#1 Stanford, #5 Pacific Advance to NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship Match
#1 Stanford defeated #2 USC 15-14 on a golden goal to claim its spot in Sunday’s championship match, while #5 Pacific edged #4 Pepperdine 17-13.
Fordham’s O’Mara Grabs Season Saves Record to Top WP Week 11 Conference Honors
Fordham goalie Bailey O’Mara snapped the Rams’ season record for saves and earned Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference defensive player of the week honors.
Stanford’s Ben Hallock Repeats as MPSF Player of the Year
Stanford’s Ben Hallock is the fourth player in MPSF history to repeat as Player of the Year. Cal’s Nikolaos Papanikolaou was honored as Newcomer of the Year.
#6 Pepperdine, RV Santa Clara Score WP Week 11 Upsets
Collegiate men’s water polo regular season play wrapped up with 19 matches, including two Top 20 upsets and two overtime affairs.
LMU’s Mitrovic Buries 8 Goals to Pace WP Week 11 Scoring Efforts
The top scoring effort of the week came in an overtime affair between #8 Long Beach State and #13 Loyola Marymount that featured 41 combined goals.
Sullivan, Fodor, Hallock Set Records to Lead Week 10 WP Conference Honorees
Record-setting performances by Oliver Fodor, Emerson Sullivan and Ben Hallock highlighted the Week 10 collegiate water polo conference award winners.
USC, Stanford Tie for the #1 Spot in CWPA Water Polo Top 20 Poll
USC, which occupied the #1 spot in the first two CWPA Top 20 polls in 2019, has found its way back to the top, but the Trojans share the slot with Stanford.
Fodor’s 14 Scores, Sullivan’s 12 Lead Standout Week 10 WP Scoring Efforts
Oliver Fodor put in a school record 14 goals for Wagner in a 23-22 loss to Johns Hopkins, while the Bluejays were led by Emerson Sullivan’s record 12 scores.
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.
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.
#2 Beats #1 to Shake Up NCAA Men’s Water Polo (Week 3)
#2 UC Santa Barbara knocked off newly-minted #1 USC and registered an overtime win over #6 Pepperdine on Week 3 of collegiate men’s water polo play.
USC Takes Top Spot in Preseason Men’s Water Polo Coaches Poll
USC was picked to repeat as the NCAA men’s water polo champion, receiving 98 points in the preseason Top 20 coaches poll. just ahead of UCLA and Stanford.
USA Men Win WP Gold, Lead in Scoring Efficiency, Saves at Pan American Games
The United States won its seventh straight Pan American Games water polo gold, defeating Canada for the title and securing a spot in the 2020 Olympics.