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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...

USA Beats Australia 13–12 at the Buzzer to Open Water Polo Exhibition Series Team USA opened its June men’s water polo exhibition series with a dramatic 13–12 victory over Australia, sealed by a buzzer-beating goal at Mt. San Antonio College. In front of a spirited California crowd, the match feat.....

Spain Captain Felipe Perrone Ends Legendary Career with Storybook Title Felipe Perrone described it like a movie ending, one that maybe even Hollywood would’ve thought a little too on the nose Thursday. Perrone’s last acts as an international water polo player unspooled at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in...

Hannes Daube, Alex Bowen Lead U.S. Men’s Water Polo to Paris Qualification Hannes Daube and Alex Bowen scored five times each as the U.S. men’s water polo team defeated Brazil, 17-7, on Saturday in the final of the Pan Am Games. The win marks an eighth straight win at the continental championship fo...

World Championships: Italy Tops Serbia in Shootout on Second Day of Men’s Water Polo Italy capped a long day at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships with a penalty shootout win over Serbia, 17-16, on Monday in Singapore. The day opened with the United States stopping Brazil, 16-7, and included a 13...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault!  Non-Subscribers can click here to download For FREE – (Limited Time Offer) In this issue of Swimming World Biweekly read about Madisyn Cox's return to swimming after doping suspension reduced, a f...

U.S. Men Fall to Italy in Semifinals at Men’s Water Polo World Cup The United States men dropped a 15-12 decision to Italy Saturday in the semifinals of the World Aquatics Men’s Water Polo World Cup, sending them to the bronze-medal match. Italy will take on Spain, which bested Hungary, 10-8, for go...

Ryder Dodd, Robert Lopez-Duart, Mihailo Vukazic Named Cutino Award Finalists UCLA’s Ryder Dodd and the USC duo of Robert Lopez-Duart and Mihailo Vukazic were named finalists Tuesday for the Cutino Award by the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Dodd won the award last year. Vukazic was a finalist last y...

Saint Mary’s Names James Lathrop as Men’s Water Polo Coach Saint Mary’s has rounded out its inaugural head coaching staff, announcing the hiring of James Lathrop as men’s water polo coach Monday. The Division I school in California will launch men’s and women’s water polo teams and men’s and women’s...

Three Olympic Medalists Heads USA Water Polo Hall of Fame 2023 Class Olympic medalists Nicolle Payne, Coralie Simmons and Peter Varellas headline the five-member Class of 2023 to the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, announced on Thursday. Joining them are coach and referee Aaron Chaney and long-time coa...

Passages: Long-Time Mercyhurst Water Polo Coach Curtis Robinette, 41 Mercyhurst water polo head coach Curtis Robinette passed away Saturday following a battle with cancer. He was just 41. Robinette was set to enter his 20th season at the helm of the Lakers’ men’s and women’s water polo programs. He’...

World Championships: Alvaro Granados Gives Spain ‘Movie’ Ending with Gold Alvaro Granados played the hero for Spain on Thursday, with two of the team’s six fourth-quarter goals in a 15-13 win over Hungary at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Greece routed Serbia, 16-7, for the bron...

Benjamin Sasaki’s Double-OT Goal Gives Pomona-Pitzer First Water Polo Title It took two overtimes Sunday to separate two teams located just a single street part. Benjamin Sasaki scored at 2:23 of the second overtime period, the only goal of two extra sessions to lead Pomona-Pitzer to a 13-12 win ove...

Cal Completes Third Three-Peat for 17th NCAA Men’s Water Polo Title The University of California rode another stirring performance from Nikolaos Papanikolaou to claim the school’s third straight NCAA Men’s water polo title Sunday, a 13-11 decision over UCLA. Papanikolaou was named the NCAA Champions...

Head coach Alyssa Diacono Thursday announced the inaugural men's and women's rosters for Mount St. Mary’s water polo teams. The university announced in January that it would add water polo to its athletic offerings. The inaugural rosters include 11 men and nine women, with 12 of the players being fr...

Pepperdine Water Polo Coach Terry Schroeder Earns 500th Career Win Pepperdine men’s water polo coach Terry Schroeder earned his 500th career win at the helm of the program against Bucknell on Saturday. Schroeder is 502-343 all-time leading the Waves. He has been in Malibu for two stints totaling 31 ...

USA Water Polo Plans North Texas New Year’s Showcase with Serbia, Spain The U.S. Men’s Water Polo Team will host Serbia and Spain for a six-game tournament this month, calling it the North Texas New Year’s Showcase, announced on Monday. Six games will be played over seven days from Dec. 28-Jan. 3. T...

Passages: Arthur Lambert, U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame Coach, 86 Arthur Lambert, the Hall of Fame coach of the 1968 U.S. Olympic team, died on Aug. 26. Lambert was 86 years old. He died from complications of Parkinson’s disease. On the international stage, he led Team USA to gold at the 1967 Pan Am ...

World Championships: Four Euro Teams Prevail to Set Up Olympic Semifinal Rematches Four European teams prevailed in the men’s water polo crossover round of the 2025 World Championships, setting up replays of both Paris Olympic semifinals in the Worlds quarters on Sunday. Serbia beat Japan, 21-14, to...

Montenegro claimed the victory tonight (Saturday June 23) in Budapest (HUN), where the FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final 2018 was taking place since Monday June 18. The Balkan team stunned the hosts 13-11 after a penalty shootout in a thrilling final at the brand new state-of-the-art Du...