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LOS ANGELES – No. 1 UCLA (10-0, 0-0 MPSF WEST) co-hosts the Overnght MPSF Invitational this weekend (with USC) and is the highest seed for the most important and greatest match of the yr. The Bruins will open with Redlands (1-7) on Friday, Sept. 19 at 12:00 p.m. PT at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center. Win that recreation and UCLA will play at dwelling for the remainder of the match. All profitable groups of the video games on Friday at each areas will play at UCLA for the remainder of the weekend. All of the shedding groups on Friday might be at USC for the rest of the weekend within the Ninth-Fifteenth bracket. All of this week’s video games at each websites may have a stay stream on Overnght.com and stay stats on both the 6-8Sports.com or The FOSH platforms (hyperlinks beneath). You can even observe together with stay scoring updates on the Bruins’ official account on Twitter(X). Information on all 16 groups, together with the whole schedule with updates and outcomes, in addition to hyperlinks for stay streams and stay stats could be discovered on the Tournament Central web page.
TRAFFIC CLOSURES AND UCLA MOVE IN THIS WEEKEND
Fans planning to return to campus for the Overnght MPSF Invitational ought to anticipate to expertise visitors delays as a consequence of campus transfer in weekend that might be occurring all weekend (has already began), in addition to lane and ramp closures introduced by Caltrans. The introduced lane and ramp closures alongside Interstate 405 (I-405) via the Sepulveda Pass embody the freeway being decreased to 3 lanes in every course and motorists are strongly inspired to hunt alternate routes or discover public transportation to succeed in their locations. These closures will begin at 10:00 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19 and proceed via Monday, Sept. 22. The closures are as follows:
Northbound Interstate 405
Southbound Interstate 405
Alternate Routes for I-405
Extended Weekend Lane Reductions will happen alongside varied sections of I-405. Due to climate or operational causes, the schedule is topic to vary together with the instances and dates of closures, the variety of lanes closed and different particulars.
THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Friday, Sept. 19 (Overnght MPSF Invitational – Los Angeles, Calif.)
| Game 1 | 12:00 PM | (1) UCLA vs. (16) Redlands | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 2 | 12:00 PM | (2) USC vs. (15) CMS | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 3 | 1:30 PM | (8) UC Davis vs. (9) Pepperdine | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 4 | 1:30 PM | (7) Princeton vs. (10) UCSD | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 5 | 3:00 PM | (4) Stanford vs. (13) Santa Clara | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 6 | 3:00 PM | (3) Cal vs. (14) UCSB | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 7 | 4:30 PM | (5) LBSU vs. (12) CBU | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 8 | 4:30 PM | (6) UC Irvine vs. (11) LMU | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
Saturday, Sept. 20 (Overnght MPSF Invitational – Los Angeles, Calif.)
| Game 9 | 8:00 AM | WG1 vs. WG3 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 10 | 8:00 AM | LG1 vs. LG3 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 11 | 9:30 AM | WG5 vs. WG7 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 12 | 9:30 AM | LG5 vs. LG7 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 13 | 11:00 AM | WG2 vs. WG4 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 14 | 11:00 AM | LG2 vs. LG4 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 15 | 12:30 PM | WG6 vs. WG8 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 16 | 12:30 PM | LG6 vs. LG8 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 17 | 2:00 PM | LG9 vs. LG11 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 18 | 2:00 PM | LG10 vs. LG12 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 19 | 3:30 PM | WG9 vs. WG11 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 20 | 3:30 PM | WG10 vs. WG12 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 21 | 5:00 PM | LG13 vs. LG15 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 22 | 5:00 PM | LG14 vs. LG16 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 23 | 6:30 PM | WG13 vs. WG15 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Game 24 | 6:30 PM | WG14 vs. WG16 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
Sunday, Sept. 21 (Overnght MPSF Invitational – Los Angeles, Calif.)
| seventh Place | 10:00 AM | LG17 vs. LG21 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Fifteenth Place | 10:00 AM | LG18 vs. LG22 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| fifth Place | 11:30 PM | WG17 vs. WG21 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| thirteenth Place | 11:30 PM | WG18 vs. WG22 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| Third Place | 1:00 PM | LG19 vs. LG23 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| eleventh Place | 1:00 PM | LG20 vs. LG24 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
| 1st Place | 2:30 PM | WG19 vs. WG23 | Spieker Aquatics Center (UCLA) | Live Stats | Video |
| Ninth Place | 2:30 PM | WG20 vs. WG24 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (USC) | Live Stats | Video |
SERIES HISTORY
UCLA is 8-0 all-time towards Redlands. The Bruins gained the final assembly at Redlands, 18-3, on Sept. 13, 2015 on the Inland Empire Classic.
RECAPPING LAST WEEK
No. 1 UCLA went 3-0 final week, opening up its dwelling slated with a 13-7 win over No. 8 UC Irvine (Sept. 12) after which posting a 21-10 win over (RV) Harvard later that day. The Bruins closed out the weekend with a 19-8 win over No. 12 Pepperdine on Saturday, Sept. 13 at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center.
OFF TO A BALANCED START
In addition to profitable its first 10 video games, eight of which have been by double digits, UCLA has reached double-digit scorers in 9-of-10 video games this season. The double-digit video games embody: 13 gamers towards Navy, 10 vs. UC Davis, 11 at UC San Diego, 10 vs. California Baptist University, 11 vs. George Washington, 10 vs. Fordham, a season-best 15 vs. Bucknell (each participant on the journey however Noah Rowe, who had two assists within the recreation), 11 vs. Harvard, and 11 vs. Pepperdine. The Bruins solely had seven gamers rating within the 13-7 win over No. 8 UC Irvine.
LEADING FROM THE JUMP
So far in its first 10 video games, the Bruins have solely trailed for 1:59 of recreation seven vs. Bucknell (began the sport 0-1, then went on a 14-2 run, together with an 11-0 stretch breaking open a 3-3 tie). UCLA had scored first in each recreation this season till the competition towards the Bison.
SCORING SURGES
UCLA was tied 1-1 vs. Navy (Aug. 29) after which engineered an 8-0 run to guide 9-1 with below two minutes left within the second quarter. Tied 1-1 towards UC Davis (Aug. 30), the Bruins went on an 8-2 run to guide 9-3 at halftime. After being tied 1-1 towards UC San Diego (Aug. 30), UCLA reeled off 12 straight targets to construct a 13-1 lead with 2:00 remaining within the third quarter. In the win over California Baptist University (Sept. 5), UCLA scored the primary six targets, and doubled that to the primary 12 targets later that day towards George Washington. The Bruins scored the primary two targets of the sport and led 4-1 on the finish of the primary interval, cruising to a 16-9 win over No. 4 Fordham (Sept. 6). UCLA, which trailed for the primary time this season towards Bucknell when the Bison scored on their opening possession after getting a cease on UCLA’s first possession of the sport, gained the primary interval, 5-3. The Bruins dominated the second quarter, 8-0, to construct a 13-3 lead by halftime. The Bruins scored the final two targets of the primary interval, all eight targets of the second interval, and the primary aim of the third interval to go on an 11-0 scoring run stretching throughout these three quarters vs. Bucknell (Sept. 6). In the win over No. 8 UC Irvine (Sept. 12), UCLA scored the primary 4 targets of the sport, together with pitching a shutout within the first quarter to cruise to a 13-7 win. The Bruins scored the primary six targets of the sport towards (RV) Harvard (Sept. 12) en path to a 21-10 victory. In the 19-8 win over No. 12 Pepperdine (Sept. 13), the Bruins once more scored the primary 4 targets of the sport, after which main 10-6 with 5:05 remaining within the third interval, UCLA went on an 8-0 run to blow the sport open, main 18-6 with simply 1:20 to go.
DODD NAMED UCLA STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Sophomore Ryder Dodd of UCLA Men’s Water Polo was chosen the Student-Athlete of the Week (on Sept. 17) offered by La Victoria for competitions held between Sept. 9-15. The Bruin attacker led UCLA to a 3-0 document this previous weekend (10-0 total) with 12 targets, scoring three or extra targets in all three contests. The Bruins opened their dwelling slate with a 13-7 win over No. 8 UC Irvine in a battle of undefeated groups on Friday, Sept.12. Dodd scored a team-high-tying hat trick and likewise drew three exclusions and one penalty towards the Anteaters. Later that day, UCLA posted a 21-5 win over (RV) Harvard with Dodd scoring a season-high 5 targets and led all scorers with six factors, including one help. He additionally had one steal and drew one exclusion towards the Crimson. He led the Bruins in scoring with seven factors on a game-high-tying 4 targets and three assists within the 19-8 win over No. 12 Pepperdine. He additionally drew one exclusion and had a career-high six steals towards the Waves. He has scored in all 41 video games he has performed in his profession and has scored a number of targets in 39 of these contests. Dodd secures his third-career UCLA student-athlete of the week award.
DODD NAMED MPSF WEST/DELFINA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
UCLA sophomore attacker Ryder Dodd (Long Beach, Calif./JSerra Catholic HS) has been named the MPSF West/Delfina Player of the Week as introduced by the league workplace on Sept. 8. Dodd led UCLA to a 4-0 document this previous week (7-0 total) on the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 5- 6) with 10 targets (14 pictures), three steals, three assists, two drawn exclusions, one area block, and one save. He scored a game-high 4 targets towards No. 14 California Baptist University, to go together with two steals, one help, and one save. He had a game-high-tying three targets in a win over No. 19 George Washington, and added two assists and a area block. Dodd then had two targets, drew two exclusions, and had one steal in a win over No. 4 Fordham. He completed with one aim on his solely shot in restricted motion within the win over Bucknell. This is the fifth profession MPSF weekly award for Dodd.
BRINKEMA NAMED UCLA STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Sophomore Bode Brinkema of UCLA Men’s Water Polo has been chosen the Student-Athlete of the Week offered by La Victoria for competitions held between Aug. 26-Sept. 1. Brinkema tied for the workforce lead in scoring this previous week with seven targets, main top-ranked UCLA to a trio of double-digit wins over nationally-ranked groups to open the season at 3-0. The Bruins started the week with a 20-8 win over No. 20 Navy with Brinkema scoring a career-high 4 targets, whereas registering two steals, one help, and drawing one exclusion. The 12-goal margin of victory was the second-most within the collection historical past behind a 13-goal margin in 1996 and once more in 2019. Brinkema then scored two targets and had two steals, one help, and one area block in a 16-6 win over No. 14 UC Davis. The 10-goal margin of victory was probably the most towards the Aggies because the undefeated season of 2015. He completed the weekend with one aim, three assists, and three steals in an 18-2 win at No. 12 UC San Diego. The 16-goal margin of victory towards the Tritons was the third-largest in collection historical past and probably the most since a 24-1 win in 1976. The sophomore secures his second-career UCLA student-athlete of the week award.
UCLA PICKED TO WIN THE MPSF
Defending NCAA Champion UCLA collected 99 factors and 9 first-place votes in topping the 2025 MPSF Men’s Water Polo Western Division preseason coaches’ ballot. The Bruins return 21 gamers from final yr, together with ACWPC National Player of the Year and MPSF Player and Newcomer of the Year Ryder Dodd, who broke each the convention and UCLA freshman single-season scoring document in 2024 with 102 targets. Also again for UCLA are All-Americans Chase Dodd (26 targets), Peter Castillo (31 targets, 64 earned exclusions), and Frederico Jucá Carsalade (25 targets, 38 assists).
| Team | Points (1st Place) | 2024 Record | 2024 MPSF Finish | 2024 NCAA D1 Finish |
| UCLA | 99 (9) | 26-2 | 2nd | 1st |
| USC | 90 (2) | 23-6 | 1st | 2nd |
| Stanford | 82 | 22-5 | Third | T-Third |
| California | 74 | 12-13 | 4th | n/a |
RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS
For the second straight yr, the Bruins return 4 of the 5 All-Americans from the prior season. Sophomore attacker Ryder Dodd is again from his record-shattering season the place he set the MPSF and UCLA freshman single-season scoring document with 102 targets. He was a First-Team All-American, as was his brother, redshirt senior attacker Chase Dodd (26 targets, 33 assists). Sophomore utility Peter Castillo was a Third-Team All-American a yr in the past (31 targets, 64 earned exclusions). The different All-American the Bruins return in 2025 is Honorable Mention choice and redshirt junior attacker, Frederico Jucá Carsalade (25 targets, 38 assists). Junior utility Ben Liechty, the 2024 MPSF Newcomer of the Year, additionally qualifies because the Bruins’ fifth returning All-American as he was an Honorable Mention choice in 2023. UCLA misplaced the enjoying companies of All-American, Nico Tierney (Honorable Mention, 41 targets), however added him to the Bruins’ workers as an assistant coach for the 2025 season.
RETURNING ALL-MPSF PLAYERS
Last yr, UCLA had a league-best and school-record-tying 9 gamers earn 2024 Delfina All-MPSF West accolades, however solely 5 of them return, highlighted by MPSF Player and Newcomer of the Year, Ryder Dodd. He additionally gained the Peter J. Cutino Award and was named the ACWPC National Player of the Year in 2025. All 5 All-League performers returning have been additionally listed within the returning All-American be aware above. In addition to shedding Nico Tierney (Honorable Mention All-MPSF) from a yr in the past, the Bruins additionally misplaced the companies of First-Team attacker Makoto Kenney (15 targets, 45 assists), Honorable Mention goalkeeper Garret Griggs (25 begins, 23-2 document, 173 saves, 9.12 targets towards common), and Honorable Mention center-defender Aaron Voggenthaler (24 targets). The Bruins return a sixth All-MPSF contributor in junior middle Marcell Szécsi (Honorable Mention decide in 2023, 13 targets in 2024).
SUPER SENIORS
The Bruins return 5 seniors in 2025 that each one made big contributions a yr in the past. Joining redshirt senior Chase Dodd is fellow redshirt seniors attacker Trey Doten (11 targets), and middle Eli Liechty (24 targets, 48 earned exclusions). UCLA additionally regains the companies of senior utility Gray Carson (14 targets) and attacker Noah Rowe (six targets, 21 assists). Together this class has an total document of 94-14 (.870), which incorporates going a mixed 52-5 (.912) during the last two seasons.
MORE NOTABLE RETURNEES
Flexing its very good depth, there are six extra Bruins looking for to have elevated roles this season, beginning with redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Nate Tauscher. Tauscher was the back-up goalie final yr however got here up huge when his quantity was known as. He solely made three begins on the yr (3-0), however two of them got here on the NCAA Tournament (semifinals and finals). This group additionally consists of junior attacker Wade Sherlock (21 targets, 35 assists), redshirt junior utility Ben Larsen (19 targets), redshirt junior attacker Vinnie Merk (three targets), redshirt sophomore defender Max Matthews (six targets, additionally scored the game-winning aim on the buzzer for the Gold workforce in a 15-14 win over the Blue squad within the 2025 preseason), and sophomore utility Bode Brinkema (16 targets, 23 assists, 22 steals).
REDSHIRTS AND FRESH FACES
Looking to make a giant splash this season are 5 redshirt freshmen and 5 true freshmen which have arrived in Westwood for the 2025 marketing campaign. The redshirt freshmen embody attacker Alex Heenan (Harvard-Westlake School), goalkeeper Joey Kent (JSerra Catholic HS), attacker Andrew Spencer (Sacred Heart Prep), goalkeeper Nick Tovani (San Ramon Valley HS), and middle defender Harry Tucker (Perth, Australia). The 5 freshmen seeking to make a direct influence embody goalkeeper Harper Gardner (Rio Americano HS), Jackson Harlan (Corona del Mar HS), Zac Miller (Westlake HS), Hayden O’Hare (Campolindo HS), and Santino Rossi (Newport Harbor HS).
A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM
The UCLA Bruins captured their thirteenth NCAA Championship in males’s water polo with an 11-8 win over USC on Dec. 8, 2024, at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center. The win additionally marked the fifth NCAA Championship for UCLA Head Coach Adam Wright whereas in command of the Men’s Water Polo workforce, with all 5 titles coming towards USC. It is Wright’s ninth NCAA title total, as he additionally gained two as a participant at UCLA (1999 and 2000), one as the top coach of the ladies’s program (2024), and yet one more as an assistant coach with the ladies’s workforce in 2009. UCLA had a complete of seven gamers rating within the contest, paced by two targets every from freshman Ryder Dodd, redshirt junior Chase Dodd, and graduate college students Nico Tierney and Jack Larsen. Graduate scholar Makoto Kenney added a game-high three assists. Redshirt freshman Nate Tauscher made simply his third begin of his younger profession, going the space whereas recording 10 saves, three steals, and one help whereas surrendering eight scores.
ALL THE WRIGHT STUFF
After guiding the Bruins to the NCAA Championship in 2024 and being named the MPSF Coach of the Year for the fourth time, Adam Wright returns for his seventeenth season as UCLA’s head males’s water polo coach in 2025 with an total document of 380-68 (.848) and an MPSF mark of 72-25 (.742). His groups earned good APR (Academic Progress Rate) scores of 1,000 in 2014, 2015 and 2016 whereas profitable the varsity’s 112th, 113th and 114th NCAA Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2017. Wright added the fourth NCAA Championship to his resume as the lads’s head coach in 2020 (Mar. 21, 2021) and a fourth good APR rating in 2021. On July 20, 2017, then-UCLA Director of Athletics, Dan Guerrero, introduced that Wright would information each the UCLA males’s and ladies’s water polo groups. Wright was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame on June 20, 2019, and to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020. On March 22, 2022, UCLA Director of Athletics, Martin Jarmond, introduced that Wright had signed a brand new six-year contract, beginning in July of 2022, because the Head Coach for each of the Bruins’ Men’s and Women’s Water Polo applications.
RECAPPING 2024
Overall Record: 26-2 | Final Ranking: 1st | NCAA Finish: 1st | MPSF Tournament Finish: 2nd
The UCLA Bruins made their 39th look within the NCAA Championship in 2024, profitable this system’s thirteenth NCAA title with a nation’s greatest 26-2 (.929) document. The Bruins additionally posted the perfect document in MPSF play with a 5-1 mark. The Bruins opened the NCAA Championship with a 22-6 win over No. 20 Salem within the First Round after which posted a 17-14 win at No. 4 Stanford within the NCAA Semifinals. Top-seeded UCLA then defeated No. 2 USC, 11-8, within the title match. UCLA positioned an MPSF-high 9 gamers on the All-MPSF groups in 2024, together with Ryder Dodd turning into the primary participant in league historical past to be named the Player and Newcomer of the Year in the identical season. Additionally, Adam Wright was named MPSF Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his profession (2011, 2017, 2023, 2024).
Other Notes:
POLLING THE BRUINS
UCLA stays regular at No. 1 within the CWPA National Men’s Varsity Top 20 Poll (100 factors), launched on Sept. 17.
| 2025 Men’s Varsity Top 20 (Week 3/September 17) | |||
| Rank | Team | Week 2 Poll | Points |
| 1 | UCLA | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | USC | 2 | 95 |
| 3 | California | 3 | 91 |
| 4 | Stanford | 4 | 84 |
| 5 | Fordham | 5 | 80 |
| 6 | San Jose State | 6 | 76 |
| 7 | Long Beach State | 7 | 70 |
| 8 | UC Irvine | 8 | 61 |
| 9 (T) | Princeton | 10 | 58 |
| 9 (T) | Pacific | 9 | 58 |
| 11 | UC Davis | 11 | 53 |
| 12 | Pepperdine | 12 | 43 |
| 13 | LMU | 14 (T) | 39 |
| 14 | UC San Diego | 13 | 37 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 16 | 29 |
| 16 | California Baptist University | 14 (T) | 28 |
| 17 | UC Santa Barbara | 19 (T) | 20 |
| 18 | Brown | 18 | 13 |
| 19 | George Washington | 19 (T) | 9 |
| 20 | Concordia | NR | 4 |
| RV | Navy | 17 | 3 |
| RV | Salem | NR | 2 |
| RV | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | NR | 2 |
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