Geometric formations, serious faces and a shot clock that perpetually counted down the seconds from 30 all characterized Monday evening’s practice at the Spieker Aquatics Center. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s water polo heads to the quarterfinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. The team will compete against UC Santa Barbara in the first round of the tournament.
With just seconds left on the clock in double overtime, Jack Fellner earned an exclusion and passed the ball to Ryder Roberts, who then scored – and the crowd went berserk while the band blared its UCLA victory song at Spieker Aquatics Center Thursday night. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Ryder Roberts scored the game-winning double overtime shot against USC within the final 10 seconds of play, ending the game in a 10-9 victory.
In the past five times UCLA men’s water polo has faced USC, none have been decided by more than one goal. Earlier this season, the UCLA men’s water polo team redeemed itself from its upsetting 11-10 loss against USC in the 2012 NCAA championships by beating USC 9-8 during the NorCal Invitational in September. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s water polo was emotional after surrendering the game-winning goal to USC in the final minute of the Bruins’ 11-10 loss in last year’s national championship game. UCLA and USC will meet again tonight in the final game of the regular season.
Only two days of practice separate UCLA men’s water polo’s weekend victories against No. 7 Pepperdine and No. 6 UC Santa Barbara from Thursday’s crosstown matchup against USC – a team that UCLA has both beaten and fallen to in the course of one season, both by a margin of a single point. Read more...
Photo: After a busy weekend, UCLA men’s water polo is focusing on getting rest before its Thursday game against USC, the last game of the regular season.
Paul Pickell said that Senior Day was a little strange. The feeling that time had gone by so quickly was incredible, he said – even emotional. Read more...
Photo: Senior attacker Paul Pickell helped UCLA notch victories over Pepperdine and UCSB this weekend.
There are two minutes on the clock during practice. One team is up by two points and tries to hold on to the lead while the other team tries to steal that lead with “hard-nosed, gritty play,” according to Alec Zwaneveld. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Garret Danner said UCLA men’s water polo is working on improving its focus as its season winds down.
What the UCLA men’s water polo team lacks is a driving force to propel it all the way through to the end of the game. The team has, in the past, started off with a great first quarter or so, but lost its way toward the end, according to junior attackerPaul Reynolds. Read more...
Photo: UCLA men’s water polo came away from its 9-5 win over Long Beach State dissatisfied with its late-game performance.
