By The title says it all. Michael Randazzo and James Smith spoke with two of the rising young coaching talents in the collegiate ranks. Austin Ringheim and Max Schlegel are both recent hires at MIT and Johns Hopkins. Their schools are among the most challenging in the US and are now
By La Salle Drops Men’s Varsity Water Polo
La Salle University in Pennsylvania will drop men’s varsity water polo from its offerings, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday. The sport joins six others on the Explorers’ chopping block: three men’s (baseball, swimming and diving, tennis) and three women’s (softball, volleyball, and tennis). The school fielded its first
Augustana College Hires VMI’s Pryor to Lead New Varsity Water Polo Program
The new varsity water polo program at Augustana College in Illinois has tabbed Ryan Pryor to be it’s first head coach. Pryor resigned from his position with the Virginia Military Institute after six-year run during which its womens’ team saw marked improvement, finishing the abbreviated 2020 season with a 12-1
Urbana Women’s Water Polo Ends as University Announces Closure
Ohio is losing its newest women’s varsity water polo program before it ever competed. Urbana University, which announced the addition of women’s varsity water polo in April of 2019, is permanently closing its physical campus at the end of the the spring semester, ending all competitive athletics for the school
By Wins by Harvard, Princeton Makes All-Ivy Final in NWPC Tournament
CAMBRIDGE, MA. Hat tricks by Sean Duncan and Michael Swart powered Princeton to an 11-9 overtime win Saturday against Brown and advanced the top seeded Tigers to the 2017 Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) championship match. Earlier in the day, host Harvard roared back from a two-goal halftime deficit with
Fan in the Stands: St. Francis vs. Bucknell
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’
On The Record: Marcelo Leonardi of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI. Since arriving in Ann Arbor in 2014, Michigan head coach Marcelo Leonardi has directed one of the country’s top women’s water polo programs to even greater heights. Last year the Wolverines went 30-8, beat U Cal Berkeley for the first time and — following a fourth-place finish
Ohio’s Wittenberg U. to Add Women’s Varsity Water Polo
Two years after Notre Dame College eliminated its varsity water polo programs, Ohio is back on the NCAA map. Wittenberg University in Springfield has announced it will begin a varsity women’s program to begin play in the spring of 2018. The Tigers will become members of the CWPA and compete
RELEASE: Austin College to Add Men’s and Women’s Water Polo
SHERMAN, Texas – The Austin College athletics department will add two new teams next year, with the addition of men’s and women’s water polo to Kangaroo athletics. The teams will compete as a club in 2017-18, with the intent to become an NCAA varsity program in 2018-19. “After considering a
Varsity Water Polo to Return to Texas
Varsity water polo is returning to Texas. Austin College, located 60 miles north of Downtown Dallas, is hiring a coach for its men’s and women’s teams. Details of when the team will begin play are pending. The school’s athletic program competes at the NCAA Division III level. The college made
