Nervous, anxious, excited. If the UCLA women’s water polo players had to put it into words, those three nicely sum up the emotion heading to the NCAA tournament. But the feeling underscored in every pass and shot leading into this weekend is predominantly the positive one – and redshirt junior goalkeeper Sami Hill still has […]
Category Archives: Women’s Water Polo
Women’s water polo picks up practice intensity for NCAAs
The only thing that is remaining between UCLA and national championship No. 111 is three water polo games. The UCLA women’s water polo team will play in the NCAA tournament this weekend. After losing to Stanford in the final of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament, UCLA has had two weeks to prepare for the […]
UCLA women’s water polo preps for NCAA competition
With only four losses, the UCLA women’s water polo team has had a very strong year, resulting in its No. 2 ranking going into the NCAA tournament. The Bruins’ losses however, have come at the hands of some fierce competition. They have lost three times to No. 1 Stanford and once to No. 3 USC. […]
Women’s water polo loses MPSF championship to Stanford
Halfway through the final game of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship tournament, it looked like the No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo team was going to be able to pull off an upset over No. 1 Stanford. The Bruins (26-3, 5-1 MPSF) had already knocked off the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners in the first […]
Women’s water polo to face CSU Bakersfield in MPSF tournament
After wrapping up regular season play with a hard-fought win over USC, the No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo team will be traveling back across town this weekend for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championships. The three-game tournament marks the start of postseason play for the Bruins (23-3, 5-1 MPSF), and the winner earns […]
Individual players uphold women’s water polo’s success
After a one-loss conference campaign to cap a 23-3 regular season, the UCLA women’s water polo team sits in second place in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation going into this weekend’s conference tournament. While much of the Bruins’ early season success came from a strong team effort, tougher games in the later part of the […]
Women’s water polo beats USC in final regular season game
With final seeding in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation on the line, the UCLA women’s water polo team took on USC across town in the final regular season game on Wednesday night. The Bruins handed the Trojans their second defeat of the season – and their first loss at the newly redone Uytengsu Aquatic Center. […]