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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor It was—in many ways—an impossible dream: a talented and determined young water polo player from the middle of the country going west to play water polo at UCLA, one of the country’s most accomplished programs. But Matt Farmer of La Grange, Illinois, wa...

Editor's note: We will update this article throughout the day as notes come in from throughout the swimming community. Check back often.  Feel free to leave your thoughts about Daland in the comment section as well. Photo Courtesy: Bill Collins THOUSAND OAKS, California, October 20. Peter Daland, a ...

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...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor LOS ANGELES — When a senior-laden Southern Cal team and a youthful UCLA squad faced off Sunday afternoon in the 2017 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship Final, excitement buzzed in a sold-out Uytengsu Aquatics Center, as frenzied fans representing both ...

Members of the USA Swimming National Team will square off against collegiate swimming stars from the Pac-12 Conference in the second edition of the USA College Challenge. The short-course yards dual meet is slated for Oct. 21-22 at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center on the campus of the University of Sout...

LOS ANGELES, California, February 1. THE Stanford women's swimming and diving team continued its hot streak against Pac-12 schools Saturday afternoon, earning its second victory in as many days with a 170-130 win over USC. Stanford remains undefeated in dual meets this season, while it marks the fir...

LOS ANGELES, California, February 21. LESS than a year and half after its groundbreaking, USC held the grand opening of the Uytengsu Aquatics Center on Friday (Feb. 21) and celebrated the historic day with the first competition at the new facility, a six-event abbreviated meet against Utah to be fol...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor LOS ANGELES, CA. It seems hard to believe that scoring sensation Kimberly Watson will be leaving the Wagner Women’s Water Polo Team at the end of this season. Four years ago the Pointe-Claire, Quebec native arrived in Staten Island as an untested fresh...

Two weeks after losing Boston as the official bid city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics in the United States, the U.S. Olympic Committee has picked Los Angeles as the replacement city. Los Angeles was long considered to be the city most likely to be the top USOC pick, but Boston was selected earier ...

Starting tomorrow, Swimming World will post previews of the six conferences that will send teams to the 2018 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament, to be held November 29 - December 2 at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center. Look to SW for in-depth stories and game recaps of all the action from this year’s ex...

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. In an exhilarating afternoon of women’s water polo, on Saturd...

In what potentially will be a stunning turn of events, UCLA, defending national champions and the nation's #2 ranked team, may not make the cut for the 2018 NCAA Men's Water Polo Tournament. The Bruins dropped a 9-7 decision to the Cardinal on Saturday in the semifinals of the MPSF Tournament. The l...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor With the regular season complete, now begins the most grueling phase of the NCAA varsity women’s polo season: conference tournament play. By Sunday night, seven conferences will crown champions. All will be double-rewarded with automatic berths in the ...

LOS ANGELES, California, February 22. THE University of Southern California men's swimming and diving team celebrated its senior class and new aquatic center with a win over Utah on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon. The Trojans closed out the meet in exciting fashion, posting a pool record in the 40...

LOS ANGELES, CA. There were no changes in the Top Ten in the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s weekly Top 25 poll—but action this week could result in a great deal of movement. To kick it off, the nation's top two teams are playing tomorrow in Los Angeles; #1 USC will seek to extend a 36-match win...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Last week, the Pac-12 Networks—arguably American water polo’s most important broadcast partner—announced its 2018 fall schedule of livePac-12 sports broadcasts. Its coverage of men’s intercollegiate polo will include seven matches between Pac-12 member...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor LOS ANGELES — Thursday night in 2017 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament quarterfinal action at USC’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center, the University of Pacific men’s water polo team avoided a meltdown of epic proportions. Head Coach James Graham fumed as his sq...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BROOKLYN—Because the whole of metro LA seems to be sustained by the motion picture industry, I wasn’t surprised that the cab I caught after the 2017 NCAA water polo title match was driven by an actor. Joe Spellman is a Hofstra University grad who got i...

The Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Week Nine poll of the country’s top varsity women’s programs is out and—in contrast with the turmoil within USC’s men’s and women’s polo program—it's relatively placid in the CWPA Top Ten. After perhaps the most dramatic week in program history, the top-ranked...

LOS ANGELES, CA. "Game of the Century" is a trope WAY over-used; we should at least get close to the END of a century before invoking such hyperbolic terms. BUT, tomorrow's women's water polo match between #1 USC (20-0) and #2 (14-1; 2-0 MPSF) Stanford can lay claim to being as notable a women's pol...