BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA — UCLA women’s water polo came out firing in the third quarter against Cal Friday after a slow offensive start. On the Bruins’ first possession of the half, senior center India Forster sailed one past the goalkeeper and junior attacker Kelsey O’Brien followed soon after to build their lead to 3-1. Read more...

Photo: Senior defender Charlotte Pratt helped to keep UCLA’s matchup with Cal close, tallying a second-half score that helped the Bruins emerge victorious from the low-scoring battle. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)

UCLA women’s water polo traveled to its farthest-away games of the 2016 season this weekend, sweeping the competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The No. 2 Bruins (15-2) won both games Saturday against No. Read more...

Photo: Senior center India Forster helped spark a struggling UCLA offense against Michigan last weekend. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)

UCLA women’s water polo has competed in seven Wolverine Invitationals historically and has only lost once. The Bruins have struggled in some of their nationwide invitationals over the program’s 17 seasons, but it seems that their weekends in Ann Arbor, Michigan, aren’t among those. Read more...

Photo: Junior attacker Ashley Zwirner netted three goals against Michigan last weekend at the UC Irvine Invitational. UCLA will look to rely on her scoring again this week as they take on the Wolverines for a second time. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)

As the season continues to heat up, UCLA women’s water polo found itself competing against familiar opponents in its third invitational of the year. This weekend, the No. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore attacker Devin Grab described losing to USC as one of the worst feelings. The Bruins fell to the Trojans in the title match of the weekend’s UC Irvine Invitational. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)

No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo will travel to the home of a familiar opponent to battle in the highly competitive UC Irvine Invitational this weekend. Read more...

Photo: No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo travels to Irvine for the UC Irvine Invitational this weekend. (Daily Bruin file photo)