The Bruins had the chance to relight the spark of their undefeated season but ultimately failed to exit the loss column. “We can really see that if we don’t play the right way and play the way we need to, the result that shows,” said senior goalkeeper Garret Griggs. Read more...
Photo: Senior goalkeeper Garret Griggs makes a save. Griggs allowed 11 goals against Stanford on Sunday afternoon in the MPSF tournament third-place game. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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. 14 at 10:47 p.m. Daily Bruin reporter Ava Abrishamchian spoke with UCLA men’s water polo’s three sets of brothers about the transition from siblings to teammates in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: From left to right: Redshirt freshman center Brett Honaker, graduate student goalkeeper Chase Honaker, redshirt senior attacker Jack Larsen, redshirt freshman utility Ben Larsen, freshman utility Ben Liechty and redshirt sophomore center Eli Liechty represent three sets of brothers on UCLA men’s water polo. (Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor)
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)
