Thursday, May 7, 1998
W. waterpolo briefs
POLO:
It has been a record setting season for the UCLA women’s water
polo team.
The Bruins are having one of their best seasons in their
four-year existence as three-time MPSF champions and two time
Western Regional and National Champions. Over the last three years,
their record stands at 91 wins with only three losses.
With the 1998 collegiate national championship tournament still
to be played this weekend, the team boasts a 31-1 season record,
which ties last year’s. There are four more games to be played in
the national tournament, which would boost the record up to 35-1 if
the Bruins win the championship.
The only team the Bruins lost to this season was against Cal, in
a 9-8 overtime game. Bruin All-American two-meterman Catharine von
Schwarz sat out due to injury that weekend.
Since then, the Bruins haven’t lost a game, and in a notable
dual matchup against Cal they redeemed themselves by the score of
10-3. Cal fell to No. 3 after its head coach was suspended for the
season. Stanford currently stands at No. 2, while UCLA is securely
at the No. 1 position.
Coralie Simmons has broken her own record for scoring the most
in a season, with 65 goals so far. She set the previous record both
in ’96 and ’97 with 60 goals per season.
Another record-breaker is goalie Nicolle Payne. In her final
year of collegiate competition, Payne has made 194 saves and has
been performing at a 2.85 goals-against average. She set her
previous record in ’95, when she made 179 saves.
The scoring leaders for the Bruins are Simmons with 65 points,
Erin Golaboski with 59, von Schwarz with 52, Robin Beauregard with
44 and Serela Mansur with 40 points.