No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo (10-2, 8-2 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will host No. 1 USC (16-0, 10-0) over two games at Spieker Aquatics Center for the team’s Senior Day amid new COVID-19 protocols that allow friends and family invited by the team to attend games. Read more...
Photo: Leading UCLA women’s water polo in goals, assists and steals, sophomore attacker Hannah Palmer tops the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in points per game.
Down a player is when the Bruins are at their statistical best defensively. No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo (10-2, 8-2 MPSF) held No. 5 Arizona State (12-9, 6-6) and No. Read more...
Photo: Junior attacker Val Ayala recorded three steals in UCLA women’s water polo’s recent four-game stretch. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins’ success hinges on their depth, according to junior utility Katrina Drake. In a season in which COVID-19 restrictions have limited the number of players that can travel to away contests, No. Read more...
Photo: Seventy-five percent of UCLA women’s water polo’s student-athletes have registered a point this season, a result of the culture and emphasized importance of depth set in place by coach Adam Wright. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins capped off four games in four days with two wins in Bloomington, Indiana. Then-No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo (10-2, 8-2 MPSF) swept conference foe then-No. Read more...
Photo: Shooting just 3-of-22 in her last nine games and failing to score in six of them after leading UCLA women’s water polo in goals a season ago with 41 goals, sophomore attacker Abbi Hill netted 5-of-7 attempts Tuesday to tie her season high. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Melissa Ponce spent the day before her 13th birthday in the hospital. It was Valentine’s Day, just one day before she officially became a teenager, but Melissa was confined by the walls of a hospital room for the fifth consecutive day. Read more...
Photo: Junior center Ava Johnson, senior defender Myna Simmons, senior attacker Lexi Liebowitz, junior utility Katrina Drake, junior defender Bella Wentzel and senior attacker Roxy Wheaton (left to right) surprised 13-year-old Melissa Ponce, the newest member of UCLA women’s water polo, with a Harry Potter themed birthday. (Courtesy of Cynthia Ponce)
Hannah Palmer’s golden goal saved the Bruins from a winless weekend. No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo (8-2, 6-2 MPSF) and No. 5 Arizona State (12-7, 6-4 MPSF) were knotted at 10 goals apiece in a sudden-death overtime period at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center on Sunday before the sophomore attacker netted her third goal of the game and fourth of the weekend to give the blue and gold an 11-10 victory. Read more...
Photo: With 12 seconds remaining in the third overtime period, sophomore attacker Hannah Palmer netted a shot to give UCLA women’s water polo the win on Sunday over Arizona State after falling to the Sun Devils the day prior. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
The Bruins are set to amass more than 4,000 miles in travel for their next four games. No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo (7-1, 5-1 MPSF) will enjoy a slight return to normalcy with back-to-back doubleheaders against No. Read more...
Photo: Second in goals for UCLA women’s water polo a season ago, junior utility Katrina Drake has netted nine shots this season. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin staff)
