The hopes to secure the 2016 NCAA women’s water polo title were gone in a total of 32 minutes Saturday afternoon at Spieker Aquatics Center. There were 52 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of UCLA’s NCAA semifinal game and the home team was looking at a three-goal deficit to Stanford. Read more...
Photo: Senior goalkeeper Alex Musselman had four saves in the UCLA women’s water polo team’s NCAA semifinal loss to Stanford. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
On a normal day, students living on the Hill can head over to the facilities in and around Sunset Canyon Recreation Center to swim, play tennis, or enjoy a peaceful, relaxing afternoon. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior center Alexa Tielmann was one of the first Bruins to score in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Since the inception of the NCAA championship for women’s water polo, the Bruins have played in the title match 10 times. In the 16 years of the tournament, only UCLA, USC and Stanford have ever taken home hardware. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore attacker Devin Grab and the women’s water polo team have a chance to end a six-year title drought. UCLA battles UC San Diego Friday afternoon for a spot in the semifinal. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
It’s been a fairly busy week for UCLA women’s water polo. The Bruins capped off the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament with a third-place victory, earned an NCAA Tournament berth and had five players named to All-MPSF teams. Read more...
Photo: Despite not making it to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship for the first time since 2013, UCLA was awarded an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. Along with the tournament berth, five Bruins took home All-MPSF awards including Mackenzie Barr who was the sole first-team awardee. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
The final game of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament was a mirror image of last year’s matchup with just one slight difference. Instead of dueling it out for the championship title like last season, both No. Read more...
Photo: UCLA was forced to compete for third place after losing to Stanford in the MPSF tournament, but junior attacker Kelsey O’Brien said that only motivated the team. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
CSU Bakersfield notched three goals early on in Friday’s matchup and the Roadrunners initially seemed to pose a legitimate threat to No. 2-seeded UCLA women’s water polo. Read more...
Photo: Junior attacker Ashley Zwirner scored the first goal of Fridays match for the Bruins, who didn’t look back for the remainder of the four quarters.(Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In six seasons as UCLA’s women’s water polo coach, Brandon Brooks has led the Bruins to three Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament titles. This upcoming weekend, Brooks aims to make it his fourth. Read more...
Photo: Junior utility Mackenzie Barr ranks third on UCLA women’s water polo with 36 goals, and she leads the Bruins into the MPSF conference tournament quarterfinal as the No. 2 seed. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
