UCLA women's water polo championship video
The UCLA women's water polo team won their fourth straight national title (sixth overall) in convincing fashion this weekend. CBS provided this video (above) [NOTE: Video has been moved to after the jump because it is on auto-play], which gives quick game highlights from the championship showdown against USC. The Bruins beat the Trojans (preseason No. 1) four times this year, the final time by a score of 6-3.
With a with a 123-6 career record (33-0 this season), seniors Gabrielle Domanic, Brittany Rowe, Courtney Mathewson, Jillian Kraus and Kamaile Crowell can boast a stunning four national championships and two undefeated seasons. It's the first time in UCLA women's sports history that an individual athlete has collected four straight national championships. Four men's volleyball players accomplished the same feat in 1984. To put that in perspective, no athletes from the legendary John Wooden basketball teams have four national titles on their resume (the use of freshman teams limited players to three years).
That's truly remarkable.
More info after the jump ...
With this championship Coach Krikorian has effectively carved himself out a place in the Mt. Rushmore of Bruin coaches along with Coach John Wooden, Al Scates and Sue Enquist.
From the Associated Press report:
Last year's title was the school's 100th, making it the first school to reach the century mark. They added No. 101 on Sunday.
From the San Francisco Chronicle report:
As each player held four fingers in the air, members of the UCLA women's water-polo team celebrated by leaping into the pool after defeating USC 6-3 to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive NCAA championship Sunday at the Avery Aquatic Center at Stanford.
Pretty sweet. You can click here for the official recap from UCLA, and make sure to check out these photos taken by Liza David
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