By Notable changes in this week’s Collegiate Water Polo Association Men’s Varsity Poll: Pepperdine dropped five spots due to a loss to host UC San Diego at the Triton Invitational; Harvard dropped seven spots due to a loss at home to Fordham—a decision that pushed the Rams up four spots into
Talent-laden USC Begins ’21 Campaign MPSF, NCAA Favorites
Despite any protestations to the contrary, there’s no real parity in men’s college water polo. Over a half-century of NCAA championship play, only three programs outside the “Big Four” have won a national championship: UC Irvine (three times) Pepperdine (once) and UC Santa Barbara (once). Do the math: that’s less
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UCLA Shuts Down Stanford in MPSF WWP Final
LOS ANGELES, CA. An old sports adage suggests that defense wins championships. Given its dominant defensive effort Sunday against Stanford in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title match, the UCLA women’s water polo team appears destined for greatness. In a suffocating performance at UCLA’s Spieker Aquatics Center, the Bruins forced
#2 Stanford Holds Off #3 USC, Advances to MPSF Final
The #2 Stanford Cardinal needed all the defensive prowess they could muster to stop the #3 Trojans of USC, taking a 6-5 decision in the semifinals of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s (MPSF) Women’s Water Polo Tournament. Anchored by goalie Gabby Stone and a bend-but-don’t break approach towards the explosive SC
Women’s Water Polo in Gotham: A Critic’s Delight
Water polo is undeniably a California-based phenomenon. Plentiful access to expansive outdoor pools coupled with brilliant weather simply makes the sport better, and more popular, out West. But polo is expanding across America, as recently documented by USA Water Polo with growth in Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, Washington, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
