{"id":285102,"date":"2017-11-20T11:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T18:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=285102"},"modified":"2017-11-22T08:59:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:59:57","slug":"the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same-2017-ncaa-mens-water-polo-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same-2017-ncaa-mens-water-polo-version\/","title":{"rendered":"The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: 2017 NCAA Men\u2019s Water Polo Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of a hectic weekend of conference play, where all eight entrants to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/waterpolo-men\/article\/2017-11-20\/ucla-cal-headline-eight-team-ncaa-mens-water-polo-championship\" target=\"_blank\">2017 NCAA Men\u2019s Water Polo Tournament<\/a> were decided, one thing stood out: change at the top of varsity polo is rare. Despite the inclusion of the <strong>University of the Pacific<\/strong> as the first-ever attendee from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gccwaterpolo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Coast Conference<\/a> and <strong>George Washington<\/strong> as a first-time participant in postseason play, this year&#8217;s NCAA bracket is eerily similar to 2016, including the continued absence of Stanford.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacifictigers.com\/sports\/m-wpolo\/2017-18\/releases\/20171119x6gtcp\" target=\"_blank\">9-5 win<\/a> yesterday over <strong>University of California at Irvine<\/strong> gave Pacific the Golden Coast Conference title and the GCC\u2019s first-ever NCAA automatic berth. This Saturday the Tigers (19-5) will host an NCAA play-in match against the Sagehens of <strong>Pomona-Pitzer<\/strong> (24-10), back-to-back winners of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesciac.org\/sports\/mwaterpolo\/index\" target=\"_blank\"> Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Association\u2019s<\/a> tournament by virtue of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sagehens.com\/sports\/mwaterpolo\/2017-18\/releases\/20171119oes32k\" target=\"_blank\">9-7 win<\/a> over <strong>Whittier<\/strong>, again earning the SCIAC\u2019s automatic qualifier.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"285119\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same-2017-ncaa-mens-water-polo-version\/ncaa_waterpolo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ncaa_waterpolo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ncaa_waterpolo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11\/27\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nncaa_waterpolo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ncaa_waterpolo-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ncaa_waterpolo.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-285119\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ncaa_waterpolo-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"ncaa_waterpolo\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ncaa_waterpolo-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ncaa_waterpolo-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ncaa_waterpolo.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The winner of the Pacific versus Pomona-Pitzer match will face <strong>University of California at Davis<\/strong> (22-6) in another play in game on Thursday, November 30 at Uytengsu Aquatics Center in Los Angeles. The Aggies beat <strong>University of California San Diego<\/strong> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/m-wpolo\/recaps\/111917aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">9-6<\/a> to capture a second-straight <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewwpa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Water Polo Association<\/a> title and with it the WWPA\u2019s automatic bid.<\/p>\n<p>The same Pac-12 teams, representing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mpsports.org\/sports\/m-wpolo\/mpsf-m-wpolo-body.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mountain Pacific Sports Federation<\/a> continued their dominance of NCAAs, capturing three berths. Despite a <a href=\"http:\/\/usctrojans.com\/news\/2017\/11\/19\/mens-water-polo-ncaa-host-usc-secures-13th-straight-trip-to-the-tourney.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">7-5 loss<\/a> to <strong>USC<\/strong> yesterday in the MPSF tournament final, <strong>UCLA<\/strong> (19-4) was a surprising top tournament seed, advancing the Bruins straight into the Final Four. UCLA gets to rest until Saturday, December 3, when they will face either Pacific, UC-Davis or Pomona Pitzer.<\/p>\n<p>Despite winning a second-straight MPSF title, the Trojans (25-3)\u2014 seeking a 13th straight NCAA finals appearance\u2014were relegated to an at-large bid. On November 30 they will play whomever advances from the East. Trailing by four goals at halftime, <strong>Harvard<\/strong> (23-7) captured a second-straight <a href=\"https:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/varsity\/schedules\/mensvarsity\/2017mennortheastwpschedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">Northeast Water Polo Conference<\/a> automatic bid, roaring back for a stunning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocrimson.com\/sports\/mwaterpolo\/2017-18\/releases\/20171119st7l9l\" target=\"_blank\">11-10 sudden-death overtime decision<\/a> over <strong>Princeton<\/strong>. The Crimson will host a play-in match on Saturday against <strong>George Washington<\/strong> (17-10), a first-time NCAA participant by virtue of an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwsports.com\/sports\/c-wpolo\/recaps\/111917aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">8-5 win<\/a> over <strong>Wagner<\/strong>. The Colonials captured the <a href=\"https:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/varsity\/schedules\/mensvarsity\/2017menmidatlanticwpeastschedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference\u2019s<\/a> automatic berth, besting a Seahawk seven that had knocked out top MAWPC seed <strong>Bucknell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The other at-large berth went to the <strong>University of California<\/strong> (20-3), who last year captured the NCAA championship for a record 14th time. The Golden Bears were awarded the tournament\u2019s second seed\u2014advancing them directly to the Final Four\u2014and will likely face MPSF rival USC on December 1.<\/p>\n<p>Left out in the cold for the third year in a row is <strong>Stanford <\/strong>(19-5). It\u2019s a devastating turn of events for a program that came into last weekend as both the nation\u2019s top-ranked squad and the #1 seed in the MPSF Tournament. On Friday USC snapped the Cardinal\u2019s 12-match winning streak, dealing them a 10-5 loss in their own pool.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Stanford raced out to a three-goal first period lead, and held a one-goal lead with 11 seconds remaining when Cal\u2019s <strong>Luca Cupido<\/strong> tied the match with a long range blast. The Golden Bears then scored twice in the first overtime period and held off a desperate Cardinal rally to take a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calbears.com\/news\/2017\/11\/19\/mens-water-polo-cal-tops-stanford-in-overtime-thriller.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">10-9 decision<\/a> and the final NCAA berth.<\/p>\n<p>In what may prove to be a bellwether tournament for some, Stanford Head Coach <strong>John Vargas<\/strong>\u2014who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/catching-up-with-stanford-water-polos-john-vargas\/\" target=\"_blank\">red-shirted six seniors<\/a> for a potential run to an 11th national championship\u2014can only wonder what he must change to earn a spot in America\u2019s most important water polo event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor At the conclusion of a hectic weekend of conference play, where all eight entrants to the 2017 NCAA Men\u2019s Water Polo Tournament were decided, one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4875,"featured_media":285104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[61160,61199,42084,60192,63329,1168,61248,63901,63330,63372,64115,64765,44523,61959,63503,1401,63427],"class_list":["post-285102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-water-polo","tag-george-washington-water-polo","tag-golden-coast-conference","tag-luca-cupido","tag-michael-randazzo","tag-mid-atlantic-water-polo-conference","tag-mountain-pacific-sports-federation","tag-mpsf","tag-ncaa-mens-water-polo-tournament","tag-northeast-water-polo-conference","tag-pacific-water-polo","tag-pomona-pitzer-water-polo","tag-sciac","tag-southern-california-intercollegiate-athletic-conference","tag-ucla-water-polo","tag-usc-water-polo","tag-western-water-polo-association","tag-wwpa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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