U.S. Women’s Water Polo Announces Singapore Worlds Roster with 7 First-Timers
The U.S. women’s water polo team announced its roster for the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Friday, a group that includes just one holdover from the 2021 Olympics.
Seven of the 15 athletes are making their World Championships debut, and seven are held over from the squad that finished fourth at Paris Olympics last summer.
Amanda Longan is the lone holdover from an Olympic medalist team, the backup goalie on the Tokyo team in 2021. The Singapore group will not include such program mainstays as Maggie Steffens, Maddie Musselman, Ashleigh Johnson and Rachel Fattal.
Longan is one of seven players who were part of the Paris team, joining Tara Prentice, Jenna Flynn, Jovana Sekulic, Ryann Neushul, Jewel Roemer and Emily Ausmus. Seven players are taking part at their first World Championships: Anna Pearson, Julia Bonaguidi, Emma Lineback, Isabel Williams, Rachel Gazzaniga, Malia Allen and Ava Stryker.
Coach Adam Krikorian named a 15-person roster, with only 14 eligible to take part on any individual gameday. The U.S. is Group B and will open against China on July 10. It will play Netherlands and Argentina in group play.
The U.S. women are the reigning World Champions, having won the event at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha. The team lost in the quarterfinals of the 2023 event in Fukuoka, Japan, ending a streak of four straight titles that dated to 2015. The U.S. women have won eight world titles.
U.S. Women’s Water Polo 2025 World Championships Roster
- Amanda Longan (Moorpark, CA/USC/NYAC)
- Tara Prentice (Temecula, CA/UC Irvine/NYAC/Sabadell)
- Anna Pearson (Irvine, CA/UCLA/SET)
- Jenna Flynn (San Jose, CA/Stanford/NYAC)
- Julia Bonaguidi (La Jolla, CA/California/San Diego Shores)
- Jovana Sekulic (Belgrade, Serbia/Princeton/NYAC)
- Ryann Neushul (Goleta, CA/Stanford/NYAC)
- Jewel Roemer (Martinez, CA/Stanford/680 Water Polo)
- Emma Lineback (Laguna Beach, CA/UCLA/SET)
- Emily Ausmus (Riverside, CA/USC/NYAC)
- Ella Woodhead (San Rafael, CA/Stanford/SHAQ)
- Isabel Williams (Severna Park, MD/California/Glyfada)
- Rachel Gazzaniga (North Tustin, CA/USC/SOCAL)
- Malia Allen (Irvine, CA/UCLA/Panionios)
- Ava Stryker (Santa Barbara, CA/USC/Santa Barbara 805)
- Head Coach: Adam Krikorian
- Assistants: Molly Cahill, Dan Klatt, Natalie Benson
- Video Coach: Andrew Silva
- Team Manager: Ally Beck
- Sports Medicine Manager: Larnie Boquiren
U.S. Women’s Water Polo 2025 World Championships schedule
- July 10: vs. China, 9:10 p.m. PT
- July 13: vs. Netherlands 5:45 a.m. PT
- July 14: vs. Argentina 6 p.m. PT
- July 17: Crossover Round
- July 19: Quarterfinal Round
- July 21: Semifinal Round
- July 23: Final Round