U.S. Men, Women Name Water Polo Rosters for Doha World Championships
The U.S. named their rosters for the men’s and women’s water polo tournaments at the Doha World Championships, which start this week.
Both teams named 15-person rosters, of which 13 players will be active for each match day. The U.S. women open up the tournament on Sunday, Feb. 4, with a match against reigning World and European champion Netherlands. The men open a day later against Montenegro.
Almost the entire roster from last summer’s fifth-place finish at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, is retained on the women’s side, with 14 holdovers. Only Denise Mammolito has been added to a group that includes six members of the Tokyo Olympic gold medal side – Ashleigh Johnson, Maddie Musselman, Rachel Fattal, Maggie Steffens, Amanda Longan and Kaleigh Gilchrist.
The U.S. men bring back 10 players from the last Olympic roster, the Americans having finished sixth in Tokyo.
The U.S. men are drawn into Group C with Montenegro, Japan and Serbia. The quarterfinals are Feb. 13 with the final medal placements Feb. 17.
The American women are drawn with Netherlands, Brazil and Kazakhstan. The final round on the women’s side is Feb. 16. All matches are available to stream on Peacock.
Both teams have already clinched their spots at the Paris Olympics this summer as champions of the Pan Am games.
U.S. Women’s Water Polo Roster
- Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL/Princeton/NYAC)
- Maddie Musselman (Newport Beach, CA/UCLA/NYAC)
- Tara Prentice (Temecula, CA/UC Irvine/Sant Andreu)
- Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach, CA/UCLA/NYAC)
- Maggie Steffens (Danville, CA/Stanford/Sabadell/NYAC)
- Emily Ausmus (Riverside, CA/ML King HS/SOCAL)
- Ryann Neushul (Goleta, CA/Stanford/NYAC)
- Kaleigh Gilchrist (Newport Beach, CA/USC/NYAC)
- Bayley Weber (Los Alamitos, CA/USC/NYAC)
- Jordan Raney (Manhattan Beach, CA/Stanford/NYAC)
- Amanda Longan (Moorpark, CA/USC/NYAC)
- Jovana Sekulic (Belgrade, Serbia/Princeton/Maverick-WCAC)
- Jenna Flynn (San Jose, CA/Stanford/San Jose/Almaden Water Polo)
- Jewel Roemer (Martinez, CA/Stanford/680 Water Polo)
- Denise Mammolito (Rancho Cucamonga, CA/USC/CHAWP)
- Head coach: Adam Krikorian
- Assistant coaches: Molly Cahill, Chris Oeding
- Video coach: Andrew Silva
- Team manager: Ally Beck
- Sports medicine manager: Larnie Boquiren
U.S. Women’s Water Polo Schedule
- Feb. 4: vs Netherlands, 11 a.m. ET
- Feb. 6: vs Brazil, 12:30 p.m. ET
- Feb. 8: vs Kazakhstan, 9:30 a.m. ET
- Feb. 10: Crossover Round, TBD
- Feb. 12: Quarterfinal Round, TBD
- Feb. 14: Semifinal Round, TBD
- Feb. 16: Final Round, TBD
U.S. Men’s Water Polo Roster
- Adrian Weinberg (Los Angeles, CA/California/Pride)
- Johnny Hooper (Los Angeles, CA/California/Olympic Club/Telimar)
- Tyler Abramson (Orinda, CA/Stanford/Olympic Club/Spandau 04)
- Hannes Daube (Long Beach, CA/USC/Jug Dubrovnik)
- Luca Cupido (Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy/California/Olympic Club/CC Ortigia)
- Ben Hallock (Westlake Village, CA/Stanford/Pro Recco)
- Dylan Woodhead (San Anselmo, CA/Stanford/SHAQ/Vouliagmeni)
- Alex Bowen (Santee, CA/Stanford/NYAC/Noisy-le-Sec)
- Chase Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/Vanguard)
- Ryder Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/Mission WPC)
- Max Irving (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/NYAC/Brescia)
- Drew Holland (Orinda, CA/Stanford/Olympic Club/Peristeri)
- Marko Vavic (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/USC/NYAC/Savona)
- Quinn Woodhead (San Anselmo, CA/Stanford/The Olympic Club/Telimar)
- Alex Obert (Loomis, CA/Pacific/NYAC)
- Head coach: Dejan Udovicic
- Assistant coaches: Gavin Arroyo, Matt Ustaszewski, and Jack Kocur
- Video coach: John McBride
- Team manager: Paulina Bui
- Sports medicine manager: Chris Bates
U.S. Men’s Water Polo Schedule
- Feb. 5: vs Montenegro, 9:30 a.m. ET
- Feb. 7: vs Japan, 4 a.m. ET
- Feb. 9: vs Serbia, 9:30 a.m. ET
- Feb. 11: Crossover Round, TBD
- Feb. 13: Quarterfinal Round, TBD
- Feb. 15: Semifinal Round, TBD
- Feb. 17: Final Round, TBD