Water Polo

‘Mamba Mission’: Water Polo Gold Medalist Kaleigh Gilchrist on Kobe Bryant Connection There’s plenty to say about the journey that U.S. women’s water polo player Kaleigh Gilchrist has been on in her career. She’s won a pair of gold medals, including at the Tokyo Olympics weeks ago, around a career a...

Three-Peat Complete: A Review Of Olympic Dominance By USA Women's Water Polo The Olympics showcase the best of the best. It shines a light on those with immense talent, backed by years of hard work and determination. This year, at the Tokyo Olympics, one women’s water polo team was clearly the favor...

Diabetes Didn’t Stop Grayden Reynolds From Fulfilling His Potential; It’s What Got Him There On the surface, Grayden Reynolds, a junior on USC’s perennial national championship-contending water polo team, is an enigma. His role on the team is a cross between Tim Riggins and the Dos Equis man. Even b...

Maggie Steffens: Mental Health ‘Huge Part’ of Journey Back to Water Polo Gold The expectations entering the Tokyo Olympics were heavy for the United States women’s water polo team. Being the clear No. 1 team in the world for most of the last decade and the two-time reigning gold medalist brought str...

Passages: Long-Time Mercyhurst Water Polo Coach Curtis Robinette, 41 Mercyhurst water polo head coach Curtis Robinette passed away Saturday following a battle with cancer. He was just 41. Robinette was set to enter his 20th season at the helm of the Lakers’ men’s and women’s water polo programs. He’...

After Second Gold, Ashleigh Johnson Expounds on ‘Mission’ of Promoting Inclusion Ashleigh Johnson’s journey to water polo stardom is well known by now. She’s won two gold medals as the goalie behind the U.S. women’s powerhouse team. A native of Florida and a graduate of Princeton, she’s a rare non-C...

Water Polo: USC Leads Way with Three Finalists for Cutino Award Three players from USC are among the six finalists for the men’s and women’s Peter J. Cutino Award, announced on Thursday. Finalists for the men’s award as USC’s Jacob Mercep, UCLA’s Nicolas Saveljic and the University of California’s N...

After Gold Medal, Adam Krikorian Expresses Concern Over College Water Polo Cuts The United States is the world's gold standard in women’s water polo, as a romp to their third consecutive gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics showed. But that status is tenuous as long as the sport remains in the crosshair...

Olympics: Behind Outstanding Ashleigh Johnson, U.S. Women’s Water Polo Claim Third Straight Gold For the briefest of moments, the U.S. women’s water polo team looked vulnerable Saturday. In the gold medal game, against the heavy underdog Spain, the U.S. saw an early lead challenged by an even second...

Pushing Forward: The Antifragile Identity of Jordan Raney In three articles released by both USA Water Polo and On Her Turf, USA Women’s Water Polo athlete, Jordan Raney, has been featured as one of the most dedicated teammates. She has bravely shared her story and provided a first-hand perspective ...

The USA Water Polo team is just one victory away from winning three consecutive women's Olympic gold medals. Team USA defeated the Russian Olympic Committee 15-11 in the semifinals in Tokyo to advance to the gold medal match. Maddie Musselman came up huge, scoring five goals, four in the second half...

Olympics: USA Men’s Water Polo’s Journey Ends in Quarterfinal Loss The USA men’s water polo team’s medal quest ground to a halt Wednesday in Tokyo with a 12-8 loss to Spain. The U.S. came up small in the fourth quarter, with Spain running away to the tune of a 5-2 margin in the final 10 minutes. The...

Olympics: USA Water Polo Tops Canada to Reach Semifinals The U.S. Olympic Women's Water Polo Team has never missed the semifinal round at the Olympic Games, that won't change in Tokyo following a 16-5 win over Canada. Maggie Steffens, Makenzie Fischer and Alys Williams all scored three goals in an o...

Olympics: Maggie Steffens Sets Olympic Scoring Record in Romp Over Russia Maggie Steffens scored four times Friday, giving her 49 career Olympic goals to set the all-time tournament record. The goals helped the U.S. women's water polo team bounce back from its first Olympic loss in 13 years with an ...

Hungary Snaps U.S. Women’s Water Polo's 12-Game Olympic Winning Streak It had been 13 years and 12 Olympic games since the U.S. women’s water polo team last tasted defeat. Hungary ended that streak on Wednesday. A goal by Rebecca Parkes with 45 seconds to play tilted a seesaw battle in favor of Hung...

Olympics: Alex Wolf Makes 13 Saves, U.S. Spreads Offense in Drubbing South Africa Ben Hallock led an offensive parade with four goals, and Alex Wolf stopped 13 shots in his Olympic debut as the U.S. men’s water polo team routed South Africa, 20-3, on Tuesday. [caption id="attachment_483266" align="a...

Through Twists and Turns, Kaleigh Gilchrist Follows Father’s Footsteps to Tokyo Olympics There are a lot of reasons why Kaleigh Gilchrist might not have been in Tokyo, some her choosing, some barely within her power. But as the 29-year-old pondered what her future held, beyond the gold medal won in ...

The U.S. men’s water polo team found itself down three goals less than two quarters into its Olympic tournament Sunday. It took a big effort to turn it around. Five goals from Alex Bowen did the trick, leading the U.S. to a 15-13 win over Japan in its Olympic water polo opener at the Tatsumi Water P...

Azevedo Family Eager to Grow Water Polo Through 6-8 Academy On the daily, the father and son duo of Ricardo Azevedo and Tony Azevedo can be found on the pool deck at the Los Caballeros Sports Village in Fountain Valley, California. Together, they coach a group of 24 athletes, assisting them in achie...

United States men’s water polo coach Dejan Udovicic on Friday named the 13-man roster for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, led by five-time Olympian Jesse Smith. Team USA is fresh off a silver medal at the FINA World League Super Final in Tbilisi, Georgia. The team has been qualified since its gold meda...