Tuesday, December 16


2022-2023 UCLA sports season previews

Baseball Jay Fenn, Daily Bruin staff Best case: College World Series appearance Although UCLA baseball lost its top three pitchers – right-handers Thatcher Hurd, Jared Karros and Max Rajcic – to LSU, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Read more...

Photo: (Biona Hui/Daily Bruin)


Battle of the Editors: UCLA’s most promising freshman recruit

Correction: The original version of a photo caption in this article misspelled Jan Kim Lim’s name. This post was updated August 19 at 10:57 p.m. A new season of UCLA Athletics is fast approaching, bringing with it a brand new crop of Bruin freshmen. Read more...

Photo: (Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director)



Current, former UCLA water polo players make splash at FINA World Championships

This post was updated July 10 at 11:32 p.m. With 49 seconds remaining and her team up by one, Maddie Musselman swam to the five-meter line. Read more...

Photo: Maddie Musselman winds up in a game against USC on April 16. The recent graduate scored five goals in the gold medal match against Hungary to secure a win for Team USA. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA men’s water polo ends NCAA tournament run with overtime loss to California

Down one goal with three seconds remaining, graduate student attacker Nicolas Saveljic lobbed the ball toward center pool with sophomore attacker Makoto Kenney lurking. Kenney drilled a line drive into the right side of the goal to knot the contest at 12 and force overtime.  Scoreless until that point, two-time MPSF Player of the Year and Golden Bear center Nikolaos Papanikolaou shoveled a shot in the first overtime period and tipped in another in the subsequent period to give California a multi-goal advantage.  Senior attacker/utility Jake Cavano responded with a goal of his own, but the Golden Bears’ goal with 13 seconds to play all but ended the contest.  No. Read more...

Photo: UCLA men’s water polo junior goalkeeper Bernardo Maurizi comes up short of a save against a shot from California center Nikolaos Papanikolaou. The goal gave the Golden Bears a lead in the second overtime period. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA men’s water polo advances to NCAA semifinals with win over Princeton

The Bruins’ season will live another day. No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo (20-3, 1-2 MPSF) defeated No. 11 Princeton (26-8, 8-2 NWPC) by a score of 12-6 at Spieker Aquatics Center on Thursday to advance to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Read more...

Photo: Junior attacker Tommy Gruwell scored a hat trick in the first half to lead No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo in scoring Thursday as the blue and gold conquered No. 11 Princeton, advancing to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin staff)



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