Eight seasons and three NCAA finals appearances later, UCLA women’s water polo coach Brandon Brooks’ time in Westwood is ending. Brooks, who also competed on the men’s team from 1999 to 2002, is stepping down to pursue other opportunities. Read more...
Photo: Brandon Brooks never won an NCAA title as coach of the women’s water polo team. UCLA announced that he’ll be stepping down Thursday. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
The year is almost over, and all the sports are wrapped up except for softball, baseball and track and field. With the annual Daily Bruin Sports Yearlies just a week away, this year’s Sports editors take the time to throw down on who is deserving of candidacy for men’s and women’s athletes of the year. Read more...
Photo: Freshman gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross earned first-team All-American honors on uneven bars and balance beam in her first season. She also led the Bruins with four perfect 10s. (MacKenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)
Only five people in UCLA women’s water polo history had scored more than 65 goals in a single season coming into 2017. Of those five, only one – redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal – had done it in her very first collegiate season, until this year. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Maddie Musselman’s record freshman season ended at the NCAA championships over the past weekend. Among a number of other things, she officially became the first freshman in UCLA history to lead the women’s water polo team in goals. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
The women’s water polo championship loss to Stanford on Sunday was the last game for UCLA’s senior class, but they’ll still leave a legacy unlike many other classes’ in the past. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior attacker Rachel Fattal finished her UCLA career Sunday with the third-most goals and first-most steals in program history, but she and the rest of the senior class leave a legacy beyond individual statistics. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
Before Sunday’s game, UCLA and Stanford had met twice in the past three years in the national championship game. Both times, the Cardinal had been the one to come out on top, but 2017 was lined up to be different. Read more...
Photo: UCLA coach Brandon Brooks and the women’s water polo team fell to Stanford on Sunday in the national championship for the third time in four years, something he said is the result of individual results and nothing overarching. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 14 at 7:08 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS — Another NCAA women’s water polo final came down to the last minute between UCLA and Stanford, and for the third time in four years, the Cardinal came out on top – narrowly. Read more...
Photo: In the last minute of play, No. 2 Stanford stole the ball away from No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo and scored on its next possession. The Bruins could not match the late goal and would fall to the Cardinal in the national championship game. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
INDIANAPOLIS — After coach Brandon Brooks’ team committed a number of offensive fouls in Friday’s first-round match against No. 16 Wagner, he said his team’s aggressiveness has been a key part of how No. Read more...
Photo: Freshman attacker Maddie Musselman led the No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo team with four goals in its semifinal win over No. 4 California. Musselman and the rest of the Bruins will face No. 2 Stanford for the national championship Sunday. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
