UCLA Women Top Collegiate Water Polo Association Week Nine Polls

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BRIDGEPORT – The University of California-Los Angeles retains the title as the best team in the nation as the Bruins once again top the Women’s National Top 20 rankings and highlight the Week 9/March 18 Women’s Varsity Polls released today by the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA).

The top teams in two of the polls remain the same as the Bruins (National Top 20) and Princeton University (CWPA Top 10) retain the titles as the best teams in the nation and in the CWPA through March 25.

On the Division III level, two changes occur as Whittier College is joined by Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in the preeminent position of the Division III National Top 10. Back on the East Coast in the CWPA Division III Top Five, the reign of Connecticut College at No. 1 comes to an end as Washington & Jefferson College takes over the top spot to dislodge the defending league Division III champion Camels.

Voted on by a panel of coaches from the CWPA, Western Water Polo Association (WWPA), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), Big West Conference, Golden Coast Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the polls are compiled and released on Wednesday during the season through the week following the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship.

2015 Women’s Varsity National Top 20 (Week 9)

The Bruins of the University of California-Los Angeles hang onto the top spot in the Week 9/March 18 Women’s Varsity National Top 20 Poll with a perfect 100 points to remain a unanimous top selection.

Positions No. 1-to-6 remain unchanged this week as UCLA, Stanford University (95 points), the University of Southern California (90 points), the University of California (85 points), the University of California-Irvine (79 points) and Arizona State University (70 points) remain locks at their previous berths.

The University of Hawaii (69 points) is the first team to improve its position in the Top 20 as the squad inches in front of California State University-Northridge (67 points) to take over at No. 6. The remainder of the Top 10 remains consistent from the March 11 voting as San Jose State University (64 points) and Princeton University (54 points) hold on at No. 9 and 10, respectively.

The University of California-Davis (50 points) holds on at No. 11, while Loyola Marymount University (37 points), Indiana University (35 points) and Wagner College (31 points) rise to No. 12-to-14.

Long Beach State University (30 points) slides to No. 15, while the University of California-Santa Barbara (24 points) jumps up to No. 16.

Over the final four positions, San Diego State University (23 points) and the University of the Pacific (22 points) descend to No. 17 and 18, with the University of California-San Diego (16 points) and Santa Clara University (8 points) exchanging slots at No. 19 and 20.

2015 Varsity Top 20 (Week 9/March 18)

Rank Team Week 8 Poll Points
1 University of California-Los Angeles 1 100
2 Stanford University 2 95
3 University of Southern California 3 90
4 University of California 4 85
5 University of California-Irvine 5 79
6 Arizona State University 6 70
7 University of Hawaii 8 69
8 California State University-Northridge 7 67
9 San Jose State University 9 64
10 Princeton University 10 54
11 University of California-Davis 11 50
12 Loyola Marymount University 13 37
13 Indiana University 16 35
14 Wagner College 17 31
15 Long Beach State University 14 30
16 University of California-Santa Barbara 18 24
17 San Diego State University 12 23
18 University of the Pacific 15 22
19 University of California-San Diego 20 (T) 16
20 Santa Clara University 19 8
RV University of Michigan 20 (T) 5

2015 Women’s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 9)

The No. 1 team in the Week 9/March 18 Women’s Varsity Division III Top 10 Poll becomes plural this week as former runner-up Pomona-Pitzer Colleges pulls even with Whittier College.

The Poets of Whittier and Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer both pick up 97 points as the teams move into a deadheat on top of the rankings.

Chapman University (90 points), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (87 points) and California Lutheran University (79 points) maintain an All-California Top Five by standing at No. 3-to-5, respectively.

The biggest change comes at No. 6 as Connecticut College (73 points) jumps up to spots after tying at No. 8 last week. The changes drops the University of Redlands (71 points) and Occidental College (65 points) back to No. 7 and 8, with Washington & Jefferson College (59 points) and the University of La Verne (62 points) completing the Top 10.

2015 Division III Poll (Week 9/March 18)

Rank Team Week 8 Poll Points
1 (T) Pomona-Pitzer College 2 97
1 (T) Whittier College 1 97
3 Chapman University 3 90
4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges 4 87
5 California Lutheran University 5 79
6 Connecticut College 8 (T) 73
7 University of Redlands 6 71
8 Occidental College 7 65
9 Washington & Jefferson College 10 59
10 University of La Verne 8 (T) 58

2015 Women’s CWPA Top 10 (Week 9)

Princeton University retains a firm grip on the top spot in the Week 9/March 18 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top 10 Poll.

A ranking of the league’s entire varsity membership (Division I/II/III), the poll’s No. 1 position has been traded between the Tigers (99 points) and Hoosiers of Indiana University (96 points) for most of the season with Indiana holding the spot four times (Preseason, Week 1, Week 4, Week 5) and Princeton now claiming the berth six times (Week 2, Week 3, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9).

Harvard University (87 points) is the biggest mover of the week as the Crimson rise two spots to No. 3 to go in front of the University of Michigan (85 points) and Brown University (80 points). The Wolverines and Bears slip to No. 4 and 5, respectively, with the quintet of Hartwick College (78 points), Bucknell University (70 points), Mercyhurst University (65 points), George Washington University (60 points) and Connecticut College (33 points) completing the Top 10.

Washington & Jefferson College (22 points) also received votes.

2015 CWPA Poll (Week 9/March 18)

Rank Team Week 8 Poll Points
1 Princeton University 1 99
2 Indiana University 2 96
3 Harvard University 5 87
4 University of Michigan 3 85
5 Brown University 4 80
6 Hartwick College 6 78
7 Bucknell University 7 70
8 Mercyhurst University 8 65
9 George Washington University 9 60
10 Connecticut College 10 33
RV Washington & Jefferson College RV 22

2015 Women’s CWPA Division III Top 5 (Week 9)

For the first time since April 2, 2014, a team other than Connecticut College, which claimed the 2013 and 2014 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Championships, assumes the mantle of the sole No. 1 team in the CWPA Division III Top Five Poll as 2014 CWPA Division III Championship runner-up Washington & Jefferson College takes over the top spot in the Week 9/March 18 rankings.

The Presidents and Camels, who both garnered 97 points last week, are separated by a single point as Washington & Jefferson (98 points) squeaks in front of Connecticut (97 points) to take over as the group’s Division III best team entering this weekend’s CWPA Division III competition at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Ill.

The question as to which program is the predominant force in the league could be temporarily decided at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, as the Presidents and Camels are slated to meet for the first time since a 7-3 W&J title game win on April 13, 2014 at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., during the CWPA Division III Championship.

For fans, the difference between the CWPA Top 10, in which Connecticut sits in front of W&J, and CWPA Division III Top Five is due to different pollsters voting on the two sets of selections. In both sets of rankings, a change of one position for either the Camels or the Presidents in the Top 10 or Top Five would shift the balance between the two programs.

Changes keep coming in the Division III rankings as Macalester (89 points) slides in front of Carthage College (86 points) to take over at No. 3.

2010, 2011 and 2012 CWPA Division III Champion Grove City College (48 points) rounds out the Top Five for another week.

Utica College (32 points) also received votes.

2015 CWPA Division III Poll (Week 9/March 18)

Rank Team Week 8 Poll Points
1 Washington & Jefferson College 1 (T) 98
2 Connecticut College 1 (T) 97
3 Macalester College 4 89
4 Carthage College 3 86
5 Grove City College 5 48
RV Utica College RV 32

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