Women’s water polo prepares for MPSF championship as No. 1 seed

The current members on the UCLA women’s water polo team have never been the one seed in the conference championship tournament. They’ve made it to the championships twice, and won once, but both times as the two seed. But with an undefeated conference record, the No. 1 Bruins (20-1, 6-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) find […]

The Rundown: April 26

Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Men’s and women’s tennis Hanson Wang, assistant Sports editor Clinching wins and going undefeated tends to put you on the short list for Pac-12 Player of the Week – that’s exactly what Martin Redlicki did to earn the honor for […]

UCLA women’s water polo seizes scoring opportunities, defeats USC 11-7

Maddie Musselman didn’t miss until halfway through the third quarter. The freshman attacker had guarded the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s top scorer – Stephania Haralabidis – on defense, driven through an aggressive Trojan blockade on many of UCLA’s offensive possessions, battled to transition from one end to the other for more than 20 minutes of […]

Women’s water polo set to conclude season with payback against USC

Two months ago in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, UCLA women’s water polo suffered its first loss of the season. This weekend, the Bruins have a chance for redemption against their crosstown rival. Newly ranked No. 1 UCLA (19-1, 5-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will battle No. 2 USC (26-1, 4-1) in the Bruins’ regular season […]

The Rundown: April 20

Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s water polo Michael Hull, assistant Sports editor The rankings released Wednesday made it official. The UCLA women’s water polo team is the outright top team in the country after taking down former-No. 1 Stanford 10-9 at Avery Aquatic Center […]

No. 3 women’s water polo outlasts No. 1 Stanford for 10-9 upset win

STANFORD — It was evident from the very first minutes Saturday afternoon – the Bruins meant business. In No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo’s first three possessions, redshirt senior center Alexa Tielmann, redshirt senior defender Alys Williams and redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal each rattled off a goal to build a 3-0 lead over the […]

Women’s water polo preps defense for match against No. 1 Stanford

As Stanford and USC players shook hands after their game, the Trojans all were looking down, not a single person with a smile. USC’s NCAA-record 52-game winning streak had just been snapped. The team that handed the then-No. 1 Trojans their first loss in nearly two years will face No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo […]