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Hall of Fame Player Merrill Moses Promoted to Pepperdine Water Polo Head Coach Merrill Moses, a Hall of Fame player and the associate head coach of Pepperdine men’s water polo program, has been promoted to the top job. Moses will replace his mentor, Terry Schroeder, who will transition to an associa...

World Championships: Hungary Wins Semis Thriller over Serbia; Spain Takes Shootout The semifinals of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships men’s water polo tournament didn’t disappoint, with Spain surviving a shootout to beat Greece, 11-9 and Hungary outlasting Serbia, 19-18, in regulation. Hungary ...

World Championships: Italy Tops Serbia in Shootout on Second Day of Men’s Water Polo Italy capped a long day at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships with a penalty shootout win over Serbia, 17-16, on Monday in Singapore. The day opened with the United States stopping Brazil, 16-7, and included a 13...

Saint Mary’s Names James Lathrop as Men’s Water Polo Coach Saint Mary’s has rounded out its inaugural head coaching staff, announcing the hiring of James Lathrop as men’s water polo coach Monday. The Division I school in California will launch men’s and women’s water polo teams and men’s and women’s...

World Championships: Alvaro Granados Gives Spain ‘Movie’ Ending with Gold Alvaro Granados played the hero for Spain on Thursday, with two of the team’s six fourth-quarter goals in a 15-13 win over Hungary at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Greece routed Serbia, 16-7, for the bron...

World Championships: Four Euro Teams Prevail to Set Up Olympic Semifinal Rematches Four European teams prevailed in the men’s water polo crossover round of the 2025 World Championships, setting up replays of both Paris Olympic semifinals in the Worlds quarters on Sunday. Serbia beat Japan, 21-14, to...

Passages: Long-Time Mercyhurst Water Polo Coach Curtis Robinette, 41 Mercyhurst water polo head coach Curtis Robinette passed away Saturday following a battle with cancer. He was just 41. Robinette was set to enter his 20th season at the helm of the Lakers’ men’s and women’s water polo programs. He’...

Stanford Opening Second Probe into Water Polo Retaliation Stanford University recently cleared men's water polo coach Brian Flacks of allegations of abusive behavior but is now probing reports of retaliation against his accusers, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle. Flacks was inves...

Spain Captain Felipe Perrone Ends Legendary Career with Storybook Title Felipe Perrone described it like a movie ending, one that maybe even Hollywood would’ve thought a little too on the nose Thursday. Perrone’s last acts as an international water polo player unspooled at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in...

Italy Men’s Water Polo Team Handed Six-Month Suspension for Abuse of Officials The Italian men’s water polo team was handed a six-month suspension on Thursday for abuse of officials, which will rule them out of the 2025 World Cup. Italy, which won a silver medal at the 2023 World Cup and silver at t...

Passages: Arthur Lambert, U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame Coach, 86 Arthur Lambert, the Hall of Fame coach of the 1968 U.S. Olympic team, died on Aug. 26. Lambert was 86 years old. He died from complications of Parkinson’s disease. On the international stage, he led Team USA to gold at the 1967 Pan Am ...

Hungary’s Shootout Win over Serbia Headlines Euro Water Polo Men’s Quarterfinals Hungary defeated Serbia in the shootout Friday in the first and most scintillating of the quarterfinals at the Euro Water Polo men’s championships in Croatia. With its 15-14 win, Hungary will take on the host in the fir...

Pepperdine Water Polo Coach Terry Schroeder Earns 500th Career Win Pepperdine men’s water polo coach Terry Schroeder earned his 500th career win at the helm of the program against Bucknell on Saturday. Schroeder is 502-343 all-time leading the Waves. He has been in Malibu for two stints totaling 31 ...

Montenegro claimed the victory tonight (Saturday June 23) in Budapest (HUN), where the FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final 2018 was taking place since Monday June 18. The Balkan team stunned the hosts 13-11 after a penalty shootout in a thrilling final at the brand new state-of-the-art Du...

The European water polo teams met last night on Tuesday March 20 for their fifth round game of the FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2018. Playing at home in Podgorica, Montenegro beat Serbia 11-8, leading right from the start of the game but letting the Serbians come back in the last two quarters ...

Head coach Alyssa Diacono Thursday announced the inaugural men's and women's rosters for Mount St. Mary’s water polo teams. The university announced in January that it would add water polo to its athletic offerings. The inaugural rosters include 11 men and nine women, with 12 of the players being fr...

Try Water Polo for Free – August 22–24, 2025 USA Water Polo invites athletes of all ages to dive into the sport with free one-day clinics happening nationwide from August 22 to 24, 2025. Whether you’re brand new to water polo or just looking for a fun team sport, this is your chance to get started—w...

Three-Time U.S. Men’s Water Polo Olympian Alex Obert Retires Alex Obert, a three-time Olympian and member of the U.S. men’s bronze medal squad from Paris, announced his retirement Thursday. Obert won three gold medals at the Pan American Games. He reached two Super Finals, taking silver medals for t...

The team of Hungary won the gold medal of the 2018 FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup, after beating Australia by 10-4 in the final match of the tournament, held in Berlin (GER), from September 11-16. The bronze medal of the competition went to Serbia, who comfortably defeated the host squad by 15-9. I...

Huntington Beach, CA - April 17 - The 2018 National League Championship takes place this weekend at the Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley, California. Team rosters have been announced for the competition that will see eight games on Saturday and four more games on Sunday including the title match...