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EDITOR’S NOTE: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s water polo tournament will celebrate its golden anniversary this weekend, with the national championship being held at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center. Looking back at the history of the country’s most prestigious polo tourname...

USA Water Polo National League: Mission (UCLA) Wins 2025 Championship The 2025 USA Water Polo Men’s National League Championships wrapped up with a dramatic day of finals action at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. UCLA captured the National League crown in thrilling fashion over The O....

The UCLA women's water polo team completed a perfect season and claimed the NCAA Championship on Sunday at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The top-ranked Bruins defeated No. 3 Cal 7-4 in the finals to finish the season 26-0 and earn its eighth NCAA title in program history, the first under coach Adam Wrig...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s water polo tournament will celebrate its golden anniversary this weekend, with the national championship being held at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center. Looking back at the history of the country’s most prestigious polo tourname...

The quarterfinals for the 2018 NCAA Men’ Water Polo Tournament took place in overcast, rainy conditions at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center—but the results were nothing but sunshine for UC San Diego and UCLA. Both teams gained decisive victories to advance to Saturday’s semifinal match-ups as part of...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Four male finalists for the Peter J. Cutino Award, given annually to the outstanding female and male Collegiate water polo players in the United States as voted by the coaches of NCAA Division I schools, were announced today by The Olympic Club. [capti...

Ryann Neushul and Ryder Dodd Win 2025 Peter J. Cutino Awards for NCAA Water Polo Excellence On a warm June evening in the heart of San Francisco, The Olympic Club once again played host to the 26th Annual Peter J. Cutino Awards, honoring the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players....

Growth Mindset Has Led Max Irving to Water Polo Stardom One wakeup call occasioned another for Max Irving. It was 2017, and Irving’s star was rising fast. He’d gone from a redshirt season at UCLA in 2013 to an All-American. That June brought his first U.S. national team call—in the FINA Intercontine...

With major tournaments being played almost every weekend, February is the busiest month in the NCAA varsity women’s water polo season. There are noteworthy match-ups all over the country, as teams look to sharpen skills for their respective conference seasons, which typically begin play in March. In...

Huntington Beach, CA - Fresh off a three-game sweep of Australia, USA Water Polo Head Coach Adam Krikorian has announced the roster for the upcoming FINA World Cup starting Tuesday in Surgut, Russia. The USA Women's National Team has won the last two World Cup titles (2010, 2014) and will look to ma...

It's the last weekend of regular season play for women’s NCAA varsity polo—and the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top-Ten may not change, but seeding for the eight conferences that send teams to the NCAA tournament will be decided by Sunday night. Top-ranked Stanford (17-1; 5-0 MPSF) held ...

Editor’s Note: The 2019 NCAA women’s water polo season officially opened on Saturday, January 12th with the ASU Invitational at Arizona State. Swimming World will provide previews of the seven varsity conferences—Big West, Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), Golden Coast Conference (GCC), Metr...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Adam Krikorian is arguably one of America’s finest and most accomplished coaches in any discipline. After winning 10 NCAA titles as a head coach of the UCLA men’s and women’s water polo teams (men: 1999, 2000, 2004; women: 2001, 2003, 2005-2009), in 20...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Beating its toughest rivals—#1 Cal and #2 USC—this weekend in Los Angeles at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center allowed the UCLA men’s water polo team to rise all the way to the top of the national polls. The Bruins, who on Sunday captured their second strai...

Two weeks into the 2019 NCAA women’s varsity water polo season there’s been exciting—and surprising—results, with rankings underscoring volatility among the nation’s top 25 teams. What has not changed; USC, Stanford, UCLA and Cal continue their positions as the nation's top four teams. The biggest m...

NCAA Water Polo’s Best Honored June 7 at The Olympic Club The 26th Annual Peter J. Cutino Awards—college water polo’s highest individual honor will be presented on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. Named for legendary coach Peter J. Cutino, the award recognizes the top ma...

By Steven Munatones, Swimming World Special Contributor Editor’s Note: Steven Munatones is the founder of the World Open Water Swimming Association and the Daily News of Open Water Swimming. After each college water polo game and after morning workouts at some high schools, Team Moms go in overdrive...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor As an annual gathering of the nation’s best men’s water polo teams, there’s nothing that can top the MPSF Invitational, which kicks off later today at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center with a match between the top-seeded Trojans (18-1) and #16 Air Force ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Editor’s Note: Last weekend, Swimming World spoke twice with Adam Wright, head coach for the men’s and women’s water polo teams at UCLA: the Friday before a 2017 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament semifinal match against Pacific—an 11-9 win for the Bruin...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor In what is shaping up to be a surprisingly tight race to the top of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation’s women’s water polo conference, one team features a newcomer who threatens to tip the competitive balance. Paige Hauschild may be just 18, but i...