UCLA women’s water polo has only played one game so far this season and has only been together for two full weeks. “I’d by lying if I said I knew what the other teams are doing and what players they have, but I am also trying to figure out our players,” said coach Adam Wright. […]
Category Archives: Women’s Water Polo
Women’s water polo clinches season opener with 11-2 win
Multiple power outages throughout Saturday’s games did not stop the Bruins from finishing their season-opener. Despite losing power to the game clock and the scoreboard, No. 2 UCLA (1-0) defeated No. 22 Loyola Marymount (0-2) 11-2 at the UCLA Invitational. “I’m looking not for a perfect result. I am looking for what we have been […]
Weekend in Preview: Men’s water polo celebrates 114th title, women’s tennis heads to Vegas
Women’s tennis Dylan Dsouza, Daily Bruin Contributor The No. 17 UCLA women’s tennis team will be back in action this weekend for the first time since early November. Five Bruins will be traveling to Las Vegas to participate in the Freeman Memorial Championships. They will be led by No. 16 sophomore Ena Shibahara, who came […]
Women’s water polo will depend on underclassmen in upcoming season
UCLA women’s water polo graduated a strong group of seniors in 2017 that had reached the national championship game three times and will now have to rely on the strength of its underclassmen. Coach Adam Wright – now the coach of both men’s and women’s water polo – faced a similar challenge with the men’s […]
Bruins important in US women’s water polo team’s continued success
The women’s senior national team is almost a year removed from its record Olympic run in Rio de Janeiro, but the offensive firepower and defensive grit that made a handful of Bruins gold medalists was on full display once again in Budapest, Hungary. Coached by UCLA’s hall-of-fame men’s and women’s water polo coach, Adam Krikorian, […]
Men’s water polo coach Adam Wright to also head women’s team
The winningest coach in Westwood will now be on the pool deck twice as often. Adam Wright, who has coached the men’s water polo team for the last eight seasons, was also named coach of the UCLA women’s water polo team Thursday afternoon. In addition to winning the Bruins’ two most recent national championships, the […]
Brandon Brooks steps down as UCLA women’s water polo coach
Eight seasons and three NCAA finals appearances later, UCLA women’s water polo coach Brandon Brooks’ time in Westwood is ending. Brooks, who also competed on the men’s team from 1999 to 2002, is stepping down to pursue other opportunities. “Since 1999, I have given my all to UCLA,” Brooks told UCLA Athletics. “It is with […]