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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...

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...

The Collegiate Water Polo Association's Men's Varsity Top 20 poll—released on Wednesday—had no significant changes from the previous week. The biggest change was George Washington dropping out of the rankings after a one-sided loss to up-and-coming Navy. The country's top five programs—Stanford, UCL...

AUBURN, Ala. The Auburn women's swimming program looks to be adding exceptional talent to its already strong arsenal as the Tigers sign six during the Fall signing period for the 2002-03 season. "I am thrilled about the talent and the attitude our six newest Auburn Tigers bring to the pool," ass...

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...

Event 7 (200 medley relay - FINAL) Stanford set a new NCAA record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:37.80 breaking the mark of 1:38.56 set earlier this season by Auburn (Katie Ryan, Brook Monroe, Mimi Bowen, Katie Taylor) at the SEC championships. The Cardinal squad consisted of Catherine Fox...

Photo by Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, August 5. USA Women's Senior National Team Head Coach Adam Krikorian has announced the 13 athletes that will compete for Team USA at the upcoming FINA World Cup. The event is set for this August 12-17 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia whe...

UCLA Gets 2027 Verbal Pledge From Western Zone Senior Champion Lilla Kapinya NEW COMMIT: The University of California, Los Angeles has secured another verbal commitment for Fall 2027, this time from in-state standout Lilla Kapinya of Carmichael, Calif. Kapinya is a versatile Junior National qualifie...

Australian Olympic hopeful Nioka Thomas plans to embark on a grand adventure in the United States. Starting next fall, the 12th year high school water polo player from Meriden School will join the women’s polo program at the University of California Irvine. A member of the Aussie Stingers’ junior na...

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...

Last night, after a four month delay due to COVID-19, USA Water Polo feted its 2020 Hall of Fame class of honorees. It was worth the wait as new inductees Gavin Arroyo, Kelly Rulon, Gary Robinett, Elsie Windes and Bruce Wigo, along with previous Hall of Fame honorees, were recognized in an online ce...

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 exploded for 6 1st-quarter goals and held off a late USC rally to defend its national title at the 1996 NCAA Water Polo Championships, hosted by UC San Diego. Final score: UCLA 8, USC 7. UC Davis defeated Massachusetts, 11-8 in the third place game.

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....

NCAA Championship editorial coverage is proudly sponsored by Competitor Swim. Visit CompetitorSwim.com for more information on our sponsor. For all the latest coverage, check out our event coverage page. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 21. THE Stanford Cardinal is having one of the top team sessions i...

From USA Water Polo CHANIA, Greece – June 3, 2001- The United States Women’s National Water Polo Team defeated Italy, the reigning World Champion, 6-5, in the championship game of the Thetis Cup, being held in Chania, Greece on the island of Crete. Team USA’s Brenda Villa (Commerce, CA / Stanford Un...

“This is the sort of thing that has the potential to wreck lives,” said Therese Langan, an authority on the treatment of sexually abused teens. Langan was referring to the downstream effects of sexual assault on the young players under the tutelage of Bahram Hojreh, a one-time age group water polo c...

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 ...

Daniel Leyson has been all over the world for water polo, including an appearance at the Olympics—the highest level of competition for his sport. Along the way on a career that has taken him from club coaching with Rose Bowl to collegiate stops at his alma mater, USC (Class of ’92), and UCLA, to pla...