Sunday, February 15

Dream big: Olympian Maddie Musselman three games from UCLA water polo history

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)


Top-ranked women’s water polo to battle Wagner in NCAA first round

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)


Scouting report: 2017 NCAA women’s water polo championship

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)



Far from home, Dutch water polo player Lizette Rozeboom shines at UCLA

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)


Women’s water polo clinches No. 1 seed for NCAA, multiple MPSF awards

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)


Women’s water polo takes MPSF tournament with victory over Stanford

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)



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