Deja vu is the feeling of having already experienced the present situation. In 2022, UCLA defeated USC in double overtime to conclude its regular season. It then beat Washington & Jefferson, scoring 25 goals, in the first round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman attacker Frederico Jucá Carsalade raises the ball with his right hand. Jucá Carsalade scored a career-high four goals in UCLA’s MPSF tournament semifinal loss against USC. (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)

The Bruins coasted to their second-largest victory of the year and lowered their magic number for the conference title to two. No. 1 seed UCLA men’s water polo (24-0, 6-0 MPSF) wafted over No. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore center Grant Loth pulls the ball back. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)

The Bruins are preparing to face off against a familiar conference tournament foe. As the top seed in the country and in its conference, No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo (23-0, 6-0 MPSF) is headed up north to Berkeley on Friday to compete against No. Read more...

Photo: Freshman attacker Wade Sherlock winds back with his left arm against USC on Saturday. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

This post was updated Nov 12 at 10:28 p.m.  The Bruins ended their regular season undefeated for the first time since 2015. However, the finish was not as clean-cut as the Bruins had hoped, said coach Adam Wright. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt freshman utility Ben Larsen holds the ball in the air at Uytengsu Aquatics Center on Saturday. (Juliet Zhang/Daily Bruin)

Under ordinary circumstances, a team that has already clinched the top seed in its conference tournament could see the final game of the regular season as a formality. Read more...

Photo: Senior goalkeeper Garret Griggs raises his arms in the air to prepare for a shot at Spieker Aquatics Center. (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)

Despite making up only 16.1% of the nation’s top-ranked team, foreign-born Bruins have managed to shine in the pool. Freshman Marcell Szécsi is no exception. After scoring the first goal of UCLA men’s water polo’s 2023 season, the Hungarian center made a splash as the MPSF West/S&R Sport Newcomer of the Week on both Sept. Read more...

Photo: Freshman center Marcell Szécsi raises his arm in a defensive position at Spieker Aquatics Center. (Amelie Ionescu/Daily Bruin senior staff)