About a hundred people, including former UCLA water polo players, coaches, parents and friends, gathered at Spieker Aquatics Center on Sunday to celebrate the life of UCLA alumnus Marco Santos, who passed away at the age of 28 on June 24 after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease for three years. Read more...
Photo: Greg Calvert recites a bible verse with a picture of Marco displayed on the Spieker scoreboard. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin Staff)
With four seniors leaving the program next season, UCLA men’s water polo got a set of replacements Tuesday. UCLA signed three prep players – utility Alex Roelse, attacker Kent Inoue and center Corbett Kruse – to letters of intent and they will join the team as freshmen next year, the team announced Tuesday. Read more...
With redshirt sophomore quarterback Brett Hundley returning, how many wins do you project for UCLA football? Jordan Lee: UCLA will enter the 2014 season after its first 10-win season in eight years and with its first legitimate Heisman candidate in far longer. Read more...
With UCLA men’s water polo ending the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships in fourth place, the team did not receive a bid for the NCAA tournament. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Ramirez and the UCLA men’s water polo team missed the NCAA tournament following consecutive losses in the MPSF tournament.
Geometric formations, serious faces and a shot clock that perpetually counted down the seconds from 30 all characterized Monday evening’s practice at the Spieker Aquatics Center. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s water polo heads to the quarterfinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. The team will compete against UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the tournament.
With just seconds left on the clock in double overtime, Jack Fellner earned an exclusion and passed the ball to Ryder Roberts, who then scored – and the crowd went berserk while the band blared its UCLA victory song at Spieker Aquatics Center Thursday night. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Ryder Roberts scored the game-winning double overtime shot against USC within the final 10 seconds of play, ending the game in a 10-9 victory.
In the past five times UCLA men’s water polo has faced USC, none have been decided by more than one goal. Earlier this season, the UCLA men’s water polo team redeemed itself from its upsetting 11-10 loss against USC in the 2012 NCAA championships by beating USC 9-8 during the NorCal Invitational in September. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s water polo was emotional after surrendering the game-winning goal to USC in the final minute of the Bruins’ 11-10 loss in last year’s national championship game. UCLA and USC will meet again tonight in the final game of the regular season.
