By INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Women’s Water Polo Committee has announced the 10 teams that will be vying for the 2016 National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship. The top six teams have been placed in the bracket; the remaining four teams will compete for the last two berths in the bracket
Pennsylvania’s Saint Francis Women’s Water Polo Joins CWPA
A year from now Pennsylvania’s Saint Francis Red Flash will join the Collegiate Water Polo Association. Their women’s varsity program will be the ninth listed in the conference when it formally begins competition in January of 2017. The Red Flash announced their first recruiting class under Head Coach Pat Beemer last December.
LouStrong Memorial Tournament Kicks Off Womens Varsity Season
The 2016 women’s intercollegiate season is under way on Saturday with nine teams convening in San Jose to compete and honor San Jose State’s late coach, Lou Tully. Some of the top ranked squads will be tested early with No. 1 Stanford, fourth ranked California, and numbers nine and 10, UC Davis and
Clapper on ASU Exhibition Victory over Shanghai
Head Coach Todd Clapper was pleased with his Sun Devils’ defensive effort in the first of several pre-season exhibition matches with the strong club team from Shanghai. Game recap and video interview with the Coach in this Sun Devil Athletics piece. Katie Sverchek scored the game-winning goal on the power
Laura Coffman Named Carthage Water Polo Head Coach
An update on a May story about the rise of Carthage College’s water polo team, followed soon after by news of former coach Andy Bax’s departure. The school found a replacement in former Gilman School and San Diego Shores coach Laura Coffman in June and will begin their 2016 season
Charlesworth Out as Macalester Women’s Water Polo Coach
Macalester has parted ways with women’s water polo Coach Jennie Charlesworth. No official notice has yet been published but Charlesworth’s name has been replaced with “To Be Announced” on the team’s page. The matter was also detailed by Hannah Gray, a sophomore member of the team, in an opinion piece in The Mac
AD: Fresno State Women to Begin Water Polo in Spring
Fresno State University Athletic Director Jim Bartko said today that women’s water polo was “coming in the spring.” The comments took place during a meeting with local media on Tuesday and were conveyed in a tweet by the university communications department. #FresnoState AD @JimBartko1 says #wrestling & women’s #waterpolo coming
NLRB to Rule on Northwestern Football Players’ Bid to Unionize – WSJ
A legal challenge that could potentially help reshape intercollegiate athletics is imminent. Northwestern University football players are the subject of a pending National Labor Relations Board decision in which it will decide whether Wildcat football athletes are school employees who can unionize. A year ago a regional director for the NLRB
