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NCAA/College Water Polo

Former UCSB Gaucho Aaron Chaney Inducted into USA Water Polo Hall of Fame

Chaney becomes the eighth Hall of Famer associated with UC Santa Barbara Men’s Water Polo, and the fourth member of the 1979 National Championship team.

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Peter J. Cutino Awards: A Family Matter and a Repeat

Stanford’s Aria Fischer and Cal’s Nikolaos Papanikolaou have been named the 2023 Peter J. Cutino Award winners, which go to the best water polo player in D1.

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Collegiate Water Polo Announces 2023 Women’s Division I All-America Teams

Aria Fischer of 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Champion Stanford University leads the team as the ACWPC Division I Player of the Year.

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USC’s Tilly Kearns Repeats As Finalist For Peter J. Cutino Award

The redshirt junior is in line for collegiate water polo’s highest honor for the second straight year.

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Penn State Behrend Water Polo Head Coach Joe Tristan Steps Down

Tristan will retire after 20 years at the helm, having become the program’s second water polo coach and assistant men’s and women’s swimming coach in 2003.

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Stanford Edges USC to Secure Back-to-Back NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championships

No. 1 Stanford executed when it mattered most on Sunday night, holding off No. 2 USC (28-3, 6-0 MPSF) in the final two minutes.

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Stanford Set for Rematch with USC in NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship Final

Stanford and USC have met in the NCAA final seven times, with the Trojans holding a 4-3 edge in one of college sports’ most intense rivalries.

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Princeton Pulls Huge Upset, Stanford Wins 23-0 to Advance to NCAA Water Polo Semis

The Princeton Tigers are the talk of the town in Stockton this week after advancing to their first-ever national semifinal in women’s water polo.

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USC’s Jake Ehrhardt Earns First Selection As Cutino Award Finalist

In his fifth season of work with the Trojans, Jake Ehrhardt hauled in a fifth set of All-America honors with spot on the 2022 All-America First Team.

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Cal’s Nikolaos Papanikolaou Named Cutino Award Finalist For Third Time

The two-time ACWPC Player of the Year and back-to-back national champion took home the sport’s most prestigious collegiate honor last year

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Stanford Overtakes USC For Top Spot In CWPA Women’s Varsity Week 16 Polls

The Cardinal return to the #1 ranking in the Week 16 polls after beating the Trojans for the MPSF title last weekend.

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Harvard’s Brooke Hourigan Named Collegiate Water Polo Division I Player of the Week

Hourigan contributed seven goals, three assists and six steals over the span of three games to lead the Crimson to a runner-up finish at the 2023 CWPA Champs.

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Nine Teams Selected To Vie For 2023 Women’s NCAA Water Polo Championship

In addition to the conference winners, USC, UCLA and Cal have earned at-large bids and will vie for the NCAA women’s water polo title May 10-14.

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Stanford Women Down USC To Earn Second Straight MPSF Title, Qualify For NCAAs

The Cardinal earned victory behind a standout offensive effort from redshirt senior Aria Fischer, who picked up four goals and added three assists in the win.

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Concordia University Irvine Named Justin Johnson New Men’s Water Polo Coach

Johnson is a UCLA graduate and former Bruins student-athlete in the pool who also served as a water polo graduate assistant at CUI about a decade ago.

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