{"id":603091,"date":"2025-01-09T13:33:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=603091"},"modified":"2025-01-15T12:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T19:22:44","slug":"u-s-womens-water-polo-names-youthful-squad-for-world-cup-division-i-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-womens-water-polo-names-youthful-squad-for-world-cup-division-i-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Women\u2019s Water Polo Names Youthful Squad for World Cup Division I Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>U.S. Women\u2019s Water Polo Names Youthful Squad for World Cup Division I Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. women\u2019s water polo squad named a youthful squad on Wednesday for the Women\u2019s Water Polo World Cup Division I tournament later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Nine of the 15 players on the roster will be making their senior national team debuts, augmenting Paris Olympians <strong>Amanda Longan, Tara Prentice<\/strong> and <strong>Jovana Sekulic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/water-polo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Polo News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The team includes four non-Californians, a very high number for the program. Sekulic is one, joined by Texan debutants <strong>Sam Hofley<\/strong> of Flower Mound and Dallas native <strong>Jailynn Robinson,<\/strong> now at UCLA. California goalie and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/cal-sweeps-cutino-awards-nikolaos-papanikolaou-isabel-williams-named-top-collegiate-water-polo-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Cutino Award winner<\/a> <strong>Isabel Williams<\/strong> hails from Severna Park, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Among those in line to make their debuts is Robinson\u2019s UCLA teammate <strong>Malia Allen;<\/strong> Williams\u2019 Cal teammate <strong>Maryn Dempsey;<\/strong> Stanford\u2019s <strong>Natalia Szczerba;<\/strong> and California high schoolers <strong>Chrissy Flynn, Maggie Ryan<\/strong> and <strong>Lily Palma.<\/strong> Ryan is just a sophomore in high school. Flynn is the younger sister of Paris Olympian <strong>Jenna Flynn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the holdovers from recent rosters is <strong>Charlotte Raisin<\/strong>, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-womens-water-polo-team-wins-pan-american-championship-over-argentina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">standouts of November\u2019s Pan American Championships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. will play six games from Jan. 14-19 in Alexandroupolis, Greece. The U.S. is in Group A with Paris Olympic champion Spain, Greece and Hungary, which the U.S. beat for the 2024 World title. Group B includes Israel, Italy, Olympic runner-up Australia and 2023 world champion Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Stats are available <a href=\"https:\/\/worldcupwp2025.microplustimingservices.com\/#\/schedule-bydate\/ASF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via World Aquatics,<\/a> with streaming via Recast (pay per view).<\/p>\n<h4>USA Women\u2019s Water Polo Roster, World Cup Division 1<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Amanda Longan (Moorpark, CA\/USC\/NYAC)<\/li>\n<li>Allison Cohen (Orange, CA\/Orange Lutheran HS\/SET)<\/li>\n<li>Tara Prentice (Temecula, CA\/UC Irvine\/NYAC)<\/li>\n<li>Malia Allen (Irvine, CA\/UCLA\/SOCAL)*<\/li>\n<li>Chrissy Flynn (San Jose, CA\/Leland HS\/680 Water Polo)*<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Haaland-Ford (Santa Barbara, CA\/San Marcos HS\/Santa Barbara 805)<\/li>\n<li>Maryn Dempsey (Murrieta, CA\/California\/SOCAL)*<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Raisin (Santa Barbara, CA\/San Marcos HS\/Santa Barbara 805)<\/li>\n<li>Jovana Sekulic (Haverford, PA &amp; Belgrade, 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