but failed to get the gears working together as the game went on. After scoring six goals in the opening half, the Bruins produced only three […]