By 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
Five Questions with Rick Nordell, Biola University Men’s Water Polo Coach
In May 2020, Dr. Bethany Miller, Bible Institute of Los Angles (Biola) University’s Senior Director of Athletics, introduced Rick Nordell as its first head men’s water polo coach. With his appointment, Nordell joined Sarah Orozco, former UCLA women’s water polo standout and Biola’s women’s coach, as part of the Eagles’
By Pod: The “Best Center in the World,” Ben Hallock
We continue our series on the Tokyo Olympic Games with a conversation with Ben Hallock, described by at least two men – Dejan Udovicic and Alex Bowen – as the “best center in the world.” He and his USA teammates finished sixth in the tournament and he’s headed back to
Pod: Alex Bowen talks Mixed Results for USA Men in Tokyo
A continued look back at the recently completed Tokyo Olympics. Alex Bowen finished the men’s tournament as its fourth highest scorer. Team USA experienced some good results – a win over Italy perhaps the highlight – but also some less than desirable ones. Bowen helps dissect the tournament with deeper
Pod: “Doesn’t Feel Like it’s Real.” Haralabidis on Winning Gold
She warned us prior to the Games that her team was not “invincible,” and she turned out to be very much correct. But Stephania Haralabids and her teammates were able to rally from the USA Senior Women’s program’s first defeat in a couple years to overcome some physical opponents, stiff
Water Polo Community Mourns Mercyhurst Coach Curtis Robinette
The condensed universe that is American water polo—and compact it is, with so many coaches, college programs and athletes present and past connected through a shared love for the sport—is just like family. Every memory treasured. Every win celebrated. Every loss lamented. And like any family, at the passing of
Sixth is Better Than Tenth… But No Gold in Tokyo for US Men’s Water Polo
Prior to the 2016 Olympics in Rio, in what became a notable moment for a sport not particularly known for being notable, U.S. men’s water polo coach Dejan Udovicic made a bold prediction to ESPN: “I am guaranteeing it,” Udovicic said. “Gold medal in 2020.” He was half right. For
Pod: Tokyo Olympics Gold Medalist Alys Williams
Alys Williams was the final cut from the 2016 USA Women’s National Water Polo Team, as NBC informed us just a few times during the Tokyo Olympics. Williams recovered from that setback quite nicely and now has a heavy, shiny 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medal to hang on her office
HIGHLIGHTS: South Africa No Match for USA Men’s Water Polo
The US men’s water polo team sits atop Group A with a perfect four points after two matches are done at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. That after they trounced an overmatched South African team 20-3 on Tuesday, a match in which every American field player except Alex Obert and Jessie
