By More on the move by the NCAA to expand automatic qualifying for the men’s championship tournament to include the SCIAC. The specifics of the matter were included in a report by the NCAA Division I Championships Management Cabinet of June 11-12, a copy of which TWp reviewed. The language related to the
Beemer Heads Home, Welcomes Challenge of Improving Caltech Squads
Not an hour had passed after a phone conversation with Caltech’s new coach, Pat Beemer, when this piece of news emerged on the Twittersphere. @PadreAthletics valedictorian Chris Bradley will play water polo @Caltech … Guess he won’t have trouble calculating the score of matches. — John Murphy (@PrepCat) May 29,
NCAA Women’s Conference Championships, Hawai’i Breaks Through, Pomona Rises Again, LMU vs. UCSD
Six conference championships tournaments, five of them streaming online, four of them at no cost (where were you, WWPA?). If you’ve complained about the lack of coverage of women’s college water polo this was not the weekend to voice it. The best three days of competition of the year were
Women’s Collegiate Conference Championships Central
A blockbuster weekend of women’s championship level water polo is already begun. Check here for links to the key sources of online information and live streaming from these events. The CWPA Eastern Championships are being held at Canham Natatorium on the Universtity of Michigan campus. The conference is streaming every game,
Stanford Remains on Top; CMS, Indiana, Connecticut College Earn Top Rankings
SWIMMING WORLD — No Water Polo Wednesday, but Swimming World returns with Water Polo News headlined by Stanford’s return to the top with their recent victory over the formerly top ranked USC Trojans. Featured in this week’s round up are big rival matches: USC winning the battle of LA over UCLA,
SIU Forfeits, Florida and Illinois Playoffs, Coaching Moves
A couple of notable coaching changes at the high school level. Spencer Dornin, former Cal all-American who has been at the helm of Palo Alto (CA) High School’s girls’ team is leaving. Dornin’s wife will be finishing her post-medical school residency and is presumably relocating to take a new job. Update:
USC Still Perfect, Indiana Atop CWPA, Tourney Recaps
SWIMMING WORLD — Water Polo Wednesday returns with copious coverage of the three tournaments over the past weekend. Arizona State hosted eight teams and dominated on the first day of competition. The Sundevils’ run came to a convincing halt against second-ranked Stanford on Sunday, 17-7: …Stanford jumped out to a
Princeton Takes CWPA Top Spot from Indiana, USC Remains Unanimous No. 1
COLLEGIATE WATER POLO ASSOCIATION — Princeton supplanted Indiana as the top women’s team in the CWPA, and UC San Diego climbed two spots to share 15th after wins over Cal State Northridge, UC Davis, and Indiana in the CWPA’s week nine poll released today. USC remained the unanimous top ranked
USC Women No. 1, Grove City Earns CWPA DIII Top Ranking
No Water Polo Wednesday from Swimming World this week, the eighth in this spring collegiate season. COLLEGIATE WATER POLO ASSOCIATION — And very little movement in the CWPA polls this week either. The USC Trojans remain unanimously on top after a four-goal home opening victory over upstart Arizona State. Stanford,
Arizona State Surges, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Atop DIII
SWIMMING WORLD — USC remained undefeated, but Arizona State’s home win over UCLA takes precedence this week in Swimming World’s Water Polo Wednesday: Sophomore Emily Donohue scored first for UCLA, with Arizona State sophomore Gao Ao tying it up at 1-1. The score was 4-1 at the half. Arizona State
