Read moreEverything’s Coming Up Trojan and More: NCAA Water Polo Round-Up07 December 2018By Michael Randazzo. Swimming World Contributor On Sunday, the NCAA men’s varsity water polo season came to a close as USC jumped out to a huge lead then held on for a 14-12 national title win over Stanford at Avery Aquatic Center. It was a fitting end to the NCAA’s fiftieth national championship to...
Read moreUpsets Rile the CWPA Top 10; Cal and Pacific Rise Up While UCLA Takes a (Minor) Fall01 March 2019As is often the case, the Barbara Kalbus Invitational Tournament on the UC Irvine campus is an opportunity for a re-ordering of the nation’s top teams, and the 2019 version did not disappoint. USC and Stanford—which faced off in last Sunday’s Kalbus final—remain first and second in the most recent C...
Read more2019 Women’s Water Polo Preview: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference24 January 2019Editor’s Note: The 2019 NCAA women’s water polo season officially opened on Saturday, January 12th with the ASU Invitational at Arizona State. Action continued last weekend for numerous NCAA varsity programs. Swimming World will provide previews of the seven varsity conferences—Big West, Collegiate ...
Read more2020 Swimming World Women’s Water Polo Previews: Golden Coast Conference24 January 2020Outside of the mighty Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), the Golden Coast Conference has arguably the nation’s strongest women’s water polo teams. But the past three years, the GCC has been dominated solely by one team—Pacific—which since 2017 has 21 straight conference wins and three GCC ti...
Read more2020 Swimming World Women’s Water Polo Previews: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference31 January 2020The abrupt resignation of Chris Radmonovic, last July from the Wagner men’s and women’s program, resulted in a seminal shift for the best water polo team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The Seahawks have won the past six conference crowns, and are favored to repeat in the 2020 pres...
Read more2A Perfect Day for Water Polo14 March 2018By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor LOUDENVILLE, NY - For almost an hour Sunday, in this quiet upstate community tucked just behind Albany, teams from two women’s varsity water polo programs played their collective hearts out in Siena’s Marcelle Athletics Complex pool. Two Catholic schoo...
Read more2018 Women’s Water Polo Preview: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference29 January 2018By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Editor’s Note: this month Swimming World opens its coverage of the 2018 NCAA Women’s Varsity Water Polo season. Look for interviews, conference predictions and the best coverage of the sport in America and beyond. Under the country's most challenging c...
Read more2MAAC Women’s Water Polo Round-Up: Wagner Win Streak Ends Not with a Bang but a Whimper25 April 2019Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) women’s water polo regular season play concluded more than a week ago, and—as they have the previous four years—Wagner finished on top of the conference standings. But, for the first time in a span of 57 conference matches, the Seahawks sustained a loss in M...
Read moreWagner Closes Out a 3rd-Straight Undefeated MAAC Women’s Water Polo Season; Seahawks Again Top Seed in Postseason Tournament16 April 2018Continuing one of the more dominant stretches in NCAA varsity women’s water polo, Wagner College finished a third-straight undefeated season of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) play with decisive wins yesterday over St. Francis Brooklyn and Marist. Now riding a 42-match regular-season winni...
Read moreMAAC Women’s Water Polo Report: Opening Weekend Underscores Dominance at the Top17 March 2018Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor A takeaway from the first weekend of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play is that the haves of the MAAC possess more depth, talent and ultimately victories than the have-nots. Over two days of action last Saturday and Sunday at Siena’s Marcelle Athleti...