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By Michael Randazzo. Swimming World Contributor On Sunday, the NCAA men’s varsity water polo season came to a close as USC jumped out to a huge lead then held on for a 14-12 national title win over Stanford at Avery Aquatic Center. It was a fitting end to the NCAA’s fiftieth national championship to...

From Injury and Heartbreak to NCAA Champ: Meghan McAninch’s USC Comeback Honk! The final horn sounded. California’s last push had come up short. USC players were already sprinting toward each other in the water at UC San Diego. The 2026 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship belonged to The Women of.....

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor With one week remaining, a pair of match-ups in Los Angeles today between Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) rivals set the stage for a compelling finish to the 2018 NCAA men’s varsity water polo regular season. #3 Cal will travel to Uytengsu Aq...

Stanford Women's Water Polo came roaring back with a four-goal fourth, then withstood a late SC goal to score a 9-8 overtime win over the host Trojans at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Not only did the loss snap SC’s 36-match winning streak, dating back to last season, it ended a four-game spurt of domin...

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....

Editor’s Note: Jovan Vavic, former USC head men’s and women’s water polo coach, will be arraigned today in federal court in Boston, MA on criminal racketeering charges, in connection with the massive Varsity Blues scandal that has rocked America’s higher education system. Vavic remains the biggest c...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor With the selection last night of three at-large teams, the field is now set for the 2018 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament. Defending champion Stanford, Cal and UCLA were selected to join fellow Pac12 member USC, which on Sunday won the Mountain Pacif...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Day One at the 2018 Mountain Pacific Invitational saw only one upset—Pepperdine, seeded #10, dispatched seventh-seeded UC San Diego by a score of 10-9—and many impressive individual performances. Cal’s Johnny Hooper is making up for time lost while pla...

With major tournaments being played almost every weekend, February is the busiest month in the NCAA varsity women’s water polo season. There are noteworthy match-ups all over the country, as teams look to sharpen skills for their respective conference seasons, which typically begin play in March. In...

By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Contributor Editor’s Note: Steven Munatones is the founder of the World Open Water Swimming Association and the Daily News of Open Water Swimming. Munatones' son Skyler is a junior playing for the UC San Diego men's water polo team. While UCLA (11 NCAA tit...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: The following opinion piece represents the conclusion of Swimming World’s coverage of the 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament. To find our complete coverage of America’s most important women’s water polo event, please click here. The 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo title match at Sta...

“Operation Varsity Blues”—the massive federal indictment of college administrators, coaches, parents and advisors—has just claimed the biggest name in American collegiate water polo. According to a statement from USC, Jovan Vavic, the winningest water polo coach in the history of NCAA men's and wome...

Saturday night at Duke Kahanamoka Aquatic Center in Honolulu was not just another night for the top-ranked USC women’s water polo team, but it was more of the same over the past year, as the Trojans—behind interim Head Coach Casey Moon—extended a winning streak that has spanned 36 straight over two ...

LOS ANGELES, CA. As #2 Stanford and #1 Southern Cal prepare to clash today in the first home water polo match for the Trojan women since the massive Varsity Blues admissions scandal resulted in the firing of Jovan Vavic, USC’s long-time men’s and women’s head coach, the Trojans are not exactly takin...

STANFORD, CA. Last weekend saw brilliant action at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament. For the first time in the almost two-decade history of the women’s national championship, both semifinals went to overtime, with USC overcoming Cal 10-8 and Stanford surviving a scare from UCLA to prevail...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor IRVINE, CA - As the sun rises on what promises to be a beautiful day for water polo at the UC Irvine Crawford Pool, the stage is set for a handful of key match-ups on the final day of the 2018 Barbara Kalbus Invitational. After handily beating Pacific ...

Editor’s Note: The 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament is happening this week—and Swimming World has you covered! Keep up with all the action online or look for #SwimmingWorld on Twitter and other social media platforms. STANFORD, CA. A full day of action under ideal conditions in Stanford’s Ave...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor The women’s water polo season is now in full tilt, as the last of the varsity programs will open play this weekend at the Mercyhurst Invitational in Erie, PA. There has been a great deal of action so far—including a big match last weekend at the Triton...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor In American intercollegiate athletics, there is perhaps no better brand than Stanford University. One of the world’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning, the Cardinal—along with Pac-12 rival UCLA—boast the most titles (113) in the history ...