Harvard, Penn State Behrend Invites, 3 Top 10 Matches Lead WP Week 7 Slate
Eighteen matches between ranked teams, including three Top 10 affairs, are on tap for Week 7 beginning Thursday with RV Santa Clara vs. #11 Loyola Marymount.
Haygood’s 13-Goal Week 6 Effort Paces WP Conference Honorees
With 140 efforts of a hat trick or more and several stellar performance between the pipes, these players stood out as conference award winners.
Top 5 Stands Pat in CWPA Top 20, St. Francis Brooklyn Falls 4 Spots
The Top 5 remained in tact after Week 6 of collegiate men’s water polo play, while several small shifts also highlighted the Oct. 16 Top 20 poll.
Joksimovic, Wickman Notch 8-Baggers to Lead Week 6 Scorers
Although there were just 49 matches on Week 6, there were 51 occurrences of four or more goals, plus another 89 hat tricks.
#7 Pepperdine Edges #6 Cal in OT to Lead Six Week 6 WP Upsets
The lone Top 10 upset saw #7 Pepperdine edge out #6 Cal 13-12 in overtime on the road Saturday. It marked the Waves first win of the Bears since 2008.
Three Top 10 Rematches on Tap for Water Polo Week 6
#5 UC Santa Barbara, #7 Pepperdine and #5 USC are looking to avenge earlier season losses to #2 UCLA, #6 Cal and #3 Pacific respectively on water polo Week 6.
Concordia’s Jakimcikas, Zsiros Set School Scoring Records to Headline WP Week 5
Concordia Irvine’s Marius Jakimcikas put in nine goals in the Eagles’ 22-15 win over La Verne, setting the school season record for goals with 56.
Stanford Maintains #1 Ranking, Fordham Returns to the Top 20 in WP Week 6 Poll
Stanford held down the #1 spot for the second straight week after besting #3 Pacific 11-8, while Fordham moved up to #17 with an upset win over Cal Baptist.
Parity, Upsets, Records Mark First 5 Weeks of College Water Polo
Three #1 teams, each suffering a loss while owning the top spot, 35 upsets, and 15 overtime affairs have highlighted the first 5 weeks of college water polo.
MIT Goes to Overtime Twice, Cal Baptist Falls Twice Via Upset on WP Week 5
Week 5 of collegiate men’s water polo brought four upsets and five overtime contests. #16 Cal Baptist fell twice, while MIT was part of two overtime affairs.
Four Top 10 Matchups, Gary Troyer Invitational Highlight Week 5 WP Slate
Four Top 10 affairs and the 39-match Gary Troyer Invitational in LaVerne and Claremont, California, highlight the Week 5 collegiate men’s water polo schedule.
Banks’ School Record-Tying 10 Goals Paces Water Polo Week 4 Efforts
Finn Banks tied the Johns Hopkins program record for goals in a game, dropping in 10 in a win over LaSalle on Sunday, the highest tally of Week 4.
Preseason Polls Aim to Predict Men’s Water Polo Conference Races
With conference play on the horizon in men’s collegiate water polo, SwimSwam looks at the projected standings from each league’s preseason coaches poll.
Stanford Regains #1 Spot in Men’s Water Polo, Whittier Makes Top 20 Debut
Stanford regained the #1 spot in the collegiate water polo Top 20 with three Top 10 wins. Whittier College earned its first ranking of 2019 at #20.
#3 Stanford Wins So Cal Invite, #1 UC Santa Barbara Falls Twice on WP Week 4
Week 4 of collegiate men’s water polo saw 12 upsets and two overtime affairs. #1 UC Santa Barbara lost twice, while #3 Stanford won the So Cal Invite title.