By Actually two conferences—East and West—which will compete for a berth in the national championship, its the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference East that has represented the East Coast in the past three NCAA quarterfinals. The team primarily responsible for this success has been Bucknell; in 2019 the Bison stormed into Cambridge
Princeton Beefs Up Roster to Challenge NWPC Champs Harvard
The Northeastern U.S.—particularly the large metropolitan areas surrounding Boston and New York City—was perhaps the region hit hardest by the coronavirus. So, it was no surprise that many universities in the region went fully remote for the 2020-21 academic year. Included in this group were the members of the Northeast
Aggies, Tritons Return to Challenge WWPA Champs Lancers
After an almost two-year layoff for many of its teams, starting this weekend the Western Water Polo Association will see all nine of its squads in action, including Biola University, which will field a men’s team for the very first time. Besides the fact that members UC Davis, UC San
Poets Angling for SCIAC Repeat
After an unbearably long layoff from competition, all nine members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) will get back in the water on Saturday, September 4. It’s been almost 21 months since the last SCIAC men’s competition—which took place November 24, 2019 when Whittier beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) 13-12
By Pacific’s Historic Title Attempt Falls Agonizingly Short
San Francisco, CA – The straightforward, lightly sympathetic headline in the Recordnet Sunday reads Pacific’s water polo title try falls short in OT, a perfectly fine short summary of Sunday’s epic match in which the USC Trojans succeeded in earning a sixth straight NCAA championship over the spent fireworks show that is
What Pacific’s Big Time Win over No. 1 USC Really Means
This Wednesday the CWPA will release its next coaches’ ranking and it is possible, maybe likely, that the University of the Pacific men’s water polo team will ascend to the top spot, the first time a non-“big four” squad will have done so in at least six years. Since 2008
A Staggering Weekend in East Coast College Water Polo
A text exchange with an internationally experienced coach last week: TWp: Lb [Long Beach State] beat cal today Friend: Whattttt? TWp: At cal too Friend: Noooo So far, stunned silence about this weekend’s topsy-turvy outcomes from the East Coast. It’s sufficient to say that if you picked Bucknell to win
