Water Polo

It’s the gap week before NCAAs; only nine collegiate women’s water polo teams will continue their seasons next weekend at Cal’s Spieker Aquatics Complex. Those teams either won one of six conference tournaments or captured the three at-large berths put out by the NCAA selectors.  To examine the succ...

Flavor Flav Pledges Support to US Women's Water Polo team Hip hop artist Flavor Flav has pledged his support for the U.S. Women's Water Polo Team. "The US Women's Waterpolo team has won the GOLD MEDAL THREE OLYMPICS IN A ROW," Flav wrote on X. "These women should not have to be working 2-3 side jobs...

It’s on! Competition for the 2024 NCAA Women’s Championship opens May 9, with all matches to be held at Spieker Aquatics Center at the University of California, Berkeley. On Monday all nine spots for NCAAs were confirmed after months of fierce competition.  Six berths were decided by last weekend’s ...

Freshman Goalie Lauren Steele Has Had Immediate Impact for Top-Ranked UCLA Women's Water Polo Reading through the women’s water polo stat sheet from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, few UCLA players’ names appear. Not in the lists for goals or assists or points, stats you might assume tell a ...

Princeton Rallies for 2024 CWPA Women’s Water Polo Title On Houlahan’s Last-Minute Goal With a 10-9 win over Michigan yesterday at Harvard’s Blodgett Pool, Princeton women’s water polo captured their second-straight Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) title and their sixth title in program hist...

Cal’s Nikolaos Papanikolaou a Finalist for Cutino Award, Looking for Third Win Cal’s Nikolaos Papanikolaou was named one of three finalists for the men’s Peter J. Cutino Award, released Monday by the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Papanikolaou is joined by Princeton’s Roko Pozaric and Rafael Real Ve...

As NCAA Women's Water Polo Tourney Nears, There's Jockeying For Postseason Momentum Is it possible that one of the Big Four does not qualify for this year’s NCAA Women’s Tournament? It happened in 2016 when Cal didn’t make the cut. Barring a major upset—Hawai’i losing early in the Big West tournamen...

Delfina USA, S&R Sport Launch Apparel Collection with Maddie Musselman Water polo Olympic gold medalist Maddie Musselman has launching an apparel collection with Delfina USA and S&R Sport. The nine-item collection is based around a stylized M logo. It includes the signature Delfina Bravo Suit, style...

U.S. Women’s Water Polo Sweeps Australia in Three-Game Exhibition Series The U.S. Women’s Water Polo team swept Australia in a three-game exhibition series in California this week. The U.S. used 15 saves from Ashleigh Johnson to start it with a 10-4 win last Sunday at Dos Pueblos High School in Gole...

In a typical year, it would be obvious who the top contenders are for the best female collegiate water polo player in America. The criterion is usually: Are they on a top four (or five) team in the CWPA rankings? Is their team a legitimate contender for an NCAA title?  Do they play for Stanford? I m...

Unbeaten UCLA Stays Atop Women's Water Polo Poll; LMU Makes Big Jump The past two weeks, a number of teams have faced conference opponents in matches with postseason implications. Nowhere more significant was the contest between Fresno State and Loyola Marymount on March 23. Picked #1 and #2 in the ...

For Now, Wagner Claims New York Water Polo Bragging Rights With Win Over LIU BROOKLYN, NY. In a rematch of last year’s Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women’s water polo championship final, Wagner College, for a decade the MAAC’s top team, crossed the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge from Staten Island t...

Hall of Fame Player Merrill Moses Promoted to Pepperdine Water Polo Head Coach Merrill Moses, a Hall of Fame player and the associate head coach of Pepperdine men’s water polo program, has been promoted to the top job. Moses will replace his mentor, Terry Schroeder, who will transition to an associa...

Gold Medalist Kiley Neushul Leads Four Inductees to USA Water Polo Hall of Fame USA Water Polo on Monday announced the four members of its 2024 USA Water Polo Hall of Fame Class, led by Olympian Kiley Neushul. Neushul, of one of the sport’s most prolific families, will be joined by Chris Oeding, Dou...

An Interview With UCI Water Polo Coach Dan Klatt; Compassion a Hallmark of Veteran Leader IRVINE, CA. Water polo will never be mistaken for a kumbaya-kind of athletic experience. It’s physically and emotionally draining. But those who care most about the sport—especially coaches—have tremendous comp...

Unbeaten UCLA Remains Atop College Women's Water Polo Poll; Hawaii Holds at No. 2 The Collegiate Water Polo Association poll for women’s varsity play has not seen much change these past few weeks, especially at the top. UCLA, Hawai’i, Stanford, Cal and USC have been in roughly the same spots for a m...

Coach Adam Wright Guiding Weighs in on Guiding UCLA's Powerful Water Polo Programs HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA. Spending time with Adam Wright, UCLA men’s and women’s water polo head coach, is like being in the company of a powerful politician. Wright is surrounded by success; there’s Chase and Ryder Dodd,...

UCLA Stays Atop Women's Water Polo Poll After Claiming Kalbus Invitational Title Last weekend, nine of the nation’s top ten teams traveled to Irvine, CA—only Princeton declined a spot in the 2024 Barbara Kalbus Invitational—offering a prime opportunity to evaluate NCAA title contenders. Fresno State...

Dodd Brothers - Chase and Ryder - Hoping to be Part of Team USA Trip to Paris Olympics Chase and Ryder Dodd—brothers and fellow UCLA Bruin water polo players—are chasing the biggest roster spot in U.S. men’s water polo: Representing America at the 2024 Paris Olympics. They have played together for m...

NEWPORT BEACH, CA. In sports, as in life, it’s always best to walk away while you’re ahead. In the case of Maureen Cole, head coach for the Hawai’i women’s water polo team, she’s determined to finish her gig by leading the Rainbow Wahine to the greatest season in their history. And then leaving with...