{"id":576607,"date":"2024-01-30T06:29:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=576607"},"modified":"2024-01-30T06:29:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:29:50","slug":"ncaa-womens-water-polo-preview-olympic-year-may-have-impact-on-season-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-water-polo-preview-olympic-year-may-have-impact-on-season-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Women&#8217;s Water Polo Preview: Olympic Year May Have Impact on Season Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCAA Women&#8217;s Water Polo Preview: Olympic Year May Have Impact on Season Ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Azusa Pacific\u2019s 16-6 win over Cal State Monterey Bay earlier this month marked the beginning of the 2024 NCAA women\u2019s season. It\u2019s one that will see a lot of the same from 2023. The past two years\u2014and in four of the last five\u2014Stanford and USC have fought for the NCAA title, with the Cardinal capturing three of those matches including last year\u2019s final in an 11-9 decision.<\/p>\n<p>But in an Olympic year, with national team players returning to their home countries to train for Paris 2024\u2014many of whom compete for U.S. collegiate programs\u2014there will be a significant amount of upheaval at the top of women\u2019s water polo, especially early in the season. Case in point: Last weekend Stanford\u2014with <strong>Jenna Flynn<\/strong>, <strong>Ryann Neushul<\/strong>, <strong>Jewel Roemer<\/strong> and <strong>Ella Woodhead<\/strong> now training with Team USA\u2014dropped two of its first four matches, a first for the Cardinal women since the opening weekend of the 2000 season. This dumps the Cardinal\u2014#1 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association\u2019s 2024 Preseason Poll\u2014 to seventh in this week\u2019s poll. It\u2019s the lowest Stanford has ever ranked in a poll that dates back to 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The More Things Change\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite Stanford\u2019s rough weekend, it\u2019s almost certain the Cardinal will be semifinalists for this year\u2019s NCAA championship, to be held in May at the University of California at Berkeley\u2019s Spieker Aquatics Complex. Since <strong>John Tanner<\/strong> arrived at The Farm in 1998, they\u2019ve been in every NCAA Final Four. In fact, the Cardinal have appeared in 13 finals the past 15 years (2020 didn\u2019t count because of Covid and a UCLA semifinal upset in 2021 snapped the Cardinal\u2019s ten-final streak).<\/p>\n<p>So why would anyone bet against Tanner, he of nine national championships and 624 wins in 26 years in Palo Alto?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this is the year the Bruins (seven titles), who haven\u2019t captured a women\u2019s championship since 2009, finally get back to the winner\u2019s circle. They certainly could use a boost. All the Stanford vs. USC talk must get under the skin of UCLA coach <strong>Adam Wright<\/strong>. He\u2019s won six titles on the men\u2019s side (two as a player; four as a coach) but none since taking over the women\u2019s program in 2018. UCLA hasn\u2019t been to a final since 2017, when the Bruins lost a heartbreaker (aren\u2019t they all?) to the Cardinal.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s Cal, coached by<strong> Coralie Simmons<\/strong>. Ironically, one of the greatest polo players in UCLA history leads a Golden Bears side that has never won an NCAA women\u2019s title (one finals appearance, 2011) The women\u2019s history is a direct contrast to the Cal men, winners of the last three NCAA championships and a record 17 titles. Goalie <strong>Isabel Williams<\/strong> is the defensive heart of Simmons\u2019 squad and the nation\u2019s best goalie. Maybe this is a Cal year.<\/p>\n<p>USC (six titles) is second only to Stanford in finals appearances the past decade. The Trojans faced the Cardinal in seven title matches, winning three and losing four. <strong>Casey Moon<\/strong>\u2014his 17 years as an assistant makes him the most loyal of Trojans\u2014is in his first full season as head coach (he subbed for You Know Who in 2019 and was behind the bench when USC dropped the final to Stanford). Despite the absence of 2023 Cutino finalist <strong>Tilly Kearns<\/strong> to Australia and USA wunderkind <strong>Emily Ausmus<\/strong>, who skipped her freshman year to try for gold with the American women, is this a Fight On! kind of season?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Programs That Will Benefit in an Olympic Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maybe, just maybe, the depleted rosters of the big four\u2014all of whom reside in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation\u2014opens up opportunities to lesser-known programs. That includes UC Irvine, coached by former U.S. women\u2019s national team assistant coach <strong>Dan<\/strong> <strong>Klatt<\/strong>, and University of Hawaii, which last Saturday beat Stanford for the first time after 25 straight losses. The Anteaters rose to fourth in last year\u2019s final poll\u2014the program\u2019s highest finish ever. UCI keeps Aussie <strong>Nioka Thomas<\/strong> whose father, Nathan, went to two Olympics with Australia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_576620\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-576620\" data-attachment-id=\"576620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-water-polo-preview-olympic-year-may-have-impact-on-season-ahead\/hawaii-water-polo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hawaii-water-polo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Maureen Cole\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Maureen Cole&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Courtesy: Hawaii Athletics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hawaii-water-polo-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hawaii-water-polo-1024x576.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-576620\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hawaii-water-polo-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Maureen Cole\" width=\"325\" height=\"232\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-576620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy: Hawaii Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, it\u2019s likely that Hawaii\u2014whose classy head coach <strong>Maureen Cole<\/strong> is leaving Honolulu after 17 seasons, including a dozen as lead Rainbow Wahine\u2014will vie with UCI for an NCAA berth, courtesy of the Big West. It\u2019s one of six automatic NCAA berths in play for the 2024 tournament; there are also two at-large berths, likely to be claimed by the big four.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this season\u2019s biggest beneficiary will be Fresno State, which upset Stanford in the season opener. Led by head coach <strong>Natalie<\/strong> <strong>Benson<\/strong>, the Bulldogs have won four straight Golden Coast Conference titles and jumped to #5 in this week\u2019s poll.<\/p>\n<p>Princeton, which made its first-ever Final Four in 2023 and tied UCI for #4 in the nation, will continue to be the class of the East. The Tigers\u2019 biggest 2024 obstacle is the loss of <strong>Jovana Sekulic<\/strong>\u2014an All-American who dumped in 76 goals last season for coach <strong>Derek<\/strong> <strong>Ellingson\u2019s<\/strong> squad and is competing for a spot on the American squad chasing Olympic history in July in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an early assessment of NCAA water polo tournament qualifiers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big West<\/strong> \u2013 Preseason Pick: UC Irvine; I think Coach Cole will get Hawaii into NCAAs one last time.<br \/>\n<strong>GCC<\/strong> \u2013 Biola picked to repeat. You gotta love the Eagles-an NCAA berth in 2023 and a postseason win in just their second season.<br \/>\n<strong>CWPA<\/strong> \u2013 Princeton favored to win a second straight title. That seems just about right.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_576621\" style=\"width: 371px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-576621\" data-attachment-id=\"576621\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-womens-water-polo-preview-olympic-year-may-have-impact-on-season-ahead\/benson-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1416,797\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Natalie Benson\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Natalie Benson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benson-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benson-1024x576.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-576621\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Benson-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Natalie Benson\" width=\"361\" height=\"258\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-576621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy: Golden Coast Conference<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>MAAC<\/strong> \u2013 LIU and Wagner voted as co-favorites for 2024 MAAC title. Wagner is likely steaming about the overtime loss in the 2023 MAAC final that snapped a decade-long conference win streak and sent the Sharks to their first-ever NCAA tournament.<br \/>\n<strong>MPSF<\/strong> \u2013 No preseason coaches\u2019 pick: Stanford and USC usually in the final. Trojans a safe bet for MPSF title. Two other MPSF squads are sure to be in NCAA field of eight (only MPSF teams have ever captured at-large berths).<br \/>\n<strong>WWPA<\/strong> \u2013 Fresno State favored to win a fourth-straight title. Coach Benson\u2019s Bulldogs may muscle their way into first Final Four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA Women&#8217;s Water Polo Preview: Olympic Year May Have Impact on Season Ahead Azusa Pacific\u2019s 16-6 win over Cal State Monterey Bay earlier this month marked the beginning of 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