The first major NCAA Division I water polo gathering of the season has gone by many names over the years. It’s been the Kap7 NorCal Invitational, the NorCal tournament, sometimes it’s been the SoCal tournament and this year it’s the Mountain Pacific Invitational. Read more...
Photo: Senior attacker Patrick Fellner will go back to his roots and take the No. 1 Bruins with him as the team travels upstate for the Mountain Pacific Invitational this weekend. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Fans packed into Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center Saturday night, ready to see the underdog take on the two-time defending champions. The raucous No. Read more...
Photo: Junior utility Alex Roelse had two goals for the No. 1 Bruins in a double-overtime victory over No. 7 Long Beach State. (Korbin Placet/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It was a game of spurts. In Friday night’s 9-3 victory for No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo (10-0) against No. 9 Pepperdine (6-1), the Bruins came out strong, but failed to get the gears working together as the game went on. Read more...
Photo: Senior defender Chancellor Ramirez led the Bruins to their 43rd consecutive win with three goals in the home opener against Pepperdine. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
My teammates and I went to the Kap7 NorCal Invitational every year when I was in high school. On the day that would turn out to be my last high school water polo game, our team went to Berkeley to see the Big Splash – the annual rivalry game between Cal and Stanford. Read more...
Photo: Men’s water polo has been cruising for a long time, and more people need to hop on board, says assistant Sports editor Michael Hull. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Two-thirds of the men’s water polo home openers since 2001 have been against schools in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. But a couple of major developments in the world of collegiate water polo happened over the off-season, and the first nontournament games this weekend will mark the beginning of a new era. Read more...
Photo: All-American goalie senior Garrett Danner is coming off a restful weekend after sitting out of the Princeton Invitational. (Daily Bruin file photo)
No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo team dispatched its four ranked opponents in dominating fashion this weekend. Offense was the name of the game as coach Adam Wright’s squad (9-0) outscored their competition in New Jersey by forty-seven goals. Read more...
Photo: Senior attacker Jack Fellner was one of four Bruins in Sunday’s match against St. Francis College to record a hat trick in another overpowering weekend from No. 1 UCLA water polo. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Fifty-four. That was the point differential between No. 1 UCLA men’s water polo and the five teams it beat in the season’s first weekend. Against the three teams they are scheduled to play in non-scrimmage games at the upcoming Princeton Invitational, the Bruins’ overall record is a combined 16-0. Read more...
Photo: The No. 1 men’s water polo team will hit the road to Princeton, New Jersey, this weekend for a second consecutive tournament weekend. (Daily Bruin file photo)
