The Rio Olympics took its toll on collegiate women’s water polo last year, and UCLA wasn’t immune. Three of its veteran players redshirted last year with hopes of making the senior national team. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal is fourth on UCLA’s all-time scoring leaderboard, and is just eight goals shy of moving up to third. (Courtesy of Pam Monahan)
One down, five to go. In No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo’s first of six Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference games, the Bruins (12-1, 1-0 MPSF) cruised to a 24-2 victory over No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior center Alexa Tielmann was one of two players with a game-high four goals for the No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo team as the Bruins opened up conference play with a 22-point victory over No. 10 San Jose State. (Courtesy of Pam Monahan)
One goal was all that separated three of the first four clashes between the nation’s highest-ranked women’s water polo teams. No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo played a total of four games at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational in the span of three days, winning its first two, against No. Read more...
Photo: Senior utility Mackenzie Barr scored two goals over the No. 3 Bruins’ first two games against top-five competition this weekend. UCLA went 1-1, losing by one goal to No. 1 USC and beating No. 4 California by one goal. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Reego)
When Kelsey O’Brien, a senior attacker on the UCLA women’s water polo team, first walked onto UCLA’s campus, she was 11 years old. She had a cousin who went to UCLA at the time so Kelsey and her father, Joe O’Brien, stopped by to visit after a water polo tournament. Read more...
Photo: Senior attacker Kelsey O’Brien won five Junior Olympic titles with the Santa Barbara Water Polo Club before she came to UCLA. She has deep connections with UC Santa Barbara’s water polo team, but committed to Westwood instead. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Three wins. Three days. Third place. Three was the magic number for the No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo team (10-1) this weekend as they competed in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal scored the game-winning goal over No. 4 California on a penalty shot with 17 seconds left to give the UCLA women’s water polo team a third-place finish at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Women’s water polo After recording 13 saves against No. 6 UC Irvine on Friday in No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore Katelyn Ohashi recorded two 9.95s on the balance beam this weekend over the Bruins’ two meets. She was named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Women’s water polo coach Brandon Brooks said that the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championship is the most competitive tournament of the year. “The depth there is unmatched,” Brooks said. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore attacker Lizette Rozeboom had a hat trick in Friday’s home opener against No. 6 UC Irvine. She and the rest of the No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo team will be traveling to Anteater territory this weekend for the Barbara Kalbus Invitational. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
