It’s NCAA Women’s Water Polo Championship Time!
After a weekend of intense action, participants for the 2024 NCAA women’s tournament have been decided. In two weeks one of the world’s top polo competitions will take place in Berkeley, CA.
An Immigrants' (Water Polo) Tale: Jovana & Matej Sekulic Land at Princeton
Jovana and Matej Sekulic are exceptional in the classroom—as evidenced by their admission to Princeton University—and in the water. Brother and sister play for Tigers' water polo, with Jovana making a splash this season as a freshman.
CWPA Top 25 Women’s Varsity Water Polo: There’s USC, Stanford… and Everyone Else
Last weekend all of the nation’s top women’s water polo teams were in action. An upset shaped this week’s CWPA Women’s Varsity Poll rankings, but USC & Stanford remain 1, 2.
Great Opening for Michigan Water Polo; For Arizona State, Not So Much
The 1st matches of the 2022 NCAA women’s water polo season took place in Santa Barbara and Tempe—and surprises abound, with Michigan beating #7 UCI and Wagner topping #9 UC San Diego.
NCAA Women’s Water Polo Starts Today but COVID Concerns Persist
A new women’s water polo season is set to begin today but looming over the sport is the same threat from the last two years: COVID-19, which has already caused match cancellations.
Here We Go Again: 2022 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Preseason Poll
NCAA women’s water polo is back and the folks who publish the CWPA varsity polls published their 2022 preseason varsity poll—and the Man with a Hat chimes in.
Top Five Stories from 2021: No 5—Water Polo is Back!
Man w/a Hat is looking at the 5 biggest water polo stories for 2021. Up first; after a year of COVID-19-related cancellations, a slew of major tournaments took place.
View From the East: Princeton Emerges as Region’s Best
By virtue of beating #17 Fordham in the 1st round of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament, #11 (T) Princeton moves on to the quarterfinals and mighty UCLA. The Tigers are but one of many stories that defined East Coast men’s polo this season.
How Sweet It Is!
An unexpected—and delightful—11-10 St. Francis Brooklyn men’s water polo win in the Northeast Water Polo Conference semifinals on November 13 left your correspondent with a sense of contentment and peace.
Not Only Fair Weather Fans Are Rewarded
In beating Princeton, the East’s top team, St. Francis Brooklyn registered one its biggest wins in years—after getting blown out by Harvard in Cambridge a week ago.
My Mostly Excellent Water Polo Adventure in Cambridge, MA
Despite a St. Francis blowout loss to Harvard, the Man with a Hat’s travels to Cambridge were good—especially a 12-9 match where Princeton beat host Harvard, cementing the Tigers’ status as the team to beat in the East.
Contenders or Pretenders: Teams from the Northeast Harbor NCAA Hopes
Brown, Harvard, Princeton and St. Francis—the NWPC’s top teams—descend on Cambridge and Providence to determine who seizes control of the East’s most competitive men’s polo conference.
Terrier Report: After Tough Weekend in Princeton, St. Francis Travels to Bucknell
After a weekend in Princeton that saw them split four matches, the St. Francis Brooklyn men’s water polo team travels to Bucknell for four matches at the Bison Invitational.
CWPA Top 20 Week Two: No Stopping Cal, Stanford, UCLA or USC
Six teams remain unbeaten in NCAA men’s varsity water polo; four of them—Cal, Stanford, UCLA and USC—are in the MPSF and occupy the top spots in this week’s CWPA Top 20 poll.