Natalie Golda
Natalie Golda, a member of the U.S. team in Beijing, is considered one of the greatest women's water polo players of all time. Her senior leadership helped guide the 2005 Bruins to their seventh national championship. She received the Cutino Award, given to the best player in women's collegiate water polo. At the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, she scored two goals, one against Hungary and another against Australia, and helped the team win a bronze medal. She went to high school in La Habra, CA where, in addition to water polo, she lettered in both softball and volleyball. Her hobbies include writing, listening to music and playing football. She is blogging during the Games for the NBC Olympics website.Hello Bruin family!
August 01, 2008
I'm excited to have been asked to do a blog for the fans on the UCLA website! Hopefully, I can give you some fun insight into the Olympic Games. I'm not the usual "We won, and so-and-so scored so many goals..." blogger, but I do bring some spice i...
Hello from Natalie Golda in Beijing
August 08, 2008
Hello Bruin family!
Sorry it has taken me so long to post, but we've been very busy. Moving into the Olympic village was an incredible experience, and we had a day off to soak it all in. The rooms are great (air conditioned), the food is ...
Meeting the Bushes
August 11, 2008
Opening Ceremonies were definitely memorable! According to the Chinese alphabet, we were around 140 out of more than 200 countries, so we had to wait in our "holding tank" for quite some time. Before moving into the gym to be staged for our entran...
Celebrate our Olympians, win or lose
August 14, 2008
Tomorrow [Friday], we play Russia. They are a very good team that is no longer in contention for a medal - with their loss to China yesterday, they do not advance to the next round. It just goes to show that this tournament is incredibly competiti...
Semifinals here we come!
August 17, 2008
With our win over Russia, and the ever confusing bracketology of China losing to Italy - but by one goal and Italy scored less than 12 goals - we have a bye through the quarterfinals and go directly into the medal round. If we win one more game, ...
Going for water polo gold
August 19, 2008
I know, it sounds great! We beat the Australians tonight in order to advance to the gold medal match against the Netherlands. The Dutch were victorious over the Hungarians and will be a great opponent in the last game. It is such a great feeling, ...