Only five people in UCLA women’s water polo history had scored more than 65 goals in a single season coming into 2017. Of those five, only one – redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal – had done it in her very first collegiate season, until this year. Freshman attacker Maddie Musselman finished the season Sunday with […]
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Women’s water polo seniors end season with loss, leave behind legacy
The women’s water polo championship loss to Stanford on Sunday was the last game for UCLA’s senior class, but they’ll still leave a legacy unlike many other classes’ in the past. This group of seniors reached the national championship game three times – something no other class has done since the class of 2010. After […]
History repeats in women’s water polo’s NCAA-final loss to Stanford
Before Sunday’s game, UCLA and Stanford had met twice in the past three years in the national championship game. Both times, the Cardinal had been the one to come out on top, but 2017 was lined up to be different. The Bruins had beaten the Cardinal twice this season, the last time completely shutting Stanford […]
Women’s water polo drops NCAA championship to Stanford in final minute
This post was updated May 14 at 7:08 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS — Another NCAA women’s water polo final came down to the last minute between UCLA and Stanford, and for the third time in four years, the Cardinal came out on top – narrowly. No. 1 UCLA (24-2, 6-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) had completed a […]
Women’s water polo to play in NCAA championship after defeating Cal
INDIANAPOLIS — After coach Brandon Brooks’ team committed a number of offensive fouls in Friday’s first-round match against No. 16 Wagner, he said his team’s aggressiveness has been a key part of how No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo has played all season long, and that he doesn’t want them to take any steps back. […]
Women’s water polo advances to NCAA semifinals after win over Wagner
INDIANAPOLIS — UCLA’s final weekend of the season started with a game that ended like so many others have for the No. 1 team in the country. The Bruins (23-1, 6-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) had scored 17 or more goals or allowed two or less goals in eight other matches this year before they […]
Dream big: Olympian Maddie Musselman three games from UCLA water polo history
Adam Krikorian still remembers the day he met freshman attacker Maddie Musselman. The Women’s Senior National Team coach was at Boston Logan International Airport, on his way home from the 2013 NCAA Tournament at Harvard. The rising water polo star went there with her family to watch her sister, then a freshman on the UCLA […]