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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 ...

The USMS Coaches Committee announced three coaches who have been named for the Munich Coaching Program at this summer's World Masters Swimming Championships to be held in Munich Germany July 27-Aug 5, 2000. The head coach is Michael Collins, who coaches the UCLA Bruin Masters. Well know in Maste...

By Jim Lutz WHILE cleaning out a closest in my "new" digs recently I came across numerous copies of SWIMMING WORLD. Some issues dated back to the late 1960’s when digital stopwatches were nothing more than a vision and a dream. Names like Rothhammer and Schollander graced the pages and in some cases...

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...

IRVINE, CA., May 28. AGELESS Chad Carvin just keeps swimming -- and winning. The 27-year-old University of Arizona graduate, who's had more ups and downs in his career than Jack Nicholson at a Laker game, was up Up UP this weekend during the Speedo Grand Challenge Meet in Irvine's Heritage (...

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...

Water polo player Adam Wright is among nine inductees to the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020, announced Wednesday night. Wright is one of six Olympic medalists in the class, having earned a silver with the U.S. team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He remains at the school as the head coach ...

UCLA Rallies to Tie Arizona State in Women’s Dual Meet UCLA bookended Friday’s meet in Tempe with a pair of narrow relay wins as the Bruins and Arizona State tied in a dual meet, 150-all. UCLA started the meet by claiming the 400 medley relay in 3:33.18. The quartet of Rosie Murphy, Sarah Bennetts, ...

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 ...

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...

The rivalry between the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins has been typically one-sided in pool, where the ladies of Troy had previously won ten straight in the series. But in a Friday afternoon matchup at UCLA, the two teams tied at 150. According to USC sports information, the tie is the first-ever betwe...

The U.S. Pan American Women's Water Polo Team opened up the competition at the Atos Markham Pan Am Centre in strong fashion with a 25-3 victory over Mexico earlier today. Ashley Grossman (Santa Monica, CA/Stanford/LA Water Polo) and Maggie Steffens (Danville, CA/Stanford/Diablo) each scored four goa...

CAMBRIDGE, MA. Last weekend saw a bittersweet ending to an impressive water polo career at one of the East’s top programs. Two minutes into sudden death overtime — in his final game wearing his school’s colors — Armen Deirmenjian hit the winning shot to give Brown a 19-18 win over St. Francis Brookl...

UCLA and USC Sit Atop Preseason Men's Water Polo Rankings UCLA and USC, which met for last year's NCAA championship, sit atop the Collegiate Water Polo Association preseason rankings. UCLA occupies the top spot and tallied 100 points in voting, with Southern Cal following in the No. 2 spot with 95 p...

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....

The Cal women's swimming and diving team defeated UCLA in a former Pac-12 showdown and current ACC vs. Big Ten dual meet. The Golden Bears won the meet 179-120 on Saturday, Jan. 17. Cal started the meet with a win the 200 medley relay. Mary-Ambre Moluh, Silje Slyngstadil, Annie Jia and Sydney Grisca...

ANNAPOLIS, MD. By some thinking it was a meaningless early-season match between two teams that had struggled mightily in 2018—and may do so again this season. With just three wins between them a year ago—and a combined 38 losses—Austin College and La Salle would not typically be compelling combatant...

NCAA Championship editorial coverage is proudly sponsored by Competitor Swim. Visit CompetitorSwim.com for more information on our sponsor. For all the latest coverage, check out our event coverage page. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 21. THE Stanford Cardinal is having one of the top team sessions i...