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The No. 2 Cal men’s water polo team began its two-game weekend at home Saturday afternoon with the risers at the Spieker Aquatics Complex completely packed as students, parents, fans and Cal water polo alumni gathered to watch one of the toughest games of season. Despite the audible support from
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From the first second that Thursday’s game began, the No. 2 Cal men’s water polo team (14-1) was unstoppable, beating its opponents, No. 6 Long Beach State (9-4),17-7. Sophomore attacker Johnny Hooper won the sprint to open the match and swiftly made his way down the pool, scoring the first
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For the second time in the past two weeks, the No. 2 Cal men’s water polo team has sent No. 7 UCSB back to Isla Vista with its tails between its legs. The Bears were also successful in defeating unranked San Jose State. “I thought we got a little sloppy
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The rivalry between Cal and USC is nothing new. So the No. 3 Trojans should’ve been prepared for the Cal men’s water polo team to dethrone them as the No. 2 ranked team. And with an 11-1 record and its only loss coming from the No.1 ranked team, the Bears
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It was a busy weekend for Division I men’s water polo. On Friday, 16 teams competed for a chance to be the champion of the Mountain Pacific Invitational, hosted in Berkeley by No. 3 Cal men’s water polo (11-1). In this first round, the Bears competed against Whittier, handily defeating
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Despite finding itself in unfamiliar waters for two weekends in a row, the No. 3 Cal men’s water polo team (8-0) has excelled, mercilessly defeating each of its competitors. This weekend, however, at the Mountain Pacific Invitational, where the Bears will compete in their home pool for the first time
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Three points were all that kept the Cal men’s water polo team (24-7, 7-2 MPSF) from the final round of the NCAA championships in December 2015. 2015 was the first time the Bears returned to the tournament since 2010, and despite second seed placement at its start, they were determined
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Whoever placed the Cal men’s water polo team as third in the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s 2015 preseason poll should be awfully proud of themselves for their predictive abilities. Finishing third at the NCAA tournament, the Bears ended their season among the top in the nation, capping off one of
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The Cal men’s water polo team has had a bumpy season. It hasn’t won any of the three single-elimination tournaments in which it has played. It gave up six fourth quarter goals to lose 11-10 to Pacific when the teams were tied for No. 2 nationally. In a sport where
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Three hundred sixty-five days had passed. It had been 8,760 hours since the No. 1 Bruins (28-0) had lost a men’s water polo game, and the No. 3 Bears (23-6) were close to breaking the streak. With five seconds left at the end of the second overtime, sophomore Luca Cupido
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