Brooks may soon net UCLA records
Senior goalkeeper and three-time All-American Brandon Brooks is
on pace to set the record for total saves in a season as well as
career saves for UCLA men’s water polo.
Bruin legend Matt Swanson owns both records, with 250 saves in a
season and 695 in his career. Brooks currently has 632 total saves
and is averaging 10.6 per game.
If he continues at this pace, he will have 254 saves at the end
of the season, but crush Swanson’s career total with 727
saves. Even if Brooks numbers decline in the next two weeks, and he
only saves seven times a game, he will still own the record by the
end of the year.
MPSF play vital for qualification
UCLA is currently 1-3 in conference play. The team will play
four more conference games in the next two and half weeks. These
games are the most important of the season.
If the team continues to lose, it will need to earn a bid to the
NCAA Final Four, by sweeping the MPSF conference tournament at the
end of the season. The problem, though, is their most likely
opponent will be No. 1 Stanford.
“We need all the wins possible,” junior driver
Albert Garcia said. “Any conference win would be nice because
our ultimate goal is to qualify for the NCAA
tournament.”
Despite losses, team parties
After losing to the Cardinal twice in six days, and for the
sixth consecutive time, the Bruins still had a good time at the
Rose Bowl Aquatic Center.
Following the loss, parents of players prepared a large barbeque
for everyone involved in the program.
Compiled by Adam Titcher/Daily Bruin Reporter