UCLA Water Polo - (Tag)

EDITOR’S NOTE: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s water polo tournament will celebrate its golden anniversary this weekend, with the national championship being held at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center. Looking back at the history of the country’s most prestigious polo tourname...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Editor’s Note: Last weekend, Swimming World spoke twice with Adam Wright, head coach for the men’s and women’s water polo teams at UCLA: the Friday before a 2017 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament semifinal match against Pacific—an 11-9 win for the Bruin...

Editor’s Note: The 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament is happening this week—and Swimming World has you covered! Keep up with all the action online or look for #SwimmingWorld on Twitter and other social media platforms. STANFORD, CA. A full day of action under ideal conditions in Stanford’s Ave...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s water polo tournament will celebrate its golden anniversary this weekend, with the national championship being held at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center. Looking back at the history of the country’s most prestigious polo tourname...

The quarterfinals for the 2018 NCAA Men’ Water Polo Tournament took place in overcast, rainy conditions at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center—but the results were nothing but sunshine for UC San Diego and UCLA. Both teams gained decisive victories to advance to Saturday’s semifinal match-ups as part of...

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 ...

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....

USA Water Polo National League: Mission (UCLA) Wins 2025 Championship The 2025 USA Water Polo Men’s National League Championships wrapped up with a dramatic day of finals action at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. UCLA captured the National League crown in thrilling fashion over The O....

NCAA Women’s Water Polo 2025: Full Conference Championship Recap and NCAA Tournament Outlook The road to Indianapolis is now officially set after an action-packed Sunday across NCAA Women’s Water Polo. Conference champions punched their tickets, top players delivered heroic performances, and NCAA To...

The UCLA women's water polo team completed a perfect season and claimed the NCAA Championship on Sunday at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The top-ranked Bruins defeated No. 3 Cal 7-4 in the finals to finish the season 26-0 and earn its eighth NCAA title in program history, the first under coach Adam Wrig...

NCAA Water Polo’s Best Honored June 7 at The Olympic Club The 26th Annual Peter J. Cutino Awards—college water polo’s highest individual honor will be presented on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. Named for legendary coach Peter J. Cutino, the award recognizes the top ma...

Stanford, UCLA Advance to NCAA Men's Water Polo Semifinals Top-seeded UCLA demonstrated its offensive depth with a commanding 20-3 victory against Salem University in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championships. Freshman attacker Ryder Dodd and graduate student Makoto Kenney spearheaded the Bru...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor With the selection last night of three at-large teams, the field is now set for the 2018 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament. Defending champion Stanford, Cal and UCLA were selected to join fellow Pac12 member USC, which on Sunday won the Mountain Pacif...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor LOS ANGELES — In a compelling contest that saw the home team go up by three goals early then fall into a sizable deficit late, host USC got standout performances from senior Grant Stein and freshman Marko Vavic to defeat defending champion Cal 12-11 in...

Swimming World’s Michael Randazzo will provide previews of the conferences that will send teams to the 2017 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament to be held December 2 and 3 at USC’s Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Teams arranged by projected order of finish. Records are from the 2016-17 season. Rankings are f...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BROOKLYN—Because the whole of metro LA seems to be sustained by the motion picture industry, I wasn’t surprised that the cab I caught after the 2017 NCAA water polo title match was driven by an actor. Joe Spellman is a Hofstra University grad who got i...

Following a long illness, Bob Horn, men’s swim and water polo coach for UCLA, and Olympic water polo athlete and coach for the U.S., has passed away at the age of 87. [caption id="attachment_339845" align="alignleft" width="275"] Bob Horn at Fullerton. Photo Courtesy: UCLA Athletics[/caption] Born i...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor It was—in many ways—an impossible dream: a talented and determined young water polo player from the middle of the country going west to play water polo at UCLA, one of the country’s most accomplished programs. But Matt Farmer of La Grange, Illinois, wa...

STANFORD, CA. Last weekend saw brilliant action at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament. For the first time in the almost two-decade history of the women’s national championship, both semifinals went to overtime, with USC overcoming Cal 10-8 and Stanford surviving a scare from UCLA to prevail...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Yesterday, The Olympic Club of San Francisco announced the 2017-2018 Cutino Award finalists. The female finalists are: Makenzie Fischer of Stanford; Paige Hauschild and Amanda Longan from USC. The male finalists, who were previously announced last Dece...