Jack Larsen raises his arm to shoot the ball. (Courtesy of UCLA Athletics)
Jack Larsen didn’t always look the part.
When he arrived at UCLA as a 195-pound freshman in 2018, few would have pegged him as the future hero of a national championship run – let alone the next American to suit up for the most elite water polo club in the world.
UCLA Athletics’ first year in the Big Ten didn’t affect its ability to win conference – and national honors. Whether it was individual accolades or program banners, the 2024-2025 campaign was full of bright moments.
This post was updated April 21 at 4:45 p.m.
Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of alleged instances of sexual penetration against a minor.
UCLA men’s water polo recruited a player who has admitted to the offense of sexual penetration with a foreign object against a minor, according to the Southern California News Group.
The 17-year-old athlete was arrested in February 2024 and admitted in the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court in November to the offense of sexual penetration with a foreign object against a minor as a high school student at Harvard-Westlake School, according to an investigation by SCNG.
It was the last four minutes of the game that decided the future of the Bruins’ season.
But a penalty goal from freshman attacker Ryder Dodd placed the team in a two-point lead that only widened in the final plays of the game.
This post was updated Dec. 4 at 11:09 p.m.
After suffering just its second loss of this season in the final of the MPSF West Championships, No.
Victory doesn’t come easy, but for UCLA’s men’s water polo, it comes in waves.
The echoes of last year’s defeat to No. 7 seed California (12-12, 1-5 MPSF) were silenced as No.
Seven Presidents lined up to face the Bruins in the first round of the MPSF tournament for the second straight year.
But this rematch remained firmly in the hands of the incumbents.
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