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[caption id="attachment_628668" align="alignright" width="450"] UCLA win Back to Back NCAA Water Polo Champions[/caption] UCLA Stuns USC at the Buzzer to Win 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship, 11–10 By Swimming World Staff STANFORD, Calif. – Same venue, same rivalry, new layer of history. Down...

UCLA’s Ryder Dodd Sets Conference Record with 12-Goal Game UCLA men’s water polo’s Ryder Dodd set a school and conference record with 12 goals in a win Saturday over UC-San Diego. Dodd was one of three players in UCLA history to score eight goals in a game when he did so against Pepperdine in 2024. ...

By Swimming World Staff UCLA’s Repeat Bid, USC’s Spoiler Role and a Loaded Final Four The 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship at Stanford has turned into a dream bracket for fans. Defending champion UCLA is two wins away from going back-to-back. USC looks perfectly positioned to play spoiler. Ho...

UCLA Hires James Robinson-O’Brien as Women’s Water Polo Head Coach UCLA on Tuesday announced the hiring of James Robinson-O’Brien as the head coach of its women’s water polo team. Monday, UCLA had publicized two additions to the men’s water polo coaching staff. That is the staff of head coach Adam W...

UCLA’s Blake Wellen connected from two meters out with 0:01 second remaining in the second overtime period to give the Bruins a 12-11 win over Stanford in the MPSF Championship game. UCLA trailed 10-9 with under two minutes to play in regulation when sophomore Jeff Pflueger skipped a goal past Stanf...

The Pac-12 Networks swimming television schedule was released earlier today and will feature six televised meets this winter. The first Pac-12 meet to air will be a co-ed showdown between Arizona State and Stanford on January 22 at 1PM. The biggest buzz surrounding that meet will undoubtedly be the ...

By Dan D’Addona. This week brings the highly anticipated collegiate debut of Katie Ledecky coming off of her dominance in Rio. But there are plenty of other storylines this week in the Pac-12. Here is a look at what to watch for: Meet of the Week: Stanford at Oregon St. Most swimming fans have been ...

Ryann Neushul and Ryder Dodd Win 2025 Peter J. Cutino Awards for NCAA Water Polo Excellence On a warm June evening in the heart of San Francisco, The Olympic Club once again played host to the 26th Annual Peter J. Cutino Awards, honoring the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players....

UCLA Secures 2028 Verbal Pledge From Junior National Finalist Eryn Arnold  NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Los Angeles has picked up a new verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from in-state standout Eryn Arnold out of El Segundo, Calif. Arnold is a U.S. Open qualifier who excels in free, fly an...

Torri Huske Makes Rare Appearance in 200 Breaststroke as Stanford Tops UCLA Over the past four years, Torri Huske has become one of the world's premier 100 butterflyers, a journey which culminated in Olympic gold in Paris. Huske also excels in sprint freestyle, having won Olympic silver in the 100-m...

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.....

Jada Duncan, Anna Wetteland Lead UCLA to Big Ten Tri Sweep Jada Duncan and Anna Wetteland won one individual race and two relays each as UCLA captured a Big Ten tri-meet against Purdue and Iowa. The Bruins claimed wins of 180-120 over Iowa and 162.5-137.5 over Purdue at the meet Friday in Iowa City....

Breaststroker Alicia Budacsek to Join UCLA's Class of 2031 NEW COMMIT: UCLA has scored a new verbal commitment for Fall 2027 from Alicia Budacsek of Wilmette, Ill. Budacsek will head to the West Coast as a member of the Bruins' Class of 2031. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am extremely excit...

UCLA Gains 2027 Verbal From In-State Sprinter Olivia Somers NEW COMMIT: Olivia Somers of Sacramento, Calif. has opted to remain in-state for her college career after she verbally committed to the University of California, Los Angeles for Fall 2027. A talented sprint freestyler, Somers is a Junior Na...

UCLA Snags First 2028 Verbal From Georgia 5A State Champion Heba Fouitah NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Los Angeles has scored its first public verbal commitment for Fall 2028 from Augusta, Ga. native Heba Fouitah. Fouitah, who is among the top recruits in this class, is a versatile Summe...

NCAA Water Polo Crown Returns to West Hollywood: UCLA 11, USC 8 In a commanding performance at Stanford University's Avery Aquatic Center, the UCLA Bruins affirmed their top-seed status by defeating the USC Trojans 11-8 to clinch the 2024 NCAA Men's Water Polo National Championship. This victory mar...

UCLA Rallies to Tie Arizona State in Women’s Dual Meet UCLA bookended Friday’s meet in Tempe with a pair of narrow relay wins as the Bruins and Arizona State tied in a dual meet, 150-all. UCLA started the meet by claiming the 400 medley relay in 3:33.18. The quartet of Rosie Murphy, Sarah Bennetts, ...

USC Takes Solo Hold of Top Spot in Women’s Water Polo Poll after Stanford Loss USC finds itself alone at No. 1 in the latest Collegiate Water Polo Association women’s water polo poll, breaking a preseason tie with Stanford. The Cardinal plummeted to seventh in the Week 1 poll after a loss to Fresno ...

By Rachel Andersen, Swimming World College Intern. As summer break winds to a close and temperatures begin to fall, the international aquatic scene is just heating up. In Gwangju, South Korea, the FINA 2019 World Aquatics Championships are raging on. Between exhilarating swim events, doping scandals...

Courtesy www.usawaterpolo.com Once again, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation boasts the top-nine ranked teams in NCAA men's water polo. Defending NCAA Champion and No. 1 ranked USC begins the season where it left off, with a 9-8 thriller over Long Beach State. The Trojans, who recently experienc...