{"id":586561,"date":"2024-06-05T14:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T21:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=586561"},"modified":"2024-06-05T14:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T21:35:20","slug":"as-u-s-womens-water-polo-seeks-another-gold-change-is-part-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/as-u-s-womens-water-polo-seeks-another-gold-change-is-part-of-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"As U.S. Women&#8217;s Water Polo Seeks Another Gold, Change is Part of the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As U.S. Women&#8217;s Water Polo Seeks Another Gold, Change is Part of the Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quick scan of the U.S. Olympic Women&#8217;s Water Polo Team roster for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is disorienting. Not only is <\/span><b>Makenzie Fischer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not among the final group announced last week; her sister Aria is not listed either. <\/span><b>Melissa Seidemann<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/news\/2023\/6\/7\/womens-senior-national-team-three-time-olympic-champion-melissa-seidemann-to-be-honored-before-usa-greece-on-june-15-live-on-bally-sports.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced in 2023<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that she was done (three golds!) but what happened to <\/span><b>Stephania Haralabidis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Paige Hauschild<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? They were so young; you\u2019d have thought the former Trojans would be there for another Olympic run\u2014especially this one, a possible fourth straight gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least there\u2019s a Neushul, but Ryann? Wasn\u2019t she just starting at Stanford when Jamie and Kiley were playing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/an-interview-with-uci-water-polo-coach-dan-klatt-compassion-respect-are-hallmarks-of-veteran-leader\/\"><b>Dan Klatt<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the only constant in life is change, then change is what\u2019s happened to <\/span><b>Adam Krikorian\u2019s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> roster as he looks to steer his team to an historic\u2014for water polo\u2014Olympic finish. It might be suggested that no matter who Krikorian takes on a trip to the City of Lights, they will be successful. His record as US national team coach\u2014three Olympics: London in 2012, Rio in 2016, Tokyo in 2021\u2014has been golden. But as everyone knows, no dynasty lasts forever. Shaking up his team, no matter how successful, is perhaps an excellent strategy for unprecedented success in Paris against a pack of rivals nipping at the Americans\u2019 heels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That and making sure that 2020 back-up goalie <\/span><b>Amanda Longan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, double gold medalists <\/span><b>Rachel Fattal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Kaleigh Gilchrist<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Ashleigh Johnson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Maddie Musselman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the captain, <\/span><b>Maggie Steffens<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are booked for the trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, Steffens. In the variable rosters the past 12 years\u201427 women have suited up for Krikorian over four Olympics\u2014only \u201cThe Captain\u201d has been on every Krikorian-coached team. Now she has a chance to lead her team to a fourth Olympic win, surpassing the gold standard of the great Hungarian men\u2019s squads earlier this century (2000, 2004, 2008).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But players with Olympic experience account for less than half the Paris roster; with seven first time Olympians\u2014including a field player from the East for the first time since <\/span><b>Alison Gregorkia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2008\u2014this year\u2019s squad has the least holdovers from previous Olympic competition since 2016. As the Americans chase yet another gold, even with their experienced core, they are at a potential disadvantage against top rivals Hungary, Italy and Spain whose rosters are stocked with veteran polo players, the majority of whom have years of professional experience in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the newcomers, <\/span><b>Jordan Raney<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/man-with-a-hat.squarespace.com\/blog-3\/joy-and-sadness-2021-us-womens-olympic-water-polo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may be most deserving<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After missing out on the previous two Olympics\u2014in 2021 she was the final cut from the squad that was selected to the Tokyo Games\u2014the 27 year-old Raney is deserving to finally punch an Olympic ticket. The experienced defender is balanced by phenom <\/span><b>Emily Ausmus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; just 18 years old, Ausmus, who has been on US national teams since she was 12, skipped her freshman year at USC to try out for an Olympic spot. It\u2019s a gambit that\u2019s paid off handsomely, and one essential to future American success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ryann Neushul<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is another youngster looking for a significant life experience; she knows first-hand what it takes to make an Olympic roster, having tried out for the 2020 Tokyo Games. That and the fact that older sisters Kiley (2016) and Jamie (2020) have already played for Olympic hardware wearing the US stars and bars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neushul\u2019s Stanford teammates <\/span><b>Jenna Flynn<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Jewel Roemer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also made the cut, as did <\/span><b>Jovana<\/b><b> Sekulic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, another collegiate star who skipped her senior year at Princeton\u2014Ivy league schools do not red-shirt athletes\u2014for the chance at Olympic glory. This is not to overlook <\/span><b>Tara Prentice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a star at UC Irvine while playing for former Olympic team assistant coach Klatt (three gold\u20142012, 2016, 2020). Prentice has also been around the USNT program since 2020 but blocked by the Fischers, Seidelman, Jamie Neushul and others. Now it\u2019s her time in the Olympic spotlight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s hope it\u2019s a golden moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>US Women\u2019s National Water Polo Team Roster for 2024 Olympic Games in Paris:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL\/Princeton\/NYAC)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maddie Musselman (Newport Beach, CA\/UCLA\/NYAC)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Prentice (Temecula, CA\/UC Irvine\/NYAC<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach, CA\/UCLA\/NYAC)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jenna Flynn (San Jose, CA\/Stanford\/NYAC)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span 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