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[caption id="attachment_628668" align="alignright" width="450"] UCLA win Back to Back NCAA Water Polo Champions[/caption] UCLA Stuns USC at the Buzzer to Win 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship, 11–10 By Swimming World Staff STANFORD, Calif. – Same venue, same rivalry, new layer of history. Down...

By Swimming World Staff UCLA’s Repeat Bid, USC’s Spoiler Role and a Loaded Final Four The 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship at Stanford has turned into a dream bracket for fans. Defending champion UCLA is two wins away from going back-to-back. USC looks perfectly positioned to play spoiler. Ho...

ESPN airing NCAA Water Polo Championship 3pm PST Stanford, Calif. – Same pool, same rivals, same trophy on the line – but with just enough change on both benches to make the 2025 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Championship feel wide open. On Sunday afternoon at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center, UCLA and USC ...

UCLA Women Win Nine Out of 10 Swimming Events in Win Over Nevada Following a loss to crosstown rival USC Friday, the UCLA Bruins bounced back with a dual meet win over Nevada Saturday by a final score of 163-80. The Bruins' Claudia Yovanovich, Sarah Bennetts, Fay Lustria and Jada Duncan topped the 2...

USC Wins Crosstown Showdown Behind Justina Kozan's Double Victories The USC women's swimming and diving team defeated UCLA 174-126 in the Crosstown Showdown on Friday, Jan. 30. Justina Kozan won the 200-yard butterfly to lead the Trojans with a swim of 1:55.92. She also won the 200 IM in 1:54.32, ho...

Australian Olympic hopeful Nioka Thomas plans to embark on a grand adventure in the United States. Starting next fall, the 12th year high school water polo player from Meriden School will join the women’s polo program at the University of California Irvine. A member of the Aussie Stingers’ junior na...

Last night, after a four month delay due to COVID-19, USA Water Polo feted its 2020 Hall of Fame class of honorees. It was worth the wait as new inductees Gavin Arroyo, Kelly Rulon, Gary Robinett, Elsie Windes and Bruce Wigo, along with previous Hall of Fame honorees, were recognized in an online ce...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 5. STANFORD University remained on top of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Poll for both men and women. In the biggest moves since the first poll, the Arizona State's men's team leaped from 13th to fifth place after defeating the Unive...

Ryann Neushul and Ryder Dodd Win 2025 Peter J. Cutino Awards for NCAA Water Polo Excellence On a warm June evening in the heart of San Francisco, The Olympic Club once again played host to the 26th Annual Peter J. Cutino Awards, honoring the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players....

By Phillip Whitten EAST MEADOW, N.Y., March 15. SIX teams are very much in the hunt for a national title after the first day of competition at the Women's Division I NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, being held at the Nassau Aquatic Center on Long Island, New York. The surprise leader afte...

AUBURN, Ala. The Auburn women's swimming program looks to be adding exceptional talent to its already strong arsenal as the Tigers sign six during the Fall signing period for the 2002-03 season. "I am thrilled about the talent and the attitude our six newest Auburn Tigers bring to the pool," ass...

USA Beats Australia 13–12 at the Buzzer to Open Water Polo Exhibition Series Team USA opened its June men’s water polo exhibition series with a dramatic 13–12 victory over Australia, sealed by a buzzer-beating goal at Mt. San Antonio College. In front of a spirited California crowd, the match feat.....

This commentary by Steven V. Selthoffer, was originally published over 2 years ago. Swimming World thought it was worth republishing in light of Michael Phelps and Anthony Ervin making the 2016 USA Swimming Olympic Team ------- Michael Phelps stepped up on the blocks with a smile on his face during ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA., Feb. 28. DEFENDING men's Eastern League champ Harvard leads after the first day of this season's championship meet at the Crimson's Blodgett Pool. Coach Tim Murphy's Harvard squad racked up 461 points to 421 for second-place Princeton, coached by former USC All-Americ...

Editor's Note: Swimming World was stationed pool-side for the entire week of men's and women's water polo competition at the 2019 Pan American Games. For Team USA and Canadian water polo watchers, the 2019 Pan American Games was an eye-opener regarding how the rest of the hemisphere plays polo. At f...

By Bill Bell BERKELEY, CA, Jan. 26. THE No. 6 ranked California women's swim team (5-2, 2-1 in Pac-10) defeated No. 8 ranked USC (3-2), 153-143, in a dual meet Friday afternoon at the Spieker Aquatics Complex. The Bears were led by freshman Natalie Coughlin, who won three individual events, capt...

By Dan.D'Addona. The first week of the new year is a chance to get back to racing. Many college swimming & diving teams have several weeks, even a month, without lining up on the blocks against an opponent. Some teams have training trips that conclude with meets in warm climates. The Pac-12 saw seve...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. POWERFUL Stanford, top-ranked and 7-0 overall in dual meets for the season, splashed past Pac-10 foe USC this afternoon, 167-133, to give the Cardinal a sweep of its two LA-area foes. Yesterday Stanford handily defeated UCLA in Westwood. The Cardinal, 4-0 in Pac-10 meets, will n...

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. POOR Teri McKeever. The Cal women's coach just DOESN'T know quite what to do with her supersoph Natalie Coughlin. The second-year Berkeley standout, NCAA Swimmer of the Year last season and World 100 meter back champ last summer in Fukuoka, Coughlin swam the fastest 200 ...

The Big Ten announced is conference top performers of the week for swimming and diving. Here is a look at the honorees: Big Ten Women's Swimmer of the Week   Rosie Murphy, UCLA Sr. – Sacramento, Calif.   Set a school record in the 200 backstroke in UCLA’s dual meet at No. 18 Arizona State Touched th...