BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 13. AFTER 45 minutes, 47 seconds of action, USC's Anni Espar scored the winning goal in the third sudden-death overtime period of the championship game at the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships May 10-12 at Harvard University. Espar's goal gave the USC Trojans a 10-9 victory over the Stanford Cardinal, earning them their fourth NCAA title and the f

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait, May 13. EGYPT and Uzbekistan, which were the top seeds at the end of preliminary play, faced each other in the championship match of the FINA Men's Water Polo Development Trophy.

In the gold-medal game, Uzbekistan scored three times in the second half of the first period for a 3-1 lead going into the second quarter. Egypt was able to score two goals in the period

KUWAIT City, Kuwait, May 7. IN FINA's attempt to promote the sport of water polo on a global scale, especially in places where it is not considered a major sport, 11 teams gathered in Kuwait City to compete in the fourth FINA World Men's Water Polo Development Trophy. The Kuwait Swimming Federation is hosting the event, which will take place May 6-11.

The 11 teams were divided in

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, May 7. DEJAN Udovicic has been named Head Coach of the USA Water Polo Men's Senior National Team through the 2016 Olympic Games. Udovicic, the former head coach of the Serbian national team, joins USA Water Polo after leading Serbia to a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, his teams' 16th medal in the last 17 major championship events. The m

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LONDON, May 3. DUNFERMILINE'S Daniel Woodall has been hand-picked as a future British Olympian after being chosen to be part of the Bank of Scotland Local Heroes initiative. The 18-year-old water polo star will receive a cash injection towards training and competing and is one of only 82 youngsters selected from across Scotland.

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As eight teams prepare to do battle at the National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championships May 10-12 at Harvard University's Blodgett Pool in Boston, Massachusetts, Swimming World thought it would be a good time to look back at the championship season and highlight some of the tournament all-star teams that have been chosen so far.

Six of the eight teams--UCLA, Iona, Pomona-

The eight teams which will compete in this year's NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships May 10-12 at Harvard University in Boston, Mass., have been selected.

Besides automatic qualifiers Hawaii (Big West Conference), Princeton (Collegiate Water Polo Association), Iona (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), USC (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation), Pomona-Pitzer (Southern Californi

What do women's water polo teams from USC, Hawaii, Princeton, UC San Diego and Iona have in common? They all will be in Boston, Massachusetts the weekend of May 10-12 competing in the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championships. All five teams captured their respective tournament championships this past weekend.

The remainder of the eight-team championship field, and seedings in the t

Following are recaps of the various collegiate water polo tournaments happening across the United States this weekend.

CWPA Eastern Championships, Round 1
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 26. FIRST-round action in the Collegiate Water Polo Association has taken place, with four matches determining which four teams would face Indiana, Princeton, Hartwick and Michigan--the top four seeds-

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 25. THERE'S a new No. 1 in women's college water polo. Stanford took over the top spot from USC after the Trojans' seven-week run of being in first place. In the final weekend of match play, several key games took place that solidified conference championship seedings and brought longtime foes face to face.

We'll look at the individual matchups

The marquee match last weekend in women's water polo was the Stanford-USC match April 13 at the Trojans' home pool in Los Angeles, California. The second-ranked Cardinal upset the top ranked Trojans, 6-4, to hand them their first defeat this season. Several conference matchups took place last weekend as well. But let's begin with the CWPA Southern and Western Division Champions

One of the more ideal spots to take a spring break vacation would be Hawaii. And that's exactly what several California teams did--take a trip to Honolulu to compete in the University of Hawaii's Spring Break Tournament.

Several other squads--third-ranked Arizona State, fifth-place California, No. 11 Loyola Marymount, No. 13 Cal State Northridge, No. 14 Princeton and 20th-ranked

Three invitationals--hosted by Arizona State, Loyola Marymount and San Diego State--took place this past weekend. And there was plenty of individual matches as the season begins to wind down, with about a month to go before conference championships are held.

ASU Invitational, March 22-25
The third-ranked Arizona State Sun Devils hosted No. 2 Stanford, No. 18 Michigan, No. 19 Hartwi

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 21. CHECK out results from last week's collegiate water polo tournaments and matches.

Aztec Invitational, March 16-17
San Diego State University hosted the Aztec Invitational March 16-17. Besides the host Aztec team--seventh in the nation--competing teams included eighth-ranked Hawai'I, No. 11 Indiana, No. 12 Princeton, No. 13 Cal State Northridge

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, March 19. ADAM Krikorian, Head Coach of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women's Water Polo Team and one of the most decorated coaches in the history of women's water polo, has re-signed as USA Water Polo Women's National Team Head Coach through the 2016 Olympic Games.

In four years at the helm, Krikorian guided Team USA to unparalleled success, concludi

THERE were a lot of position changes in last week's NCAA women's water polo top 20. Loyola Marymount made the biggest leap, going from 16th in the last pool to No. 13 in the most recent poll. In last weekend's action there were a couple of upsets and plenty of action to be seen as conference play began for most schools.

No. 1 USC vs. No. 5 UC Berkeley, March 2
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PHOENIX, Arizona, February 27. IRVINE, California, was definitely the place to be Feb. 22-23 if you're an NCAA women's water polo fan. Many of the top teams converged on the Anteater Aquatic Complex and the Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach to compete in the UCI Invitational Tournament.

Teams were divided into four groups. Group A consisted of Stanford, San Jose State,

BARCELONA, Spain, February 24. CONCLUDING the visit of the FINA Bureau to Barcelona (ESP), the draws for the men's and women's water polo tournaments of the 15th FINA World Championships taking place in the Catalan capital from July 19-August 4, 2013 were held today in the studios of TVE (the Host Broadcaster of the competition) in Sant Cugat and were broadcasted live.

Conducted

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 20. QUITE a few of the top 20 teams in NCAA women's water polo--among them top ranked Stanford, No. 4 California and fifth-ranked Arizona State--took the opportunity this past weekend to rest up for the prestigious UC Irvine Tournament which will take place this coming weekend. Sixteen of the top 20 teams in the nation are scheduled to take part, and Swimmin