By USC made good on its promise to address the shortcomings that ailed them during their surprising two-loss NorCal Tournament in September. The Trojans defeated UCLA by a convincing four-goal margin today to earn a spot in the SoCal Tournament final. FINAL: UCLA 6, USC 10. Bruins lose for the first time all
POLL: Long Beach Climbs to Fifth, Chapman Soars in Varsity Polls
Long Beach State traveled to UC Santa Barbara on Sunday and left with a two-goal victory over the Gauchos. For their efforts they were rewarded this week with a fifth place ranking in the CWPA Men’s Varsity Week 5/October 8 poll. They swapped spots with Santa Barbara who fell to sixth. UCLA remains
Mater Dei Loss to Wilson Likely to Alter SoCal Boys’ Rankings
OCVarsity’s Dan Albano puts it succinctly noting that the CIF-Southern Section D1 rankings are bound to change after eighth ranked Long Beach Wilson surprised number two Mater Dei in a home pool match on Tuesday. Only top-ranked Harvard-Westlake had beaten the Monarchs this season until yesterday. The Wolverines will host
RANKINGS: CIF-Southern Section Oct. 6 Poll
Harvard-Westlake, Foothill, and Laguna Beach sit atop this week’s CIF-Southern Section rankings for divisions 1 through 3. Read on for the polling results for all seven divisions. [pdf]http://www.cifss.org/admin/images/sports_poll/14126259601_10.6.14%20Boys%20Water%20Polo%20Poll.pdf[/pdf]
POLL: UCLA Remains on Top, St. Francis Surges in Little-changed Weekly Poll
Not a whiff of change among the top nine men’s varsity programs in this week’s Collegiate Water Polo Association rankings. UCLA remains on top, five points clear of Stanford. Cal, USC, UC Santa Barbara, Long Beach State, Pacific, UC San Diego, UC Irvine and Princeton round out the top 10. The
POLL: UCLA Takes Top Spot, Gauchos Fifth, Princeton Tumbles
The winner of the NorCal Classic tournament was bound to rise to the crest of the CWPA’s weekly rankings, and so they did after UCLA beat former number one Stanford in Stockton on Sunday. Stanford fell a spot to second. UC Santa Barbara ascended to the fifth spot after defeating
Stanford Men Displace Defending Champs in Preseason Top Spot
The Stanford Cardinal have done what no other team has since 2010 by earning the CWPA’s top preseason ranking in place of the USC Trojans. USC received enough votes for the second spot behind their sixth consecutive national championship, which they won last November. UCLA, Cal, and Pacific round out the
Filling the NCAA Championship Field, Closing the Fall Boys’ Prep Season
Whittier won a scintillating overtime final against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Sunday to take the first SCIAC Championship since the conference earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship tournament prior to this season. Thus the Poets travel to Stanford for a longshot play-in match on December 5th where they’ll likely take
What Pacific’s Big Time Win over No. 1 USC Really Means
This Wednesday the CWPA will release its next coaches’ ranking and it is possible, maybe likely, that the University of the Pacific men’s water polo team will ascend to the top spot, the first time a non-“big four” squad will have done so in at least six years. Since 2008
