Saturday, January 26
Berkeley, CA
8:30 AM
UCLA
vs
UC Davis
Sophomore goalkeeper Jahmea Bent has 11 saves in four appearances this season.
Photo by: Minette Rubin
No. 3 UCLA Heads to Bay Area for Cal Cup
January 25, 2019 | Women's Water Polo
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LOS ANGELES โ No. 3 UCLA (5-0, 0-0 MPSF) travels to Berkeley, Calif., to take part in the Cal Cup where it will run into No. 13 UC Davis and No. 17 Fresno State as well as have an exhibition game against No. 2 Stanford and at No. 4 California. The Bruins will begin with UC Davis (2-1) at 8:30 a.m. PT on Saturday, Jan. 26 and then take on Stanford at 1:00 p.m. PT. UCLA will open the final day of competition on Sunday, Jan. 27 with Cal at 8:30 a.m. PT and will also face Fresno State (1-3) at 1:00 p.m. PT.
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Saturday, Jan. 26 (Spieker Aquatics Complex, Berkeley, Calif.)
8:30 AM PT โ No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 13 UC Davis
1:00 PM PT โ No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 2 Stanford (Exhibition)
Sunday, Jan. 27 (Spieker Aquatics Complex, Berkeley, Calif.)
8:30 AM PT โ No. 3 UCLA at No. 4 California (Exhibition)
1:00 PM PT โ No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 17 Fresno State
Recapping Last Week
The third-ranked UCLA Bruins opened the 2019 season with five wins over nationally-ranked teams at the UCSB Winter Invitational (Jan. 18-20). The Bruins opened with a 10-6 win over No. 8 CSUN with freshman Val Ayala leading the team in scoring with three goals. Then Maddie Musselman scored four goals to lead UCLA to another 10-6 win, this time over No. 6 UC Irvine. The Bruins then posted a 17-8 win over No. 24 Cal Baptist with Lizette Rozeboomย completing a hat trick. The Bruins posted a pair of two-goal victories on the final day as Ayala led the Bruins with another hat trick in a 9-7 win over No. 9 Michigan and then Bronte Halliganย and Emily Skelly had a two goals each in a 6-4 win at No. 17 UC Santa Barbara.
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Val Ayala Named MPSF/KAP7ย Newcomer of the Week
UCLA freshmanย Val Ayalaย (Anaheim, Calif./Foothill HS) was named the MPSF/KAP7ย Newcomer of the Week as announced by the league office on Jan. 22.ย The freshman attacker led the Bruins in scoring this past weekend as UCLAย went 5-0 with five wins over nationally ranked teams.ย Ayala registered three hat tricks, opening her collegiate career with three scores in a 10-6 win over No. 18 CSUN. She completed another hat trick in another 10-6 win over No. 6 UC Irvine. She tacked on one goal in a 17-8 win over No. 24 Cal Baptist and then scored three more in a 9-7 outcome over No. 9 Michigan.ย In all, Ayala scored 10 goals while collecting three assists, three steals and two drawn exclusions. This is the first career MPSF honor for Ayala.
Coaching Changes
During the offseason, UCLA men's water polo hired Christopher Lee as an assistant coach to replace Dustin Litvak, who was hired to be the head men's water polo coach at Princeton.
Wright on Deck
Adam Wright is in his second season as UCLA's head men's water polo coach in 2019 with an overall record of 28-8 (.778) and an MPSF mark of 2-3 (.400).ย On July 20, 2017, UCLA Director of Athletics, Dan Guerrero, announced that Wrightย will guide both the UCLA men's and women's water polo teams.
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Recapping 2018
Overall Record: 23-8 |ย Final Ranking: 4th | NCAA Finish: T-3rd |ย MPSFย Tournament Finish: 4th
UCLA advanced to the semifinal round of the NCAA Tournament in head coach Adam Wright's first season at the helm of the program. The Bruins' 8-4 win over Pacific at USC secured their eighth consecutive appearance in the national semifinals. Sophomore Maddie Musselman secured ACWPC All-America acclaim for the second time in her career. Senior Devin Grab registered her second selection as a second-team All-American. UCLA also saw Bronte Halligan pick up third-team honors while Carlee Kapana was named an honorable mention All-America selection. In total, 12 Bruins claimed ACWPC All-Academic honors.
UCLA In The CWPA Poll
The Bruins remained at No. 3 in the 2019 CWPAย National Women's Varsity Top 25 Poll (92 points, +2), released on Jan. 23.
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ย 2019ย WOMEN'S VARSITY TOP 25 (WEEK 1 - Jan. 23) |
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| ย Rank | ย Team | ย Last Week's Poll | ย Points |
| ย 1 | ย USC | ย 1 | ย 100 |
| ย 2 | ย Stanford | ย 2 | ย 96 |
| ย 3 | ย UCLA | ย 3 | ย 92 |
| ย 4 | ย California | ย 4 | ย 88 |
| ย 5 | ย Arizona State | ย 5 | ย 81 |
| ย 6 | ย UC Irvine | ย 6 (T) | ย 80 |
| ย 7 | ย Hawai'i | ย 6 (T) | ย 78 |
| ย 8 | ย Pacific | ย 8 | ย 71 |
| ย 9 | ย Michigan | ย 9 | ย 70 |
| ย 10 | ย UC Santa Barbara | ย 17 | ย 60 |
| ย 11 | ย Long Beach State | ย 11 | ย 58 |
| ย 12 | ย Princeton | ย 12 | ย 53 |
| ย 13 | ย UC Davis | ย 10 | ย 52 |
| ย 14 | ย San Jose State | ย 20 | ย 46 |
| ย 15 | ย Loyola Marymount | ย 16 | ย 42 |
| ย 16 | ย Wagner | ย 14 | ย 31 |
| ย 17 | ย Fresno State | ย RV | ย 30 |
| ย 18 (T) | ย Indiana | ย 13 | ย 26 |
| ย 18 (T) | ย Harvard | ย 21 | ย 26 |
| ย 20 | ย Marist | ย 22 | ย 23 |
| ย 21 | ย UC San DIego | ย 15 | ย 22 |
| ย 22 (T) | ย San Diego State | ย 19 | ย 20 |
| ย 22 (T) | ย CSUN | ย 18 | ย 20 |
| ย 24 | ย Cal Baptist | ย 24 | ย 16 |
| ย 25 | ย Azusa Pacific | ย NR | ย 13 |
| ย RV | ย Bucknell | ย 23 | ย 4 |
| ย RV | ย Brown | ย 25 | ย 2 |
| ย RV | ย Iona | ย RV | ย 2 |
| ย RV | ย Cal State East Bay | ย RV | ย 1 |
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