Geometric formations, serious faces and a shot clock that perpetually counted down the seconds from 30 all characterized Monday evening’s practice at the Spieker Aquatics Center. But when the UCLA men’s water polo players stepped out of the pool at the end of practice and hopped into the hot tub, the once-serious team erupted with […]
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UCLA men’s water polo seizes victory in double OT against USC
With just seconds left on the clock in double overtime, Jack Fellner earned an exclusion and passed the ball to Ryder Roberts, who then scored – and the crowd went berserk while the band blared its UCLA victory song at Spieker Aquatics Center Thursday night. “I saw that there were three seconds left, and I […]
UCLA men’s water polo raring to go against USC
In the past five times UCLA men’s water polo has faced USC, none have been decided by more than one goal. Earlier this season, the UCLA men’s water polo team redeemed itself from its upsetting 11-10 loss against USC in the 2012 NCAA championships by beating USC 9-8 during the NorCal Invitational in September. A […]
No. 3 UCLA set to face No. 2 USC in regular season finale
Only two days of practice separate UCLA men’s water polo’s weekend victories against No. 7 Pepperdine and No. 6 UC Santa Barbara from Thursday’s crosstown matchup against USC – a team that UCLA has both beaten and fallen to in the course of one season, both by a margin of a single point. The team, […]
UCLA men’s water polo to face USC Thursday after 2-win weekend
Paul Pickell said that Senior Day was a little strange. The feeling that time had gone by so quickly was incredible, he said – even emotional. But then the whistle blew to start the game, and the senior attacker forgot his emotions. Concentrating solely on the game at hand, Pickell, along with the rest of […]
Men’s water polo emphasizes total focus in prep for Pepperdine, UCSB
There are two minutes on the clock during practice. One team is up by two points and tries to hold on to the lead while the other team tries to steal that lead with “hard-nosed, gritty play,” according to Alec Zwaneveld. The redshirt freshman center said that these are the situations the UCLA men’s water […]
Men’s water polo dissatisfied with performance despite 9-5 win
What the UCLA men’s water polo team lacks is a driving force to propel it all the way through to the end of the game. The team has, in the past, started off with a great first quarter or so, but lost its way toward the end, according to junior attackerPaul Reynolds. Therein lies their […]