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World Championships: U.S. Routs China, Hungary Edges Greece to Open Women’s Water Polo The U.S. women’s water polo team routed China, 15-7, on Thursday to open the 2025 World Championships in Singapore. Hungary edged Greece, 10-9, in the best game of a slate of mostly blowouts to start proceedings a...

World Championships: Maggie Steffens Scores 5 Goals as U.S. Eases Past Brazil Maggie Steffens scored five goals Tuesday as the United States moved to 2-0 in group play at the World Aquatics Championships with a 21-5 win over Brazil. The results backs the American performance in its most difficult gr...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: The 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament is happening this week—and Swimming World has you covered! Keep up with all the action online or look for #SwimmingWorld on Twitter and other social media platforms. STANFORD, CA. In Saturday’s opening match, the USC Trojans came out with a....

World Championship Water Polo: U.S. Tops Netherlands in Battle of Champs to Open Women’s Play The women’s water polo tournament at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships got off to a marquee start Sunday, with reigning Olympic champion United States topping World Champion Netherlands, 10-8. Ashleigh ...

The Collegiate Water Polo Association's Top 25 Women's Varsity Poll is out, the preseason ranking of the nation's top women's water polo programs that signals a new season. Swimming World appreciates that a another women's campaign has begun. In fact, play opened a week ago. Cal faced San Jose State...

PRINCETON, NJ. As teams from the world over warmed up in Princeton’s DeNunzio Pool on Monday night, in the stands there was a relaxed, almost casual atmosphere prior to play between some of the world’s best women’s water polo players. The big barn of an aquatics facility — an East Coast hub for age ...

With the majority of matches remaining against conference foes, this weekend women’s water polo action will decide seeding for many of the eight conferences that will send teams to the 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament—and will likely be reflected in the rankings at the top of the Collegiate W...

PRINCETON, NJ. One draw of the 2019 USA Water Polo’s Holiday Cup, which concluded last week at Princeton, was the opportunity to watch some of the world’s best female water polo players on the East Coast. The American team — undefeated in 68-straight matches — boasts Ashleigh Johnson, named earlier ...

PRINCETON, NJ. After having not lost in 624 days — a span of 64 matches — the U.S. Senior Women’s Water Polo team twice stared down defeat before rallying to beat the Netherlands 23-22 via penalty shots on Day Two of the USA Water Polo Holiday Cup. It was such a crazy game — one day after the Americ...

Editor’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 ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor With the regular season complete, now begins the most grueling phase of the NCAA varsity women’s polo season: conference tournament play. By Sunday night, seven conferences will crown champions. All will be double-rewarded with automatic berths in the ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor If the old saying that adversity builds character holds true, then the California Golden Bears and the Hawks of Hartwick possess it in ample supply. Last Sunday, on a goal by freshman Kitty Lynn Joustra with 30 seconds left in regulation, visiting Cal ...

The first day of the 2019 Barbara Kalbus Invitational saw a lone upset—and it was the host Anteaters of UC Irvine who were the victims. Behind Kyra Christmas, the reigning Golden Coast Conference player of the Year who posted three goals and three assists, Pacific upset UCI 13-11. Brinnley Barthels ...

Editor’s Note: The 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament is happening this week—and Swimming World has you covered! Keep up with all the action online or look for #SwimmingWorld on Twitter and other social media platforms. STANFORD, CA. A full day of action under ideal conditions in Stanford’s Ave...

Reigning World Champ Netherlands Adds European Women’s Water Polo Title Bente Rogge scored on the man advantage with six seconds left to send the Netherlands to an 8-7 win over Spain at the European Women’s Water Polo Championships in Eindhoven on Saturday. It’s the second time the Dutch haven beate...

In what was the biggest match of the 2019 women’s NCAA varsity water polo season thus far, on Sunday the Trojans of USC rode roughshod over Stanford, beating the Cardinal 10-8 in the finals of the 2019 Barbara Kalbus Invitational at the UC Irvine Aquatics Center. With the win, USC not only extends i...

It's the last weekend of regular season play for women’s NCAA varsity polo—and the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top-Ten may not change, but seeding for the eight conferences that send teams to the NCAA tournament will be decided by Sunday night. Top-ranked Stanford (17-1; 5-0 MPSF) held ...