Read moreUCLA Stuns USC at the Buzzer to Win 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship, 11–1008 December 2025[caption id="attachment_628668" align="alignright" width="450"] UCLA win Back to Back NCAA Water Polo Champions[/caption] UCLA Stuns USC at the Buzzer to Win 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship, 11–10 By Swimming World Staff STANFORD, Calif. – Same venue, same rivalry, new layer of history. Down...
Read more2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo This Weekend: Will UCLA Repeat or Will USC Spoil at Stanford?06 December 2025By Swimming World Staff UCLA’s Repeat Bid, USC’s Spoiler Role and a Loaded Final Four The 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship at Stanford has turned into a dream bracket for fans. Defending champion UCLA is two wins away from going back-to-back. USC looks perfectly positioned to play spoiler. Ho...
Read moreBig Ten Women's Championships, Day 1: Michigan Shatters Meet Record in Both Relays18 February 2026Big Ten Women's Championships, Day 1: Michigan Shatters Meet Record in Both Relays The University of Michigan swam to the lead at the 2026 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in Minneapolis. The Wolverines won both relays on Wednesday, the only two events on the ...
Read moreFrom Water to Ice, Carsten Vissering Set to Realize His Olympic Dream06 February 2026From Water to Ice, Carsten Vissering Set to Realize His Olympic Dream With the Winter Olympics beginning today in Milan/Cortina, Swimming World chatted with USC former breaststroke star Carsten Vissering, who will represent Team USA in bobsled. Carsten Vissering’s dreams still bring him back to the ...
Read moreBig Ten Women Day 1: Michigan Sweeps Relays, Sets Meet Record in 800; Indiana's Anna Peplowski Leads off With Record19 February 2025The 2025 Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships kicked off on Wednesday night from McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of Ohio State University. The first night consisted of the 200-yard medley relay and the 800 free relay. Here is a look at what happened on night one: Big Ten Women's...
Read moreUSC's Minna Abraham Withdraws from Big Ten Championships Citing 'Personal Reasons'17 February 2026USC's Minna Abraham Withdraws from Big Ten Championships Citing 'Personal Reasons' USC's Minna Abraham will not be competing at the Big Ten Championships alongside her Trojan teammates. The school announced the withdrawal on social media, with a message from Abraham citing "personal reasons." ...
Read moreJunior National Finalist Charlotte Milkie Verbally Commits to USC for 202701 February 2026Junior National Finalist Charlotte Milkie Verbally Commits to USC for 2027 NEW COMMIT: Riverside, Calif. native Charlotte Milkie has elected to remain in-state for her college career, having announced her verbal commitment to the University of Southern California for Fall 2027. Milkie is a U.S. Open...
Read moreCan USC’s New Look Stop a UCLA Repeat at NCAA 2025?07 December 2025 ESPN airing NCAA Water Polo Championship 3pm PST Stanford, Calif. – Same pool, same rivals, same trophy on the line – but with just enough change on both benches to make the 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship feel wide open. On Sunday afternoon at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center, UCLA and USC ...
Read morePac-12 Men's Championships, Day 2 Finals: Leon Marchand Blasts NCAA Record in 500 Free; ASU Sweeps the Night07 March 2024Pac-12 Men's Championships, Day 2 Finals: Leon Marchand Sets NCAA Record in 500 Free Leon Marchand is a great many things. You would not suspect that a distance swimmer is among them, not when he arrived at Arizona State and not on the international stage for France. And yet … no man in NCAA history...
Read more1Changing of the Water Polo Guard: UC Santa Barbara #1 in CWPA Top 2026 September 2019Following a stretch in which they knocked off two number one teams, this week the Gauchos of UC Santa Barbara ascended to the top of the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Top 20. This is almost certainly the first time that UCSB has been ranked first in the CWPA poll; it is the first time since No...
Read more3USC, Pepperdine Win Quarterfinals at 2019 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament06 December 2019In 2019 NCAA Men's Water Polo Tournament action Thursday at Pacific’s Chris Kjeldsen Pool, third-seeded Pepperdine and #4 USC won and advanced to the semifinals, to be held Saturday. The Waves, appearing in the national championship for the first time in two decades, rode a six-goal explosion by Chr...
Read more3West Valley's Willo Rodriguez on The Past, Present & Future of Puerto Rican Water Polo08 May 2020Editor’s Note: In one of the seminal matches in Eastern water polo history, on November 13, 1977, Pittsburgh faced Bucknell at the Joseph C. Trees Pool for the Eastern Water Polo League Southern Division Championship. A rematch of the 1976 final, won 14-12 by Pitt, with less than a minute remaining ...
Read moreUSC Swimming and Diving Sweeps UNLV, UC San Diego09 January 2026USC swimming and diving dominated the day, sweeping both UNLV and UC San Diego to kick off the second half of the season. The No. 11 Trojans picked up 11 event wins while No. 18 Troy earned nine. The USC men beat UNLV 180-82 and UC San Diego 174-87. The USC women beat UNLV 215-46 and UC San Diego 18...
Read more1USC Trojans Extend Reign over Collegiate Water Polo Association Week 8 Rankings25 October 2017The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the Men’s Varsity National Top 20, Division III Top 10, Northeast Water Polo Conference (NEWPC) Top Five and Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Top Five Week 8/October 25 Polls for the 2017 season. The University of Southern California re...
Read moreTorri Huske, Caroline Bricker Triple in Stanford Sweep of USC17 January 2026Torri Huske, Caroline Bricker Triple in Stanford Sweep of USC Stanford's women completed the Southern California sweep, adding a dominant dual meet win over USC by a final score of 208-91 one day after also beating UCLA. As expected, Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske was central to the effort with t...
Read moreUdovicic, U.S. Men’s Water Polo Coach, Talks Roster Options, Rule Changes at FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup18 September 2018By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BERLIN, Germany. Bringing a young, inexperienced team to a tournament configured to test a variety of new rules for future application turned out to not be ideal for the U.S. Senior Men’s National team. Registering two wins in six days of action at the...
Read moreTexas Invitational: USC Women Score Pair of Relay Wins on Opening Day15 November 2023Texas Invitational: USC Women Score Pair of Relay Wins on Opening Day USC has two relay wins to show for its first day at the Texas Hall of Fame Swimming Invitational on Wednesday in Austin. The USC women’s 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays both tallied wins in NCAA A cuts on the first day of the ...
Read moreUSC Win Over Stanford Elevates UCLA to Top of CWPA Men's Water Polo Poll07 November 2019There’s no question that the 2019 season is one of the most volatile in recent memory, and this uncertainty is reflected in the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Top 20 poll. Stanford had ten-straight wins going into last Saturday's match in Los Angeles against a desperate USC team. A 9-8 loss to ...
Read more1UCLA, Augustana Head MPSF Men’s Water Polo Coaches Poll21 August 2025UCLA, Augustana Head MPSF Men’s Water Polo Coaches Poll Defending NCAA champion UCLA collected 99 points and nine first-place votes to top the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men’s water polo preseason coaches poll in the conference’s Western Division, released on Tuesday. With 62 points, Augusta...
Read moreUCLA and USC Tied for First in Collegiate Water Polo Association Week 12 Poll22 November 2017The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) releases the Men’s Varsity National Top 20, Division III Top 10, Northeast Water Polo Conference (NEWPC) Top Five and Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Top Five Week 12/November 22 Polls for the 2017 season. In the aftermath of the league champio...