The Bruins will be facing two top-10 teams this weekend, making it possible for them to take home more than one marquee win. No. 4 UCLA women’s water polo (16-2, 0-0 Pac-12) will replay No. 1 California (13-3, 1-0 Pac-12) on Saturday and No. 8 Pacific (7-5) on Sunday. The Bruins won their first matchups […]
Category Archives: Women’s Water Polo
Women’s water polo takes three of four in tournament, falls to Stanford
The Barbara Kalbus Invitational this weekend was one with both positives and negatives for UCLA women’s water polo. Going into the weekend, coach Adam Wright said he was looking for more of a progression than in the recent weeks, hoping to see the team use what it had learned. No. 4 UCLA (16-2) opened the […]
Weekend in Preview: Men’s volleyball faces Pepperdine, tennis returns from ITA championships
Men’s volleyball Gabriel McCarthy, Daily Bruin contributor Coming off two straight losses against the No. 1 team in the country, the Bruins have a chance to get back on track. No. 2 UCLA men’s volleyball (14-3, 3-0 MPSF) will face No. 10 Pepperdine (8-3, 2-1 MPSF) at the Firestone Fieldhouse on Friday. The Waves are […]
The Rundown: Feb. 22
Women’s water poloKelsey Angus, Assistant Sports editor Sophomore attacker Maddie Musselman was named MPSF Player of the Week for her performance in No. 4 UCLA’s (13-1) double-overtime 8-7 victory over No. 7 Irvine (3-5) on Friday. Musselman posted her third hat trick of the season in the win. She took advantage of a 6-on-5 opportunity […]
UCLA women’s water polo defeats UC Irvine 8-7 in double overtime
Coach Adam Wright said a successful game of 6-on-5 opportunities would be converting at least half of the opportunities into goals. The Bruins went five for 11 after not converting until the second quarter. “We started off zero for four, and we were able to change that around,” Wright said. “I really believe our 6-on-5 […]
Weekend in Preview: Women’s water polo travels to UCI, women’s tennis faces LMU at home
Women’s water poloCassidy Hunt, Daily Bruin contributor The Bruins have competed in multiteam invitationals in their first four weekends of play, but this weekend they will face only one program. No. 4 UCLA women’s water polo (12-1) started its season undefeated, but suffered its first loss last weekend against No. 2 USC (7-0). With the […]
Women’s water polo conquers with strong defense and young roster
UCLA women’s water polo has shown its ability to score a high number of goals, but the team’s defense has also been key to its success. At the start of the season, junior goalie Carlee Kapana said the team had to learn a whole new way to play defense because of its new coach, Adam […]