Before Sunday’s game, UCLA and Stanford had met twice in the past three years in the national championship game. Both times, the Cardinal had been the one to come out on top, but 2017 was lined up to be different. Read more...
Photo: UCLA coach Brandon Brooks and the women’s water polo team fell to Stanford on Sunday in the national championship for the third time in four years, something he said is the result of individual results and nothing overarching. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 14 at 7:08 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS — Another NCAA women’s water polo final came down to the last minute between UCLA and Stanford, and for the third time in four years, the Cardinal came out on top – narrowly. Read more...
Photo: In the last minute of play, No. 2 Stanford stole the ball away from No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo and scored on its next possession. The Bruins could not match the late goal and would fall to the Cardinal in the national championship game. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
INDIANAPOLIS — After coach Brandon Brooks’ team committed a number of offensive fouls in Friday’s first-round match against No. 16 Wagner, he said his team’s aggressiveness has been a key part of how No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Maddie Musselman led the No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo team with four goals in its semifinal win over No. 4 California. Musselman and the rest of the Bruins will face No. 2 Stanford for the national championship Sunday. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
INDIANAPOLIS — UCLA’s final weekend of the season started with a game that ended like so many others have for the No. 1 team in the country. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior center Alexa Tielmann was one of four UCLA women’s water polo players to have three goals in the team’s NCAA opener against Wagner. The No. 1 Bruins won 17-2, and advanced to play California in the semifinals. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
Adam Krikorian still remembers the day he met freshman attacker Maddie Musselman. The Women’s Senior National Team coach was at Boston Logan International Airport, on his way home from the 2013 NCAA Tournament at Harvard. Read more...
Photo: The skills freshman attacker Maddie Musselman has developed en route to becoming one of the most dominant players in the NCAA in her very first year took her through the trials and tribulations of playing with some of the world’s greatest water polo players before she was a junior in high school. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It has been eight years since UCLA, the team with the most NCAA women’s water polo championship titles, last won the crown. But once again, the Bruins have only three games and seven teams separating them from their eighth national championship title. Read more...
Photo: Coach Brandon Brooks and his UCLA team will open the NCAA Tournament against Wagner Friday afternoon. UCLA is the No. 1 overall seed and will face the winner of No. 4 California and No. 5 Irvine on Saturday if the team advances. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
The stage for the 2017 NCAA women’s water polo championship is set. Half of the field will be familiar faces for UCLA women’s water polo, as three other teams from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation were selected. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal and the No. 1-seeded UCLA women’s water polo team will play No. 17 Wagner in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, but there are six other teams the Bruins could potentially face as they navigate the field for a national championship. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
