The fate of an entire season rested within the bounds of six minutes.
Senior attacker Makoto Kenney pump-faked a shot from the center of the pool but instead passed to MPSF Player of the Year, Rafael Real Vergara.

The NCAA men’s water polo tournament featured a true David versus Goliath matchup.
Fortunately for the Bruins, Friday’s first-round bout would be one of few surprises. 
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This post was updated Nov. 30 at 11:45 p.m.
No. 1 seed UCLA men’s water polo (24-2, 7-0 MPSF) enters the NCAA tournament on a two-game skid from the MPSF tournament – its first two losses of the season.

Deja vu is the feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
In 2022, UCLA defeated USC in double overtime to conclude its regular season. It then beat Washington & Jefferson, scoring 25 goals, in the first round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament.

Under ordinary circumstances, a team that has already clinched the top seed in its conference tournament could see the final game of the regular season as a formality.