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Orange Lutheran Replaces Brenda Villa with Fellow Olympian Melissa Seidemann as Coach Orange Lutheran’s girls water polo program has gone from one Olympian to another, Melissa Seidemann this week announced as coach to replace Brenda Villa. Villa resigned in August to become the associate head coach ...

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 USA Water Polo Women's National Team punched their ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games with a 19-0 shutout France earlier today at the Olympic Qualification Tournament. The victory assured Team USA of a top four finish at the qualification event and secured them the opportunity to defend their Olym...

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...

Melissa Seidemann, Jesse Smith Headline 2025 USA Water Polo Hall of Fame Class Former players Melissa Seidemann and Jesse Smith headline the five-member Class of 2025 for the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, announced Monday. Seideman is a three-time Olympic champion and three-time World Champion for th...

Davis, CA - May 5 - Melissa Seidemann's (Walnut Creek, CA/Stanford/NYAC) goal with one second left from beyond five meters secured a 6-5 victory for Team USA Water Polo over Canada on day four of competition at the FINA Intercontinental Tournament. Seidemann's goal capped a rally for the United Stat...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor As I wend my way across the Atlantic by air returning to Brooklyn, it seemed appropriate to wrap up my experience of Budapest and the 2017 FINA World Water Polo Championships. First, my congratulations to the winners—Croatia for the men and USA for the...

The U.S. Women's Water Polo team is off to a 3-0 start at the 2017 Kunshan Cup in Kunshan, China. The tournament will be taking place from May 29-June 3 and serves as a preliminary event for the 2017 FINA World League Super Final that starts in Shanghai, China on June 6.  The team includes Rio gold ...

Irvine, CA - December 14 - The USA Women's National Team opened up their four-game exhibition series with a 10-5 win over China earlier tonight at UC Irvine. Paige Hauschild (Santa Barbara, CA/USC/Santa Barbara 805) scored two goals to lead a balanced attack featuring nine different goal scorers. Ga...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Beginning Sunday, July 16, the sixteen top women’s water polo teams in the world will descend upon Budapest’s Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium to compete in the 17th FINA World Championships. After three days of group play—with the winner of each...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, June 26. THE USA Women's Senior National Team will head to Kirishi, Russia to compete in the Kirishi Cup this July 1-5. USA Head Coach Adam Krikorianhas assembled a roster featuring many of the athletes that helped the United States to gold at the recent FINA World Leag...

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...

Headed into the medal matches on the final day of competition at the FINA Women's Water Polo Tournament, the American and Australian teams provided a preview of what is to come on the final day of the series. In a low-pressure match at the University of California-Davis' Schaal Aquatics Center on Ma...

LIMA, PERU. For a brief moment, it appeared that the American women’s squad, overwhelming favorites for gold at the 2019 Pan American Games, might have found a worthy opponent. Brazil, backstopped by Olympian Victoria Chamorro—familiar with the U.S. roster well from her days playing at USC—frustrate...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor In an encouraging sign for Head Coach Dejan Udovicic as well as for American water polo fans, on Sunday the U.S. Men’s Senior Team defeated Australia 9-6 in the final of the 2018 FINA Intercontinental Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. Led by three goals fr...

Coverage of the 2015 Pan American Games is sponsored by Triton Wear. Visit Swimming World’s event landing page for results and more! The U.S. Pan American Women's Water Polo Team will play for gold at the 2015 Pan American Games after defeating Brazil 16-3. Courtney Mathewson (Anaheim Hills, CA/UCLA...

Coverage of the 2015 Pan American Games is sponsored by Triton Wear. Visit Swimming World’s event landing page for results and more! The U.S. Pan American Women's Water Polo Team won their fourth straight Pan Am Games Gold Medal earlier tonight after defeating Canada 13-4. Maggie Steffens (Danville,...

Following two straight victories over Australia in exhibition play last week, USA Women's National Team Head Coach Adam Krikorian has announced the roster for the FINA Intercontinental Tournament taking place this week in Auckland, New Zealand. Team USA opens play with Australia on Tuesday in New Ze...

Crunch Time! By Michael Randazzo In 2016, Dejan Udovicic, head coach of the U.S. men’s water polo team, made a bold proclamation: by 2020, he promised, his team would be Olympic gold medalists. “I am guaranteeing it,” he quipped to ESPN. Now, as the U.S. men prepare for a busy summer of play, cappe....

AUCKLAND - The USA Women's Senior National Team opened play at the FINA Women's Intercontinental Tournament in New Zealand with a 9-4 win over Brazil. Team USA showed off a balanced attack in the win with Melissa Seidemann (Walnut Creek, CA/Stanford/NYAC), Courtney Mathewson (Anaheim Hills, CA/UCLA/...