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In a stunning and frankly distressing development for Northeastern college water polo fans, Chris Radmonovich, who over a decade established a powerhouse women's program at Wagner College and led his team to six-straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference titles, has stepped down after nine years as...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor In a development that can only be described as unexpected, the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University recently posted a head coaching position for a proposed Division I women’s water polo team. Known primarily for success in men’s basketball, women’...

Michael 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...

Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Nine months after Team USA claimed women's water polo gold by beating Italy 12-5 in the Rio Olympics, a number of Olympians—from the U.S., Brazil and Hungary—will compete this weekend in conference tournament play around the country. Their goal: qualify f...

PROVIDENCE, RI. If you have not seen Wagner’s Sofia Diaz Alvarez play, you are missing one of the region’s best water polo players. Now a sophomore for the liberal arts school on New York City's Staten Island, the native of Madrid, Spain has emerged as the top attacker and defender on a Seahawk squa...

Metro 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...

When Villanova women's water polo finished out of the postseason for a second straight year, Wildcat Athletic Director Mark Jackson did not sit around twiddling his thumbs. Out went former Head Coach Rob Mida and in came Larry Sanders to lead the program to better results in the Metro Atlantic Athle...

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 ...

Paul Kueterman has resigned as the head coach of Siena College’s women’s swimming and diving team, the school announced Tuesday. Kueterman had been in charge for 10 seasons and was the winningest coach in program history, compiling 59 dual-meet wins and five top-five finishes at the Metro Atlantic A...

BROOKLYN, NY. It took more than a year—due to COVID-19—but the women’s water polo team of Long Island University  finally got to swim in its home waters. Originally scheduled to open at home on March 21, 2020, when the Sharks (4-0; 4-0 MAAC) tipped off last night against Metro Atlantic Athletic Conf...

The 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...

Editor’s Note: The 2019 NCAA women’s water polo season officially opened on Saturday, January 12th with the ASU Invitational at Arizona State. Swimming World will provide previews of the seven varsity conferences—Big West, Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), Golden Coast Conference (GCC), Metr...

EDISON, New Jersey, October 9. The Marist women's swimming and diving team was ranked first in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll with 79 points, the conference announced Wednesday. Marist received eight of the nine first-place votes and will be looking to win a sixth con...

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, July 9. UNIVERSITY of Notre Dame men's swimming and diving head coach Matt Tallman officially announced on Wednesday the appointment of Tim Lane as assistant swimming coach and Chris Swenson as the team's director of operations. Both Lane and Swenson will begin work with the pro...

By 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. BROOKLYN, NY — After more than a decad...

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website Agonswim.com. The Marist women’s swimming and diving team, Head Coach Larry VanWagner, and Diving Head Coach Melanie Bolst...

A match this morning at 9 a.m. EST between Cal-State Monterey Bay and Mercyhurst at the Spire Center in Geneva, OH, opens the first of seven conference tournaments this weekend that will determine the ten berths in the 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament, which will take place two weeks from now...

For the 2019 NCAA women’s water polo season—which officially opened on Saturday, January 12th when Marist faced Arizona State at the ASU Invitational—today, Swimming World completed all the previews of the seven varsity conferences—Big West, Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), Golden Coast Con...

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Monday announced that it will cancel fall sports competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision specifically affects fall-season sports – men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country. It leaves open the possibi...

Almost two months into the NCAA varsity women's water polo season, individual conference play moves front and center. The six conferences that will send teams to the national championship—The Big West, the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), the Golden Coast Conference (GCC), the Metro Atlanti...