LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego water polo team will begin their season by traveling to UC Santa Barbara for the UCSB Winter Invite, taking on four non-conference opponents. The Tritons will open their season against Wagner and San Jose State on Saturday, Jan. 22 before taking on Princeton and UCLA the following day.
DETAILS
UC San Diego (0-0, 0-0 BW) vs Wagner (0-0)
Saturday, January 22 at 8:00 am (Non-conference)
UCSB Campus Pool
UC San Diego (0-0, 0-0 BW) vs San Jose State (0-0)
Saturday, January 22 at 1:45 pm (Non-conference)
UCSB Campus Pool
UC San Diego (0-0, 0-0 BW) vs Princeton (0-0)
Sunday, January 23 at 8:00 am (Non-conference)
UCSB Campus Pool
San Diego (0-0, 0-0 BW) vs UCLA (0-0)
Sunday, January 23 at 2:45 pm (Non-conference)
UCSB Campus Pool
[There will be no live video or live stats for these matches. Each team is permitted 50 fans. UC San Diego's spectator list has already been submitted.]
WHAT'S AT STAKE THIS WEEKEND
UC San Diego returns just four starters from last season's ninth-ranked squad, meaning that new players will have to step up for the Tritons against a slate of four teams ranked in the top-25 in the CWPA Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), including third-ranked UCLA.
CONTINUE WINNING WAYS IN OPENERS?
UC San Diego has won six of their last nine season openers dating back to 2013, all under current Head Coach
Brad Kreutzkamp. Eight of those nine matches were part of the UCSB Winter Invite, which the Tritons began participating in starting in 2013.
FRANKE FINDS CALM IN THE KITCHEN
Two-sport All-American
Ciara Franke was recently profiled on UCSDTritons.com about the
peace she finds in baking. Franke is an All-American swimmer and was the Big West women's water polo Player of the Year in 2021.
RECORD WATCH
With 629 career saves,
Bennett Bugelli ranks ninth all time. Currently, Kaitlin Foe ranks eighth with 634 saves.
UC SAN DIEGO AND COVID-19
UC San Diego's nationally renowned Return to Learn program was created to return to in-person teaching, learning, conducting pioneering research and serving our communities in the safest way possible. The program has three adaptive pillars that are central to our strategy to resume on-campus activity: risk mitigation, viral detection, and intervention.
For the latest information on UC San Diego and COVID-19, please visit the University's
Return to Learn site.
GET SOCIAL WITH UC SAN DIEGO WOMEN'S WATER POLO
Keep up with the Tritons all season long on social media through
Twitter and
Instagram. The team's handle is @ucsdwwp.
FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD
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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
