By Editors Note: “Fan in the Stands” is an occasional feature about water polo from the spectator’s perspective. PRINCETON, NJ. St Francis College Brooklyn versus Bucknell in men’s water polo is often a battle royale—no matter where it’s played. A rivalry that at one point was decidedly tilted in the Terriers’
By NFHS: Most Ever HS Water Polo Athletes in 2016-17
Nearly 43,000 high school athletes played water polo in the 2016-17 school year, the most ever among states that officially sanction the sport, according to the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS). The increase continues a trend in which the sport has grown by an average of 2.3% year-to-year since
By USA Women Roll On, Men Struggle at Water Polo World Championships
The USA Women’s Water Polo Team will take on big underdogs New Zealand today after twice displaying what has become mundane dominance in senior international competition. The Americans dispatched South Africa on Sunday, 24-2, before facing European powers Spain on Tuesday at the 17th FINA World Championships in Hungary. An
COLUMNIST: Will Olympic Channel Get Us to Care About Water Polo?
The sorta-hyped Olympic Channel is now live and serving up splashy events from Hungary as the 17th FINA World Championships begin. With it comes the expectation that viewership and fandom of those Olympic sports that languish between the quadrennial event will rise. But will it? So inquires Scott D. Pierce, TV
“MVP” Neushul Powers USA Women to Big Win in FINA Opener
Newcomer Jamie Neushul earned high praise from her coach at her first international tournament. She led all scorers as Team USA opened the 17th FINA World Water Polo Championships in Hungary with a lopsided win over South Africa on Sunday. The defending champions raced to a 7-0 lead on the
Elite Eastern Clinics Aim to Draw Nationwide Water Polo Talent
To provide their sons and daughters a leg up in one of the world’s most competitive sports, savvy parents have typically looked in the Los Angeles and Bay areas—twin epicenters of the sport in the U.S—for elite water polo camps. But as the sport continues to expand beyond its West
Coaches Speak: What Makes A Cutino Award Winner?
This Saturday in San Francisco, The Olympic Club will present the Peter J. Cutino Award to the top male and female collegiate water polo players in America. Considered the most prestigious award in the sport, it’s named for the late Peter J. Cutino, the former University of California Berkeley and
New York City Sends First-Ever Girls Team to Junior Olympics
GREENWICH, CT. For the first time in East Coast water polo history, a girls’ team from New York City participated in Northeast Zone (NEZ) qualifications for USA Water Polo’s Junior Olympics tournament. Eleven 14-U girls from the Brooklyn Heights St. Francis Water Polo Club made the trek to the Greenwich
