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Gaffney Among USOC’s Team USA Best of April Awards Finalists

The United States Olympic Committee today announced finalists for the Team USA Awards presented by Dow, Best of April, which recognize the outstanding achievements of Team USA athletes from last month.

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USA Water Polo National League Announces Week 3 Rosters, Schedule

Week three of the 2019 USA Water Polo National League season heads to Huntington Beach, California, this weekend with two days of action.

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Comerford, Vazaios Tabbed as ACC Scholar Athletes of the Year

NCAA champions Mallory Comerford of Louisville and Andreas Vazaios of NC State highlight the 2019 All-ACC Academic Swimming and Diving Teams as the Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

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Finnigan Earns Liberty’s Rock Royer/Mac Rivera Award

Alicia Finnigan, a senior on the Liberty women’s swimming & diving team, has been named the recipient of the 2019 Rock Royer/Mac Rivera Award.

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Hawaii’s Gonzalez, UC Davis’ Wijnbelt Lead Big West Honorees

Hawai’i’s Irene Gonzalez repeated as the Big West Player of the Year, while UC Davis’ Noelle Wijnbelt was tabbed as Freshman of the Year.

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Five Golds for Russia, Japan in Tokyo’s Artistic Swimming World Series Stop

The fourth leg of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2019 came to an end tonight in Tokyo, Japan, as Russian stars Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina, both Olympic and World champions, displayed their best form over the three-day competition from April 27-29.

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#2 USC Edges #1 Stanford 9-8 on Golden Goal for MPSF Tourney Crown

The No. 2 USC women’s water polo team shrugged off a two-goal deficit in the fourth period and forced overtime, where the Trojans would eventually net the golden goal on Paige Hauschild’s blast from 10 meters out after almost 41 minutes of action to beat Stanford and win the MPSF Tournament championship.

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Bryant Celebrates Historic Seasons with Year-End Banquet

The Bryant swimming and diving programs celebrated the 2018-19 season at their annual banquet. The year saw the women’s team captured its second-straight Northeast Conference title and the men posted a second-place finish at the MAAC Championships, its highest in program history.

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Pacific Downs Loyola Marymount for Third-Straight GCC Tourney Title

In a rematch of last year’s Golden Coast Conference title match, the No. 1 seeded Pacific Tigers pulled off a 13-9 win against No. 3 LMU on Sunday at Fresno State Aquatic Center to earn their third straight GCC Championship.

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Hawaii Holds Off UC Irvine for Big West Water Polo Championship, NCAA Berth

The second-seeded University of Hawai’i women’s water polo team captured its third Big West Championship in school history after toppling top-seeded UC Irvine, 7-6, on Sunday.

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Michigan Tops Princeton 10-6, Wins Fourth-Straight CWPA Championship

The 6th-ranked University of Michigan water polo team defeated No. 15 Princeton, 10-6, on Sunday in the CWPA Championship game for the third straight year to earn its fourth straight title and the ninth in program history.

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Make It Six: Wagner Bests Marist 8-4 for Sixth-Straight MAAC Championship

The No. 19 Wagner women’s water polo team became the first program in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) history to win six consecutive league titles after defeating Marist College, 8-4, on Sunday.

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UC San Diego Set for 7th-Straight NCAA Appearance after WWPA Title Win

The University of California San Diego women’s water polo team climbed back to the apex of the Western Water Polo Association on Sunday, winning the WWPA Championship with a victory over Fresno Pacific in the tournament final, 15-4, at the SPIRE Institute.

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Cal Lutheran Upsets Top-Seeded Pomona-Pitzer 10-9 for SCIAC’s NCAA Berth

#2 seed Cal Lutheran defeated top seeded Pomona-Pitzer, 10-9, and earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship and the Regals’ first SCIAC crown since 2009, denying the Sagehens a three-peat.

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Texas A&M Doles Out Awards at Saturday Banquet

The Texas A&M men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams celebrated the accomplishments of the 2018-19 season at the annual team banquet on Saturday at the All-American Club at Kyle Field.

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