A thick Dutch accent rang through the air at Spieker Aquatics Center as the UCLA women’s water polo team was practicing its drills in the winter of 2015. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore attacker Lizette Rozeboom was one of the top players on Widex GZC Donk, one of the Netherlands’ most competitive water polo clubs, before traveling halfway around the world to UCLA. This year, she’s tied for sixth on the team in goals with 24. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
The NCAA selection show was just the beginning. In less than 18 hours, the UCLA women’s water polo team officially won the No. 1 seed to the NCAA Tournament, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and conference tournament MVP. Read more...
Photo: No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo coach Brandon Brooks was named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year this morning. Six of his players took home conference awards, including Newcomer of the Year and MPSF Tournament MVP. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
UCLA women’s water polo hadn’t trailed to a top-three team in more than nine quarters. That changed Sunday – for a grand total of two minutes and 23 seconds. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal scored three of UCLA women’s water polo’s six goals Sunday, as the No. 1 Bruins beat the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal for the second time this season and claimed the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation crown. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
UCLA women’s water polo had to overcome something on Saturday it hasn’t faced in two months – a deficit heading into the fourth quarter. With a little over five minutes left in the game and after losing a three-goal lead it had built up earlier in the game, freshman attacker Maddie Musselman netted her thid goal of the day to tie the game at eight. Read more...
Photo: Senior utility Mackenzie Barr scored once during No. 1 UCLA’s three-goal second-quarter run against fifth-seed California in the MPSF semifinal. The Bruins would lose their advantage by the fourth quarter, but came back to win 9-8 and secure a meeting with No. 2 Stanford in the finals. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
The current members on the UCLA women’s water polo team have never been the one seed in the conference championship tournament. They’ve made it to the championships twice, and won once, but both times as the two seed. Read more...
Photo: Senior attacker Kelsey O’Brien and the No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo team hosts the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship this weekend, a win in which will almost guarantee the Bruins the top seed for the NCAA Tournament. (Courtesy of Pam Monahan)
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Men’s and women’s tennis Hanson Wang, assistant Sports editor Clinching wins and going undefeated tends to put you on the short list for Pac-12 Player of the Week – that’s exactly what Martin Redlicki did to earn the honor for the third time this season. Read more...
Photo: After clinching UCLA’s 4-1 win over USC, Martin Redlicki was named Pac-12 Player of the Week. The junior, ranked No. 56 in the country, improved to 18-3 in dual match play, including a 17-1 mark at No. 2 singles. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
Maddie Musselman didn’t miss until halfway through the third quarter. The freshman attacker had guarded the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s top scorer – Stephania Haralabidis – on defense, driven through an aggressive Trojan blockade on many of UCLA’s offensive possessions, battled to transition from one end to the other for more than 20 minutes of game time and she was still a perfect 4 for 4 before hitting the post on a Bruin power play. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Maddie Musselman scored a game-high five goals for the No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo team that, with a win over No. 2 USC on Saturday, has claimed the No. 1 seed for the conference championship tournament. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
