UCLA Women’s Water Polo – 2007 NCAA Champions The 2007 UCLA women’s water polo team enjoyed tremendous success, winning both the MPSF Tournament title and the NCAA Championship, the Bruins’ third-consecutive NCAA title. Senior attacker Kelly Rulon broke the school’s all-time scoring record, registering 70 goals for the third consecutive season to finish with 237 career goals. UCLA’s NCAA Championship marked the final collegiate game for five Bruins - Molly Cahill, Emily Feher, Kacy Kunkel, Jenna Murphy and Kelly Rulon. All five players contributed to each of UCLA’s NCAA championship seasons in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Rulon, who redshirted the 2004 season while training for the summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, helped lead the program to the 2003 NCAA title as a true freshman. The 2007 Bruins raced to a 10-0 record by late February, registering wins against California, Hawaii, Indiana, USC, Pacific, Santa Clara and UC Irvine. In the team’s final contest at the UC Irvine Invitational, UCLA dropped its first match of the season to Stanford, 8-4. In early April, the Bruins faced both USC and Stanford on consecutive weekends in MPSF play. UCLA registered a crucial 8-7 victory against USC on April 7, before dropping a 7- 6 decision to Stanford in overtime the following Saturday. With a mark of 20-2 after that loss, the Bruins never looked back. In the MPSF Tournament, UCLA cruised past Long Beach State, 17-5, on day one. In their semifinal match against USC, the Bruins won by a 10-9 margin. In the MPSF Championship match, UCLA recorded an impressive 9-3 win over Stanford, a team that finished the regular season with a 12-0 MPSF record. After routing Pomona-Pitzer, 22-0, in the NCAA Tournament, the Bruins registered wins over USC and Stanford to win the The 2007 UCLA women’s water polo team met President George W. Bush at the White House last summer program’s ninth national championship. 2007 IN REVIEW 2007 Box Scores Feb. 3 (at Stanford) – UCLA 10, California 2 Feb. 25 (at UC Irvine) – Stanford 8, UCLA 4 April 7 (at UCLA) – UCLA 8, USC 7 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F California 1 0 1 0 2 Stanford 2 3 2 1 8 USC 2 2 2 1 7 UCLA 3 3 1 3 10 UCLA 0 3 1 0 4 UCLA 3 2 3 0 8 Goals – UCLA (Domanic 3, Gandy 2, Ka. Rulon, Rowe, Goals – UCLA (Kraus 2, Gandy, Rowe); STAN (Silver 3, Goals – UCLA (Mathewson 3, Belden, Domanic, Kraus, Kraus, Cahill, Ke. Rulon); CAL (Corso, Windes). Gauthier 2, Eaton, Hansen, Gregorka). Kunkel, Ke. Rulon); USC (Cardenas 3, Figge 2, Hayes, Stein). Saves – UCLA (Feher 8). Saves – UCLA (Feher 5); STAN (McColl 12). Saves – UCLA (Feher 10); USC (Anae 8). Feb. 3 (at Stanford) – UCLA 12, Hawai’i 4 March 1 (at UCLA) – UCLA 22, UC Irvine 7 April 14 (at Stanford) – Stanford 7, UCLA 6 (OT) 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 OT F Hawaii 3 0 0 1 4 UC Irvine 0 1 4 2 7 UCLA 1 1 1 3 0 6 UCLA 2 4 3 3 12 UCLA 5 6 6 5 22 Stanford 3 1 1 1 0 7 Goals – UCLA (Kraus 3, Ka. Rulon 3, Ke. Rulon 3, Crowell, Goals – UCLA (Ke. Rulon 4, Kraus 3, Kunkel 3, Belden 2, Domanic Goals – UCLA (Mathewson 2, Rowe 2, Domanic, Kraus); Gandy, Rowe); HAW (Hason-Swaner, Mason, Sieprath, Van 2, Ka. Rulon 2, Cahill, Crowell, Gandy, Mathewson, Mordell, STAN (Hewko 3, Gregorka, Hansen, Silver, Steffens). Raalte). Murphy); UCI (Kaake 2, Lewis 2, Fancher, Frost, Plummer). Saves – UCLA (Feher 9); STAN (McColl 11). Saves – UCLA (Feher 7). Saves – UCLA (Feher 6); UCI (Machanis 4). April 15 (at San Jose State) – UCLA 14, San Jose State 6 Feb. 4 (at Stanford) – UCLA 10, Indiana 3 March 2 (at UCLA) – UCLA 14, Cal State Northridge 3 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F UCLA 3 3 5 3 14 Indiana 0 0 2 1 3 Cal State Northridge 0 0 1 2 3 San Jose State 1 2 0 3 6 UCLA 7 1 1 1 10 UCLA 4 7 3 0 14 Goals – UCLA (Ka. Rulon 6, Ke. Rulon 4, Gandy 2, Kunkel, Goals – UCLA (Ke. Rulon 2, Belden, Domanic, Gandy, Goals – UCLA (Ke. Rulon 5, Ka. Rulon 3, Domanic 2, Kraus Rowe); SJSU (Lowry 3, McKee 2, Hazlett). Kraus, Mathewson, Mordell, Ka. Rulon); IND (Zimmerman 2, Cahill, Rowe); CSUN (Van Gorder 2, Curren). Saves – UCLA (Feher 5); SJSU (N/A). 2, Hannon). Saves – UCLA (Fullen 4); CSUN (Stapf 8). April 20 (at San Diego State) – UCLA 14, San Diego State 6 Saves – UCLA (Fullen 3). March 3 (at UCLA) – UCLA 13, Pomona 4 1 2 3 4 F Feb. 4 (at Stanford) – UCLA 11, USC 10 1 2 3 4 F UCLA 5 4 2 3 14 1 2 3 4 F Pomona-Pitzer 0 0 2 2 4 San Diego State 2 2 1 1 6 USC 2 2 4 2 10 UCLA 7 5 0 1 13 Goals – UCLA (Kraus 4, Kunkel 2, Rowe 2, Ka. Rulon 2, UCLA 1 3 2 5 11 Goals – UCLA (Ke. Rulon 5, Ka. Rulon 3, Domanic 2, Kraus Cahill, Gandy, Mathewson, Ke. Rulon); SDSU (Gonzales 2, Goals – UCLA (Kraus 3, Mathewson 2, Ka. Rulon 2, Ke. 2, Cahill, Rowe); CSUN (Van Gorder 2, Curren). Schuster 2, Cervantes, Werner). Rulon 2, Belden, Kunkel); USC (Craig 3, Figge 2, Hayes 2, Saves – UCLA (Fullen 4); CSUN (Stapf 8). Saves – UCLA (Feher 9); SDSU (Kilgore 12). Bartunkova, Kiss, Mayer). March 10 (at Arizona State) – UCLA 15, Arizona St. 9 April 27 (at Arizona State) – UCLA 17, Long Beach State 5 Saves – UCLA (Feher 6). 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F Feb. 16 (at California) – UCLA 12, California 8 UCLA 3 4 6 2 15 Long Beach State 2 0 1 2 5 1 2 3 4 F Arizona State 3 2 0 4 9 UCLA 5 5 5 2 17 UCLA 4 3 2 3 12 Goals – UCLA (Ke. Rulon 4, Belden 3, Kraus 3, Ka. Rulon Goals – UCLA (Ka. Rulon 4, Kraus 3, Rowe 3, Domanic 2, California 3 0 2 3 8 2, Cahill, Domanic, Gandy); ASU (Doud 4, Bower 2, Aparicio, Belden, Cahill, Gandy, Kunkel, Ke. Rulon); LBSU (Wawrzynski Goals – UCLA (Gandy 2, Mathewson 2, Ke. Rulon 2, Belden, Lawlor, Stepp). 2, Winchell 2, Wensman). Domanic, Kraus, Kunkel, Rowe, Ka. Rulon); CAL (Windes 4, Saves – UCLA (Feher 8); ASU (Wallace 9). Saves – UCLA (Feher 3, Fullen 2); LBSU (Hayes 6). Reynolds 2, Hayes 2). March 11 (at UCLA) – UCLA 21, UC Santa Barbara 8 April 28 (at Arizona State) – UCLA 10, USC 9 Saves – UCLA (Feher 4); CAL (Stuart 5). 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F Feb. 17 (at Pacific) – UCLA 30, Pacific 5 UC Santa Barbara 1 1 1 5 8 USC 2 3 2 2 9 1 2 3 4 F UCLA 7 5 7 2 21 UCLA 3 4 2 1 10 UCLA 10 7 5 8 30 Goals – UCLA (Ka. Rulon 5, Cahill 4, Rowe 3, Belden 2, Goals – UCLA (Ke. Rulon 3, Kunkel 2, Ka. Rulon 2, Gandy, Pacific 2 2 1 0 5 Domanic 2, Kraus, Kunkel, Mathewson, Ke. Rulon); UCSB Kraus, Mathewson); USC (Stein 3, Bartunkova 2, Craig, Goals – UCLA (Mordell 5, Murphy 4, Belden 3, Gandy 3, Kraus (Knott 2, Morgan 2, Tipton 2, Stachowski, Walheim). Figge, Mayer, Wenger). 3, Nelson 3, Crowell 2, Domanic 2, Rowe 2, Mathewson, Ka. Saves – UCLA (Feher 4, Fullen 2); UCSB (Gonzalez 6). Saves – UCLA (Feher 5); USC (Morgan 9). Rulon, Ke. Rulon); PAC (Harris 3, McConnell 2). March 15 (at UCLA) – UCLA 21, Long Beach State 3 April 29 (at Arizona State) – UCLA 9, Stanford 3 Saves – UCLA (Fullen 6); PAC (Hauck 3, Gray 2). 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F Feb. 22 (at UCLA) – UCLA 16, Hawai’i 7 Long Beach State 1 1 0 1 3 Stanford 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 3 4 F UCLA 9 5 4 3 21 UCLA 3 2 3 1 9 Hawai’i 2 1 3 1 7 Goals – UCLA (Domanic 5, Gandy 4, Ke. Rulon 4, Belden 3, Goals – UCLA (Ke. Rulon 4, Mathewson 2, Cahill, Gandy, Ka. UCLA 6 5 4 1 16 Karus 2, Ka. Rulon 2, Cahill); LBSU (Lee, Wensman, Winchell). Rulon); STAN (Hansen 2, Hillman). Goals – UCLA (Kraus 4, Ka. Rulon 4, Gandy 3, Cahill 2, Saves – UCLA (Feher 6, Fullen 3); LBSU (Hayes 3). Saves – UCLA (Feher 8); STAN (McColl 4). Domanic, Mathewson, Murphy); HAW (Bagnall 2, Van March 16 (at UC San Diego) – UCLA 21, UC San Diego 3 May 11 (at Los Alamitos, CA) – UCLA 22, Pomona 0 Raalte 2, Cox, Mason, Turnbull). 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 F Saves – UCLA (Feher 6, Fullen 1); HAW (De Nooy 8). UCLA 6 5 5 5 21 Pomona-Pitzer 0 0 0 0 0 Feb. 24 (at UC Irvine) – UCLA 17, Santa Clara 6 UC San Diego 0 0 1 2 3 UCLA 8 5 5 4 22 1 2 3 4 F Goals – UCLA (Ke. Rulon 5, Rowe 4, Gandy 3, Belden 2, Goals – UCLA (Gandy 3, Ke. Rulon 3, Belden 2, Cahill Santa Clara 1 1 3 1 6 Cahill 2, Nelson 2, Ka.