BERKELEY, Calif. – It was supposed to be a bigger contest. No. 3 California (11-1) had dominated No. 2 USC (9-1) in the semifinals and was riding a wave of momentum coming into the championship game of the Mountain Pacific Invitational. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior attacker Max Irving had a team-high three goals against No. 3 California on Sunday to help power UCLA to its fourth consecutive NorCal crown. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
BERKELEY, Calif. — For the fourth year in a row for this senior class and eighth year in a row for coach Adam Wright, UCLA has made the championship game of the first major collegiate tournament of the season. Read more...
Photo: Senior attacker Patrick Fellner had eight goals over two games on day two of the Mountain Pacific Invitational to help land the Bruins a spot in the finals for the eighth year in a row. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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)
