Round one went to UCLA. Round two hits Westwood this weekend. This Saturday, No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo (13-1, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will look to get its second win against No. 4 California (13-3, 1-0) this season while continuing to stay perfect in MPSF play. Ever since the first week of competition, […]
Category Archives: Women’s Water Polo
Women’s water polo beats CSUB in first conference home game
Unlike the last time UCLA women’s water polo played at home, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky Saturday. In its first conference game at home, No. 3 UCLA (13-1, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) cruised to a 17-5 victory against No. 23 Cal State Bakersfield (9-3, 0-3). MPSF Newcomer of the Week and UCLA […]
Armed with renewed leadership, women’s water polo eyes NCAA championship
The Rio Olympics took its toll on collegiate women’s water polo last year, and UCLA wasn’t immune. Three of its veteran players redshirted last year with hopes of making the senior national team. One of the players was redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal, who ended up making the roster and became Team USA’s go-to sprinter […]
Women’s water polo routs San Jose State to open up conference play
One down, five to go. In No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo’s first of six Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference games, the Bruins (12-1, 1-0 MPSF) cruised to a 24-2 victory over No. 10 San Jose State (6-11, 0-1). Three Bruins netted hat tricks, and the leading scorers – freshman attacker Maddie Musselman and redshirt […]
UCLA women’s water polo invitational performance shows competitiveness
One goal was all that separated three of the first four clashes between the nation’s highest-ranked women’s water polo teams. No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo played a total of four games at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational in the span of three days, winning its first two, against No. 16 UC San Diego (5-8) and […]
Kelsey O’Brien reflects on water polo journey from hometown to UCLA
When Kelsey O’Brien, a senior attacker on the UCLA women’s water polo team, first walked onto UCLA’s campus, she was 11 years old. She had a cousin who went to UCLA at the time so Kelsey and her father, Joe O’Brien, stopped by to visit after a water polo tournament. When her cousin didn’t pick […]
Women’s water polo places third in Barbara Kalbus invite despite USC loss
Three wins. Three days. Third place. Three was the magic number for the No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo team (10-1) this weekend as they competed in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. The Bruins began their weekend by picking up a 19-3 victory against the No. 16 UC San Diego Tritons (5-8) on Friday afternoon, defeating […]