SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Ryder Dodd of UCLA men’s water polo was named MPSF West/Delfina Player of the Week on Monday after turning in a record-breaking performance over the weekend. He becomes the conference’s second two-time recipient this season, having also won on Oct. 5.

Dodd, a junior from Long Beach, Calif., shattered the UCLA and MPSF single-game goals records with 12 in a 19-9 victory against No. 7 UC San Diego on Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Center. Of his dozen goals, 10 came without a miss during the second half.  Dodd made 12 of 14 attempts overall and tacked on a fourth-quarter assist.

Prior to his historic performance, there was no known occurrence of a Bruin scoring more than eight goals in a game (Dodd was one of three). A pair of MPSF East players had 10-goal games in 2024. The MPSF West record was nine, accomplished by Stanford’s Bret Bonanni in 2015.

Dodd now leads all MPSF West players with 61 goals on the year. In addition to Dodd’s prior acknowledgement, UCLA’s Nate Tauscher won the award on Sept. 28. Bruin Luka Gladović is tied for the league lead with three MPSF West/S&R Sport Newcomer of the Week honors.

2026 MPSF WEST/DELFINA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Week	Player, Team
Aug. 31	Robert López Duart, USC
Sept. 7	Efe Naipoglu, USC
Sept. 14	Tomas Perrone, California
Sept. 21	Bernardo Herzer, Stanford
Sept. 28	Nate Tauscher, UCLA
Oct. 5	Ryder Dodd, UCLA
Oct. 12	Efe Naipoglu, USC
Oct. 19	Aran Pina, California
Oct. 26	Ben Forer, Stanford
Nov. 2	Beso Akhvlediani, California
Nov. 9	Ryder Dodd, UCLA