Extending its season-best winning streak to nine games, the UCLA
women’s water polo team cruised past host UC Irvine 9-5
Thursday afternoon.
But coach Adam Krikorian was disappointed his team lacked the
fire that it had exhibited earlier in the season.

Once again, a slow start doomed the Bruins.
The UCLA women’s water polo team fell behind early at No.
1 USC on Thursday and never recovered, eventually losing 9-4.

The UCLA women’s water polo team was happy to see
California and Pacific come to town last weekend.
A week removed from a third place finish at the Gaucho
Invitational, which included wins over the No.

Day one of the Gaucho Invitational tournament went well for the
UCLA women’s water polo team.
Day two, however, did not.
Stanford freshman two-meter Christina Hewko scored with 10
seconds left in regulation, denying the No.

The No. 2 UCLA women’s water polo team (4-1, 1-0 MPSF)
will travel to Santa Barbara this weekend to participate in the
Gaucho Invitational. Last year, the Bruins were victorious in
the 16-team tournament, but much roster turnover in the
off-season combined with more league parody may make for a
difficult repeat.

Against USC, the Bruins had more penalty minutes than a naughty
school child, and when combined with a stifling Trojan defense, the
UCLA men’s hockey team was doomed to two straight losses,
11-4 and 9-3 Thursday and Friday, respectively.

The UCLA men’s hockey team was riding high with two
consecutive wins going into Friday night’s game against
Washington, but the team ended up losing 7-6 in a shootout.

It was just a matter of time before UCLA finally got into the
win column.
The UCLA men’s hockey team (2-6) registered its first two
wins of the season, sweeping both games Friday and Saturday against
Stanford in Palo Alto, 6-2 and 6-4, respectively, behind a strong
effort from myriad young players.

After a disappointing 2002 campaign, the UCLA women’s
cross country team spent two weeks over the summer at an elevation
of 8,000 feet in Mammoth, Calif., preparing for the upcoming
season.

Simply put, the key word for the men’s cross country team
is “improvement.”
Head coach Eric Peterson would like to see a noticeable jump
from his team’s last place finish in the Pac-10 a season ago
.