Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s water polo After recording 13 saves against No. 6 UC Irvine on Friday in No. 3 UCLA’s home opener, sophomore goalie Carlee Kapana garnered the honor of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Week. The first underclassman to […]
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Women’s water polo to face biggest challenge yet at Irvine tournament
Women’s water polo coach Brandon Brooks said that the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championship is the most competitive tournament of the year. “The depth there is unmatched,” Brooks said. That’s still months away, but he added that nearly all of the teams that will be there will also descend on the tournament UCLA is […]
Water polo handles the elements en route to 16-1 flooding of Irvine
Of the outdoor Los Angeles-area games UCLA had scheduled Friday, the largest storm in the past several years cancelled all but one. UCLA women’s water polo’s 2017 home opener continued as planned – the Bruins warmed up, competed and cooled down under a continuous sheet of rain. “The first half, I couldn’t really see people […]
Women’s water polo home opener to challenge undefeated record
The No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo team has won its first seven games of the season. It has beaten its opponents by an average of 13.1 goals per game and has only conceded 2.86 goals per game to start the season, all while on the road. But finally, over a month into the season, […]
Freshman takes lead in UCLA women’s water polo’s strong season
UCLA women’s water polo has never had a season where a freshman has finished as the team’s leading scorer. That could change this year. After the first seven games, freshman attacker Maddie Musselman leads with 19 of the team’s 112 goals. The Olympic gold medalist netted all of them in just 36 attempts, giving her […]
Around the League: Arizona men’s basketball’s first defeat, Stanford women’s water polo sweeps
While Bruin athletes continue competing in Westwood, here’s a look at some of the biggest news from the rest of the Pac-12. Men’s basketball TuAnh Dam, Sports editor Down went the last undefeated Pac-12 team Saturday. Then-No. 13 Oregon pummeled then-No. 5 Arizona in Eugene, Oregon, 85-58 behind a relentless barrage of 3-pointers. The Wildcats […]
Women’s water polo beats Long Beach State 13-2, remains undefeated
For the 10th time in UCLA women’s water polo’s 23-year history, the Bruins have opened up the season 7-0. The latest 13-2 win, against No. 14 Long Beach State (1-3) last night, saw all three of UCLA’s top scorers at the center of the action. Freshman attacker Maddie Musselman scored the second goal of the […]