As the season winds down with only four conference games left, the No. 2 Bruins are eagerly trying to tie up loose ends and make final improvements before the postseason begins. UCLA water polo has seen great improvements in many areas of its game since the start of the season, but as always, coach Adam […]
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Men’s water polo looks forward to week of practices
Coach Adam Wright set two main goals for UCLA men’s water polo before its upcoming games. The first is to get healthy. “We’ve got some guys out, whether it’s sickness, or just a little banged up where they got to keep going,” Wright said. Of these guys, junior attacker Daniel Lenhart will be out for […]
Men’s water polo grabs victories against Cal, Concordia
Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Garrett Danner sprung out of the cage and snuffed out a stray ball like a candle flame at the end of the third quarter in UCLA men’s water polo’s game against No. 5 California. The seemingly effortless move, combined with many more on the part of No. 2 UCLA, ensured that men’s […]
UCLA water polo honors former player at Jim Toring Memorial Golf Tournament
Staring out into the pool as his team trickled out of the Spieker Aquatics Center on Wednesday, UCLA men’s water polo coach Adam Wright reminisced on a night in 1998 practicing with the U.S. national team in Long Beach, Calif. Practice ended, the team had changed and Jim Toring, a former UCLA water polo player, […]
Men’s water polo returns to basics, steers back on course with wins
With a weekend of emotional, unconventional gameplay coming to a close, UCLA men’s water polo is back to its conventions. The team, which checked off three combined wins on Friday and Sunday, will now return to its regular routine – a routine coach Adam Wright said doesn’t change. As far as specifics go, the team […]
UCLA men’s water polo rebounds to defeat Pacific
An electrified University of the Pacific men’s water polo team hopped into the Spieker Aquatics Center pool on Sunday and immediately sent shots flying around a subdued UCLA team. The disoriented Bruins couldn’t keep up, trailing behind in the score for three quarters of the game. But when redshirt junior utility Cristiano Mirarchi pounced on […]
Men’s water polo works on intensity as season’s end approaches
Constantly swimming back and forth, repeating counterattack drills over and over again, men’s water polo players displayed a palpable intensity at Wednesday’s practice. “The emphasis this week has been getting the intensity level back up,” said coach Adam Wright. With its focus faltering just a little over the past few weeks, the team has more […]