Daily Bruin reporter Ava Abrishamchian spoke with UCLA men’s water polo’s three sets of brothers about the transition from siblings to teammates in Westwood. The Larsens When redshirt senior attacker Jack Larsen draped his arm around redshirt freshman utility Ben Larsen, a stranger could assume they were lifelong friends.
Coach Adam Wright said defense anchored his team’s sweep over the Golden Bears. “Defense was much better today than last week,” Wright said, referring to UCLA’s matchups against Princeton and UC Santa Barbara.
The Ben’s blitzed the Tigers. Utilities redshirt freshman Ben Larsen and freshman Ben Liechty’s five-combined goals helped create the distance to avoid a late-night upset at Spieker Aquatics Center.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That sentiment will hold true for the Bruins as they face off against their crosstown rivals Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Center.