Water Polo

Editor’s Note: In one of the seminal matches in Eastern water polo history, on November 13, 1977, Pittsburgh faced Bucknell at the Joseph C. Trees Pool for the Eastern Water Polo League Southern Division Championship. A rematch of the 1976 final, won 14-12 by Pitt, with less than a minute remaining ...

With his two-year contract with Pro Recco concluded, the career of Ratko Rudic, the most successful coach in water polo history, is over. Francesco Grillone, who edits the WaterPoloItaly.com site, reports that—as expected—the 72-year-old Rudic will retire as head coach for the Biancocelesti. After b...

Editor's Note: Following an illustrious career in international water polo, Ratko Rudic—the only man in history to coach four Olympic gold water polo medalists—has officially retired from the sport. In a statement translated from Italian, Pro Recco President Maurizio Felugo and Biancocelesti legend ...

It's now a common thread throughout intercollegiate sports: where were you when the novel coronavirus ended the NCAA spring season? As Adam Wright, NCAA men's and women's coach explains below, he and his Bruin women had recently returned to Los Angeles following a successful swing in the Bay Area. T...

Editor’s Note: In one of the seminal matches in Eastern water polo history, on November 13, 1977, Pittsburgh faced Bucknell at the Joseph C. Trees Pool for the Eastern Water Polo League Southern Division Championship. A rematch of the 1976 final, won 14-12 by Pitt, with less than a minute remaining ...

Earlier this week,  Sonoma State University, a Division II institution and a part of the 23-member California State University System, announced that it is dropping women's water polo from its athletic program effective at the end of the academic year. Chelsea Hennan, the team's head coach the past ...

As the coronavirus ravages the country, the human toll is easily traceable. Click on a link and find an up-to-the-minute count of COVID-19 victims. There’s also invisible consequences of this all-too-deadly virus. Fear will be the biggest legacy of the global pandemic, but as Steve Doten, commission...

Editor’s Note: In one of the seminal matches in Eastern water polo history, on November 13, 1977, Pittsburgh faced Bucknell at the Joseph C. Trees Pool for the Eastern Water Polo League Southern Division Championship. A rematch of the 1976 final, won 14-12 by Pitt, with less than a minute remaining ...

Editor’s Note: Given the devastation in Italy, Swimming World has taken particular interest in the circumstances surrounding aquatics sports in the European country hit hardest by the coronavirus crisis. Claudio Mangini, a well-respected journalist for Il Secolo XIX, spoke recently with the great Ra...

Marco Ercoli - “During work the fear disappears” International water polo referee Marco Ercoli is one of those unnamed heroes who are battling in the frontline of Covid-19 in terrible times. The Italian referee is working as a doctor in the Augusto Murri Hospital in the city of Fermo, living throug...

Giuliana Nicolosi - “As for the vaccine, we are not very close” Less than three months ago Giuliana Nicolosi whistled the women’s semi- final at the European Water Polo Championships in Budapest (Russia v Netherlands) and back then she didn’t think that the news coming from China on a new virus wou...

Earlier today, USA Water Polo announced a series of postponements for its age group and master level events, throwing into chaos the majority of American water polo competition at a time typically crammed with events that culminate with high-level competition during the summer months. In a statement...

USA Water Polo has announced a rescheduling of its 2020 calendar due to the coronavirus pandemic, with events aimed at restarting in August. It includes a restructuring of the National Junior Olympics. The 2020 Masters National Championships, originally scheduled for June 12-14, will be held in Oran...

ISHOF is sad to announce that Terry Sayring, the 2017 Paragon Award recipient for water polo, passed away on March 16, 2020, after a courageous battle against cancer. Terry was 81 years old. Sayring first became involved in water polo when, upon being discharged from the Marine Corp in California, h...

As fallout from the coronavirus outbreak stretches from days to weeks, the desire for what comes next—when it's again safe to congregate—is that much stronger. That includes water polo; all play is suspended and major tournaments like the national Junior Olympics, the world's biggest youth water pol...

In tangible proof that silver linings remain despite a sports blackout imposed by health concerns as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, today USA Water Polo announced the 2020 class of honorees for its Hall of Fame: Olympians Gavin Arroyo, Kelly Rulon and Elsie Windes, water polo executive Bruce ...

Doug Peabody, a San Diego native, has been at the helm of the San Diego Shores Water Polo Club since he founded the club in 1992. In that time, the Shores Club has enjoyed phenomenal success, winning 35 national championships and developing more than 350 players who have gone on to play in college. ...

SAN DIEGO, CA. The scene two weeks ago at UC San Diego's Canyonville Aquatics Center was one of confusion. Hawai'i's women's water polo team had flown in for a Friday, March 13th match against host UCSD—but news was rampant that the polo season was in peril due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The...

With much of the sporting world shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak, Swimming World continues to reach out to those areas struggling against what the World Health Organization (WHO) has now labeled a pandemic. In the past week, Spain has seen a spike in Covid-19 infections, with Wednesday's co...

These are unprecedented times, and the announcement earlier today by Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to postpone the Tokyo Games has addressed uncertainty caused by the global coronovirus pandemic. But, for teams like the U.S. Senior Women's national water polo t...