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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...

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 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 After marching unopposed this season to 17 wins, on Saturday in Palo Alto USC ran into a determined Stanford squad, which claimed a 13-11 decision over the nation's top-ranked squad. The host Cardinal, which at one point enjoyed a five-goal advantage b...

The new varsity women’s water polo season is starting to take shape, and the defending NCAA champions, University of Southern California (8-0), are off to a fast start, outscoring opponents 140 to 19. Leading the way for the top-ranked Trojans has been native Hollander Maude Megens (18 goals), who a...

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...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor IRVINE, CA - As the sun rises on what promises to be a beautiful day for water polo at the UC Irvine Crawford Pool, the stage is set for a handful of key match-ups on the final day of the 2018 Barbara Kalbus Invitational. After handily beating Pacific ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Day Two at the Mountain Pacific Invitational saw host Stanford affirm its position as the nation’s top team. Behind freshman Jackson Seybold’s goal with one second remaining, the Cardinal ended UCLA’s 20-match win streak over two seasons—which includes...

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.....

LOS ANGELES, CA. In the aftermath of a scandal such as the one that has upended the water polo community at USC, attempts at restoring normalcy start with the strong familial bonds at the core of any successful program—and for the past two decades, Southern Cal has been among the best in that regard...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor USC blitzed Stanford for five goals in the first period, then had to hang on for dear life as a desperate Cardinal rally fell short, making the Trojans 14-12 victors in the 2018 Men’s Water Polo Tournament final at Avery Aquatic Center. “There are goin...

With major tournaments being played almost every weekend, February is the busiest month in the NCAA varsity women’s water polo season. There are noteworthy match-ups all over the country, as teams look to sharpen skills for their respective conference seasons, which typically begin play in March. In...

Editor’s Note: Jovan Vavic, former USC head men’s and women’s water polo coach, will be arraigned today in federal court in Boston, MA on criminal racketeering charges, in connection with the massive Varsity Blues scandal that has rocked America’s higher education system. Vavic remains the biggest c...

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...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor PRINCETON, NJ. All season long, Barry King, head coach for George Washington’s men’s water polo team, has preached to his players the importance of “Plus One:” not just qualifying for, but winning an NCAA first round match. After advancing to the progr...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor The 2018 NCAA men’s season begins next month, with reigning NCAA champion UCLA opening play on September 1 with a match against Fresno Pacific at Spieker Aquatic Center. Starting next week, Swimming World will preview the six conferences that will send...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Earlier today The Olympic Club in San Francisco announced three finalists for this year's Peter J. Cutino award. As is often the case with an honor of this magnitude—selecting the year's top male collegiate water polo player—intrigue swirls around who ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor Beating its toughest rivals—#1 Cal and #2 USC—this weekend in Los Angeles at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center allowed the UCLA men’s water polo team to rise all the way to the top of the national polls. The Bruins, who on Sunday captured their second strai...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor As the water polo community looks forward to a new year, Swimming World takes a look back at the top five events in men’s water polo for 2018. The only major championship this season was the 33rd LEN European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona, wo...