Water Polo

Water Polo Coaching Carousel Sends Ikaika Aki to Hawaii, Dustin Litvak to Loyola Marymount The water polo coaching carousel kicked off last week has added two new changes this week. After James Robinson-O’Brien stepped down from Hawaii to take the women’s head coaching job at UCLA, Hawaii hired Ikai...

USA Water Polo Announces Rosters for Inaugural 4x4 Open Championships USA Water Polo has announced the athletes selected for competition at the inaugural 2026 World Aquatics Water Polo 4x4 Open Championships next week in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The world's newest water polo format takes center stage fro...

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Stanford Hires Three-Time NCAA Champ Dani Jackovich as Water Polo Assistant Stanford this week announced the hiring of Dani Jackovich as an assistant coach for the women’s water polo program. Jackovich competed for the Cardinal from 2014-17, winning three NCAA titles. She is transitioning into coach...

UCLA Hires James Robinson-O’Brien as Women’s Water Polo Head Coach UCLA on Tuesday announced the hiring of James Robinson-O’Brien as the head coach of its women’s water polo team. Monday, UCLA had publicized two additions to the men’s water polo coaching staff. That is the staff of head coach Adam W...

Saint Mary’s Water Polo Era Begins August 28 at Triton Invitational; Gaels Set for Historic Inaugural 2026 Season Saint Mary’s College is days away from making water polo history. After months of recruiting, roster building and preparation under head coach James Lathrop, the Gaels have officially en...

Indiana Returning to Collegiate Water Polo Association Indiana University and the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) have announced that IU will return to the conference for the 2028 season. Indiana's women's water polo program has been competing in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF...

Adam Wright Officially Resigns as Head Coach of UCLA Women's Water Polo Seven months after stepping away from his day-to-day role as head coach of the UCLA women's water polo, Adam Wright has officially resigned from the position. UCLA Athletics announced Wright's decision in a press release that wa...

USA Water Polo Falls to Italy; Drew Holland Honored with Retirement Celebration The USA men's water polo team lost to Italy Sunday, 14-10, at Avery Aquatic Center on the campus of Stanford University. Chase Dodd and Ryan Ohl scored three goals each while goalkeepers Bernardo Herzer and Adrian Weinbe...

The Silver Anniversary of UCLA Claiming First NCAA Women's Water Polo Crown By Alex Ellison There was an overwhelming level of excitement at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center on May 13, 2001. Stanford and UCLA were tied 4-4 with just 1:28 left on the clock when UCLA's Coralie Simmons broke free to go ...

North Florida Dives into High School Water Polo By Alex Ellison The first high school water polo league in Tallahassee, Florida, began with a simple realization. College students at Florida State University understood that if the sport was going to survive and grow in North Florida, somebody had to ...

[caption id="attachment_644698" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Ausmus & Dodd Win Cutino Award[/caption] 2026 Cutino Awards: First Timer Emily Ausmus, Two-Time Winner Ryder Dodd College water polo’s biggest individual honors went to sophomore USC standout Emily Ausmus and for the second year in a r...

2026 Cutino Awards Preview College water polo’s biggest individual honors will be awarded tonight, where the 2026 Peter J. Cutino Awards will be presented at The Olympic Club. The annual ceremony honors the top men’s and women’s NCAA Division I water polo players and brings together many of the spor...

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) has completed the 2025-26 academic year with six national championships, a new single-year all-time record for the 34-year-old conference. The MPSF had previously turned in a high of five national championships during the 2007-08, 2008-09, 2015-16, and 2...

USA Water Polo Announces Men's Seven-Match Summer Series USA Water Polo on Thursday announced a set of seven matches in California this season that serve to honor retiring Olympians. The U.S. will play one match with China, then three-match series vs. Montenegro and Italy. All matches are available ...

Americans Alex Bowen, Drew Holland Retire from International Water Polo American Olympic water polo players Alex Bowen and Drew Holland announced their international retirements on Tuesday. Both Stanford grads, they were part of the Paris Olympic team that won a bronze medal for the U.S. men’s first...

Michigan Hires Chris Vidale as Women’s Water Polo Head Coach The University of Michigan on Thursday announced the hiring of Chris Vidale to take over as head coach of the women’s water polo program. Vidale fills a role that has been open since early March when Cassie Churnside resigned. Sami Tai, wh...

From Injury and Heartbreak to NCAA Champ: Meghan McAninch’s USC Comeback Honk! The final horn sounded. California’s last push had come up short. USC players were already sprinting toward each other in the water at UC San Diego. The 2026 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship belonged to The Women of.....

Emily Ausmus, Stanford Duo Named Cutino Award Finalists USC’s Emily Ausmus and the Stanford duo of Juliette Dhalluin and Jenna Flynn were named finalists for the Peter J. Cutino Award on Wednesday. The award for the best college water polo player, both men’s and women’s, has been presented annually ...

World Aquatics Finalizes Qualification System for LA28 Olympics The International Olympic Committee and World Aquatics on Thursday published the final qualification system for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. The qualification scheme is available here. Like qualification for other aquatics sport, i...