Water Polo

Italy Men’s Water Polo Team Handed Six-Month Suspension for Abuse of Officials The Italian men’s water polo team was handed a six-month suspension on Thursday for abuse of officials, which will rule them out of the 2025 World Cup. Italy, which won a silver medal at the 2023 World Cup and silver at t...

Passages: Patrick Woepse, Former UCLA Men’s Water Polo Player, 31 Patrick Woepse, a former water polo player at UCLA and the husband of U.S. women’s national teamer Maddie Musselman, died on Oct. 10 after a 13-month battle with cancer. He was 31 years old. Musselman posted news of Woepse’s passing o...

Before Stepping Away, Chris Ramsey Built Strong Foundation for USA Water Polo Chris Ramsey’s first concern upon taking over as the CEO of USA Water Polo was making payroll. Eighteen years later, his successor will face much different challenges. But thanks to the work done under Ramsey’s watch, day-...

Three-Time U.S. Men’s Water Polo Olympian Alex Obert Retires Alex Obert, a three-time Olympian and member of the U.S. men’s bronze medal squad from Paris, announced his retirement Thursday. Obert won three gold medals at the Pan American Games. He reached two Super Finals, taking silver medals for t...

Three-Time Olympic Water Polo Player Kaleigh Gilchrist Retires Kaleigh Gilchrist, a two-time gold medalist and three-time Olympian for the U.S. women’s water polo team, announced her retirement on Thursday. The 32-year-old made the announcement on social media. She helped the U.S. win gold medals at...

Olympic Men’s Water Polo: Dominant First Quarter Sets Tone for Serbia Gold Medal Milos Cuk and Nikola Jaksic scored twice each in the first quarter as Serbia built a three-goal lead and controlled the Olympic final throughout on the way to a 13-11 win over Croatia for its third straight gold medal. ...

Olympic Men’s Water Polo: Adrian Weinberg Sensational as U.S. Tops Hungary for Bronze Adrian Weinberg made 16 saves, including one in the shootout, as the United States topped Hungary, 11-8, on Sunday for the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. Weinberg made two saves in the final two minutes of reg...

Olympic Women’s Water Polo: Bea Ortiz Run Leads Spain to Gold over Australia A three-goal run by Bea Ortiz early in the third quarter gave Spain the separation it needed in an 11-9 win over Australia for gold at the Paris Olympics Saturday. The gold is the first for Spain at the Olympics since women...

Olympic Women’s Water Polo: U.S. Blows Four-Goal Lead, Fails to Medal The United States squandered a four-goal lead in the second half of Saturday’s Olympic women’s water polo bronze medal match, watching the Netherlands rally for an 11-10 win that denies the three-time gold medalist a medal of any ...

Olympic Men’s Water Polo: U.S. Falls Short of Serbia in Semi, Will Play for Bronze The United States couldn’t keep up with Serbia on Friday in the semifinals of the Olympic men’s water polo tournament, dropping a 10-6 decision at the Paris La Defense Arena. Serbia will battle for its third straight ...

Olympic Women’s Water Polo: Australia Tops U.S. in Shootout to End Four-Peat Quest The American quest for four straight gold medals in women’s water polo is over. Gabriella Palm stopped Maddie Musselman in the sixth round of the penalty shootout at the Paris La Defense Arena Thursday, sending Austra...

Olympic Women’s Water Polo: Spain Tops Netherlands in Shootout in Classic Semifinal Spain saw a five-goal lead evaporate, watched the Netherlands tie the game with seven seconds left then produced the only save of the shootout to make its way back to the gold-medal game with a 19-18 win Thursday in ...

Olympic Men’s Water Polo: Marko Vavic, Adrian Weinberg Lead U.S. to Semifinals in Shootout Win Two saves by Adrian Weinberg and a fifth-round goal from Marko Vavic led the United States to an 11-10 win over Australia in a penalty shootout in the Olympic quarterfinals Wednesday. The win sends the U.S...

Olympic Women’s Water Polo: Rachel Fattal Goal Leads U.S. Into Semis over Hungary A Rachel Fattal goal with 3:02 to play led the United States past Hungary in a 5-4 defensive struggle Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Olympic women’s water polo tournament. Fattal’s goal sends the U.S. into the sem...

Olympic Men’s Water Polo: Greece, Spain Win Groups; U.S. Tops Croatia for Third Greece and Spain wrapped up their groups in the final round-robin day of Olympic men's water polo play Monday, while the U.S. scored a 14-11 win over Croatia to finish third in its group. Quarterfinals are set for Wednes...

Olympic Men’s Water Polo: Adrian Weinberg, Hannes Daube Lead U.S. to Quarterfinal Berth Adrian Weinberg backstopped a stellar defense with 13 saves, and Hannes Daube scored five goals as the United States downed Montenegro, 12-7, Saturday to earn a spot in the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics. Th...

Olympic Women’s Water Polo: Maddie Musselman Helps U.S. Pound France Maddie Musselman scored four goals and added an assist as the U.S. dominated France, 17-5, in group play of the Olympic women’s water polo tournament Friday. The win makes the U.S. 3-1 in group play and books a quarterfinal spot, g...

Olympic Men’s Water Polo: U.S. Can’t Solve Emmanouil Zerdevas in Loss to Greece The U.S. fell to 1-2 in pool play at the Paris Olympics, unable to get past Greek goalie Emmanouil Zerdevas in a 13-11 setback on Thursday. The U.S. led 9-8 with 4:54 left in the third quarter on an Alex Bowen goal, but ...

Olympic Women’s Water Polo: Ashleigh Johnson Stellar as U.S. Trounces Italy The U.S. apparently didn’t take kindly to a loss in women’s water polo against Spain on Monday. Italy was the unfortunate beneficiary of the American frustrations. Maddie Musselman scored three goals, and Ashleigh Johnson ma...

Paris Olympics Men’s Water Polo: U.S. Gets First Win Over Romania The U.S. got its first win of the Paris Olympics with a 14-8 decision over Romania, while a penalty shootout was required to separate Greece and Montenegro in the evening session. The U.S. was tied at three with Romania after one quar...