Category Archives: Men’s Water Polo

The number 13 seems to be an unlucky one for the UCLA men’s water polo team, which has been stuck on 12 wins for almost two weeks.

Shutting down an opposing water polo team’s 20 seconds of 5-on-6 action, an event that occurs when a player is sent out of play for an exclusion penalty, can be a morale booster for the defending team and a momentum killer for the squad that fails to capitalize on the man advantage.

Despite getting the chance to play in front of a raucous home crowd at Spieker Aquatics Center for only the second time this season, the UCLA men’s water polo team was unable to match the aggression and execution of its opponents as it fell to California 7-6 on Friday night.

It is still relatively early in the water polo season, but UCLA faces perhaps its biggest game of the year thus far when it hosts California tonight at Spieker Aquatics Center.

As the current men’s water polo season progresses, a trend worthy of a Marvel Comic is beginning to take shape: There’s the Fantastic Four, and then there’s the rest of humanity.

With the top men’s water polo teams in the nation converging in Irvine for the UCI Invitational this past weekend, the competition was bound to be close and fierce.