The rematch of one of UCLA women’s water polo’s closest games of the year finished anything but like the first. On Saturday, No. 3 UCLA (14-1, 3-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) defeated No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore defender Rachel Whitelegge and the No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo team beat No. 4 California 10-4 on Saturday in a rematch of one of the Bruins’ most competitive games this season. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
Round one went to UCLA. Round two hits Westwood this weekend. This Saturday, No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo (13-1, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) will look to get its second win against No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman utility Bronte Halligan was one of eight Bruins to score in No. 3 UCLA women’s water polo’s first match this year against No. 4 California. The second matchup between the top-four teams hits Westwood on Saturday. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Unlike the last time UCLA women’s water polo played at home, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky Saturday. In its first conference game at home, No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal joined just three other Bruins to become the fourth player in UCLA women’s water polo history to score 200 or more goals in a career. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
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)
