﻿{"id":111835,"date":"2014-10-09T07:52:20","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=111835"},"modified":"2014-10-09T07:52:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:52:20","slug":"ucla-whittier-princeton-on-top-of-week-5-cwpa-mens-water-polo-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ucla-whittier-princeton-on-top-of-week-5-cwpa-mens-water-polo-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA, Whittier, Princeton On Top of Week 5 CWPA Men&#8217;s Water Polo Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Photo Courtesy: Joon Baik<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">BRIDGEPORT, Pennsylvania, October 9.\u00a0The top teams in the three weekly polls remain unchanged as the\u00a0<strong>University of California-Los Angeles<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Whittier College<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Princeton University<\/strong>\u00a0top the 2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity Week 5\/October 8 National Top 20, Division III Top 10 and Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top 10 Polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">In the National Top 20 rankings, the Bruins of UCLA remain the unanimous top choice for another week with 100 points.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Stanford University<\/strong>\u00a0(95 points), the\u00a0<strong>University of California<\/strong>\u00a0(90 points), the\u00a0<strong>University of Southern California<\/strong>\u00a0(86 points) and\u00a0<strong>Long Beach State University<\/strong>\u00a0(79 points) follow at No. 2-to-5 as the majority of the Top 20 remains unchanged from last week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Whittier also remains a unanimous top pick as the Poets garnered 100 points to top a dramatically different set of Division III rankings from the October 1 results.\u00a0 Overall, Whittier is one of only two teams to retain its position from last week in the wake of the results from the Gary Troyer Tournament over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Similar to the Division III Top 10 poll, the CWPA Top 10 sees the league rankings shift radically from last week as the Tigers of Princeton (99 points) and\u00a0<strong>Brown University<\/strong>\u00a0(96 points) remain at No. 1 and 2, respectively, with the remaining spots in the Top 10 mostly changing hands following the fifth week of varsity competition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">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) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the polls are compiled and released on Wednesday during each week of the season through the week following the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity National Top 20 (Week 5)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/eI2-qJddNbPJds-kLl_xLf9qzzXgEL04Zij-GYDpMF-W-veQKGEFPpoY-d3u6lv06vWWr1jUpyq062265hzJJaRSJZWjXAhNG2dvNKY1oTrlkq5ElUcGWvdBPX_N5CM66vNhrvdcbuTZ8kCxrwvoYd8=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/images\/TeamLogos\/UCLA_Logo3.jpg?max_height=111&amp;max_width=126\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">The\u00a0<strong>University of California-Los Angeles<\/strong>\u00a0(100 points) remains the unanimous No. 1 selection in the Week 5\/October 8 National Top 20 Poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">UCLA, which moved up to No. 1 two weeks ago in the wake of downing former No. 1-ranked\u00a0<strong>Stanford University<\/strong>\u00a0by a 9-7 final score, leads a Top 20 in which 13 of the first 15 teams in the rankings retain their spots from the Week 4\/October 1 Poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Stanford (95 points), the\u00a0<strong>University of California<\/strong>\u00a0(90 points) and the\u00a0<strong>University of Southern California<\/strong>\u00a0(86 points) hold on at No. 2-to-4, respectively, while\u00a0<strong>Long Beach State University<\/strong>\u00a0(79 points) supplants the<strong>University of California-Santa Barbara<\/strong>\u00a0(75 points) for the fifth position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">UCSB falls back to No. 6, with the\u00a0<strong>University of the Pacific<\/strong>\u00a0(71 points), the\u00a0<strong>University of California-San Diego<\/strong>\u00a0(65 points), the\u00a0<strong>University of California-Irvine<\/strong>\u00a0(55 points),\u00a0<strong>Princeton University<\/strong>\u00a0(54 points), the\u00a0<strong>University of California-Davis<\/strong>\u00a0(51 points),\u00a0<strong>Pepperdine University<\/strong>\u00a0(46 points),\u00a0<strong>Brown University<\/strong>\u00a0(42 points),\u00a0<strong>Santa Clara University<\/strong>\u00a0(32 points) and the\u00a0<strong>United States Air Force Academy<\/strong>\u00a0(22 points) retaining their positions at No. 7-to-15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Due to former No. 16\u00a0<strong>Whittier College<\/strong>\u00a0falling to\u00a0<strong>Harvard University<\/strong>\u00a0over the weekend, the Crimson of Harvard (21 points) and Loyola Marymount University (21 points) move into a tie at No. 16.\u00a0 Whittier (19 points) falls back to No. 18, while<strong>Bucknell University<\/strong>\u00a0(11 points) and\u00a0<strong>St. Francis College Brooklyn<\/strong>\u00a0(10 points) complete the Top 20.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>California Baptist University<\/strong>\u00a0(6 points), the\u00a0<strong>United States Naval Academy<\/strong>\u00a0(3 points),\u00a0<strong>Concordia University<\/strong>\u00a0(3 points) and\u00a0<strong>Chapman University<\/strong>\u00a0(1 point) also received votes.<\/p>\n<table style=\"color: #222222;\" border=\"1\" width=\"585\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"284\" height=\"17\">\n<h2><a name=\"148f0d6bf1ef1091_RANGE!A1:D14\"><\/a>2014 Varsity Top 20 (Week 5\/October 8)<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong><strong><strong>2014 Week 4 Pol<\/strong><\/strong>l<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0University of California-Los Angeles<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Stanford University<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of California<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of Southern California<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Long Beach State University<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of California-Santa Barbara<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0University of the Pacific<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of California-San Diego<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of California-Irvine<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Princeton University<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of California-Davis<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Pepperdine University<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">13<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Brown University<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Santa Clara University<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">15<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0United States Air Force Academy<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">16 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Loyola Marymount University<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">16 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Harvard University<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">18<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Whittier College<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">19<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Bucknell University<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">20<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0St. Francis College Brooklyn<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0California Baptist University<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0United States Naval Academy<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Concordia University<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Chapman University<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 5)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/-5P2WI4G3k3nvM3OGVoOHloDCjRoU0OTh2wdDtqb9M5d04Tu3YJUFuaKohwSPU_9q0SG8_QHRzdVhWasMaQnVWRdMciszVvso6u66-gtDdPUqvhkuFE23BG0YqI2evpvwDLPokH4-JfIpH7QAHEg56S2ngwKQw=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/images\/TeamLogos\/WhittierCollege.gif?max_height=114&amp;max_width=119\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"114\" \/>The Poets of\u00a0<strong>Whittier College<\/strong>\u00a0(100 points), which are now ranked at No. 18 in the National Top 20 Poll, remain at No. 1 in the Week 5\/October 8 National Division III Top 10 Poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Whittier, which remains a unanimous top pick, is one of two teams in the Division III Top 10 to retain its ranking from last week as the small college rankings experienced radical shifts in the wake of the results from the Gary Troyer Tournament hosted by\u00a0<strong>Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Pomona-Pitzer Colleges<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>University of La Verne<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Behind the Poets,\u00a0<strong>Chapman University<\/strong>\u00a0(94 points) rises from a No. 9 ranking last week to the runner-up position in the October 8 voting.\u00a0 The\u00a0<strong>University of Redlands<\/strong>\u00a0(84 points) and former No. 2\u00a0<strong>Johns Hopkins University<\/strong>\u00a0(84 points) rate in a tie at No. 3, while the\u00a0<strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/strong>\u00a0(78 points) moves up two places to take over at No. 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (76 points) and Pomona-Pitzer (71 points) back up to No. 6 and 7, respectively, while\u00a0<strong>California Lutheran University<\/strong>\u00a0(67 points) hangs on at No. 8 for another week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">The\u00a0<strong>University of La Verne<\/strong>\u00a0(53 points) and\u00a0<strong>Washington &amp; Jefferson College<\/strong>\u00a0(35 points) complete the Top 10.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Connecticut College<\/strong>\u00a0(33 points) also received votes.<\/p>\n<table style=\"color: #222222;\" border=\"1\" width=\"585\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"284\" height=\"17\">\n<h2><a name=\"148f0d6bf1ef1091_RANGE!A1:D14\"><\/a>2014 Varsity Division III Top 10 (Week 5\/October 8)<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2014 Week 4 Poll<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Whittier College<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Chapman University<\/td>\n<td>5 (T)<\/td>\n<td>94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of Redlands<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3 (T)<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Pomona-Pitzer Colleges<\/td>\n<td>5 (T)<\/td>\n<td>71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0California Lutheran University<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0University of La Verne<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Washington &amp; Jefferson College<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Connecticut College<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity CWPA Top 10 (Week 5)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/uiFJeBumGWmbd6GyhulcNFCzYaDkrGewhGKvPGjziyr9XYukkqMuDAah9Hv-qnxORJbp04FYLnVqZ8I97skmCc-W7YNfQvGv7u5uu0DjqC5jiTkoW2dUQgZJ4-Ue59N3LUG0jVGyUC4Xae8nf4Bql8JdZIPq=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/images\/TeamLogos\/PrincetonPLogo.gif?max_height=170&amp;max_width=129\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"170\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">The Tigers of\u00a0<strong>Princeton University<\/strong>\u00a0continue as the top rated team in the league as the squad picked up 99 points in the Week 5\/October 8 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top 10 Poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Princeton, which finished second to\u00a0<strong>St. Francis College Brooklyn<\/strong>\u00a0last season in the CWPA Championship title game and was ranked No. 1 in the wake of the Preseason, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4 ballots, tops a league poll which experienced some significant changes this week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Northern Division frontrunner\u00a0<strong>Brown University<\/strong>\u00a0(96 points) continues at No. 2 for another week as five of the Top 10 teams retained their positions from the Week 4\/October 1 balloting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Harvard University<\/strong>\u00a0(86 points) jumps two places to take over at No. 3 with St. Francis Brooklyn (83 points) holding firm at No. 4 for another week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Bucknell University<\/strong>\u00a0(82 points) inches up one place to No. 5, while the\u00a0<strong>United States Naval Academy<\/strong>\u00a0(78 points) slips three places to No. 6 after ranking at No. 3 last week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Johns Hopkins University<\/strong>\u00a0(68 points) and\u00a0<strong>George Washington University<\/strong>\u00a0(72 points) exchange the No. 7 and 8 positions, while the\u00a0<strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/strong>\u00a0(61 points) hangs on at No. 9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\">Previously No. 10-ranked\u00a0<strong>Iona College<\/strong>\u00a0(22 points) acquires company in the final position of the Top 10 as\u00a0<strong>Washington &amp; Jefferson College<\/strong>\u00a0(22 points) breaks into the poll.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #222222;\"><strong>Fordham University<\/strong>\u00a0(11 points) also received votes.<\/p>\n<table style=\"color: #222222;\" border=\"1\" width=\"585\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" width=\"284\" height=\"17\">\n<h2><a name=\"148f0d6bf1ef1091_RANGE!A1:D14\"><\/a>2014 Varsity CWPA Top 10 (Week 5\/October 8)<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2014 Week 4 Poll<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Princeton University<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Brown University<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Harvard University<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0St. Francis Colllege Brooklyn<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Bucknell University<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0United States Naval Academy<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Johns Hopkins University<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0George Washington University<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\">\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10 (T)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Iona College<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10 (T)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Washington &amp; Jefferson College<\/td>\n<td>NR<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">RV<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Fordham University<\/td>\n<td>RV<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Courtesy: Joon Baik BRIDGEPORT, Pennsylvania, October 9.\u00a0The top teams in the three weekly polls remain unchanged as the\u00a0University of California-Los Angeles,\u00a0Whittier College\u00a0and\u00a0Princeton University\u00a0top the 2014 Men&#8217;s Varsity Week 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