Week 8 women’s water polo action includes 21 matches between ranked teams beginning on Thursday, with nine coming at the LMU Invitational in Los Angeles.
The tournament will feature #12 Loyola Marymount, #14 Princeton, #16 Wagner, #19 San Jose State, #20 Marist and RV Bucknell alongside Pomona-Pitzer and Cal State East Bay in a 16-match affair on Friday and Saturday.
Outside of tournament play, Friday sees #22 Indiana begin its stay in Tempe, Arizona, with a matchup against #8 Arizona State. The Hoosiers then play #3 UCLA on Saturday.
The first of four Top 10 matchups will be played on Saturday as the Sun Devils and Bruins meet up.
#6 Michigan and #7 Pacific will play for the fourth time this season, when the teams hit the pool in Stockton, California. The Wolverines boast a 2-1 lead in the season series, posting wins on Feb. 3 (11-9) and March 2 (11-5) and dropping a 12-9 decision in Irvine, California, on Feb. 23.
Michigan wraps up its trip out West with a Sunday meeting against #4 Cal.
#1 USC will face its first Top 5 foe since besting #2 Stanford 10-8 in the championship match of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational on Feb. 24. The Trojans, which are 19-0 on the year and riding a 35-match win streak, will then run a gauntlet of four straight Top 10 matches – facing #2 Stanford (March 30), #4 Cal (April 6), #8 Arizona State (April 13) and #3 UCLA (April 20) to wrap up the regular season.
Tuesday brings two more matches between ranked opponents, before the next poll is released. #14 Princeton will face #25 San Diego State, while #18 Harvard takes on #13 Fresno State.
| Date/Time (ET) | Visitor | Home | Live Stats | Video |
| March 12. | ||||
| 7 p.m. | Cal Lutheran | LaVerne | Live Stats | Watch |
| 10 p.m. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Redlands | Live Stats | Watch |
| 10 p.m. | Cal Tech | Whittier | Live Stats | |
| 10 p.m. | Chapman | Pomona-Pitzer | ||
| at Northridge, Calif. | ||||
| 3 p.m. | Austin College | Connecticut College | ||
| 5 p.m. | Connecticut College | #20 Cal State Northridge | ||
| 7 p.m. | Austin College | #20 Cal State Northridge | ||
| March 13. | ||||
| 1 p.m. | George Washington | Cal State East Bay | Live Stats | Watch |
| 4:30 p.m. | Austin College | Concordia (CA) | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | George Washington | #13 Fresno State | ||
| 10 p.m. | Connecticut College | Cal Tech | Watch | |
| 10 p.m. | Austin College | Occidental | Watch | |
| March 14. | ||||
| 7 p.m. | Pomona-Pitzer | Cal Lutheran | ||
| 7 p.m. | Connecticut College | Chapman | Live Stats | Watch |
| 7 p.m. | Redlands | Occidental | ||
| 10 p.m. | RV Bucknell | #15 Long Beach State | Live Stats | |
| 10 p.m. | George Washington | Fresno Pacific | ||
| 10 p.m. | Whittier | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Live Stats | Watch |
| March 15. | ||||
| 2 p.m. | #22 Indiana | #8 Arizona State | Live Stats | Watch |
| 5:30 p.m. | #6 Michigan | #13 Fresno State | ||
| 7 p.m. | #10 UC Irvine | #25 San Diego State | Live Stats | |
| LMU Invitational (Los Angeles) | ||||
| 11 a.m. | #16 Wagner | #12 Loyola Marymount | Live Stats | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Pomona-Pitzer | RV Bucknell | Live Stats | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Cal State East Bay | #14 Princeton | Live Stats | |
| 1:30 p.m. | #19 San Jose State | #20 Marist | Live Stats | |
| 4 p.m. | RV Bucknell | #12 Loyola Marymount | Live Stats | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Cal State East Bay | Pomona-Pitzer | Live Stats | |
| 6:30 p.m. | #19 San Jose State | #14 Princeton | Live Stats | |
| 7:45 p.m. | #20 Marist | #16 Wagner | Live Stats | |
| March 16. | ||||
| Noon | Austin College | Redlands | Live Stats | Watch |
| 1:30 p.m. | #3 UCLA | #8 Arizona State | Live Stats | Watch |
| 2 p.m. | Cal Lutheran | Chapman | Watch | |
| 2 p.m. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | LaVerne | Live Stats | Watch |
| 2 p.m. | Occidental | Whittier | Live Stats | |
| 2 p.m. | #18 Harvard | #11 UC Davis | Live Stats | |
| 3 p.m. | #15 Long Beach State | #21 Cal State Northridge | Live Stats | |
| 3 p.m. | Concordia (CA) | #25 San Diego State | Live Stats | |
| 3 p.m. | Sonoma State | Santa Clara | Live Stats | Watch |
| 4 p.m. | Fresno Pacific | Cal State Monterey Bay | Live Stats | |
| 4 p.m. | #6 Michigan | #7 Pacific | Live Stats | |
| 5 p.m. | Pomona-Pitzer | Cal Tech | Watch | |
| 5 p.m. | #22 Indiana | #3 UCLA | ||
| 6 p.m. | Austin College | Chapman | Live Stats | Watch |
| 8 p.m. | Pomona-Pitzer | Cal Tech | Watch | |
| Midnight | #1 USC | #5 Hawaii | Live Stats | |
| Wittenberg Invitational (Springfield, Ohio) | ||||
| 10 a.m. | Salem | Wittenberg | Watch | |
| Noon | Salem | Washington & Jefferson | Watch | |
| 2 p.m. | Washington & Jefferson | Wittenberg | Watch | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Salem | Penn State Behrend | Watch | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Penn State Behrend | Wittenberg | Watch | |
| SFU Open (Loretto, Pennsylvania) | ||||
| Noon | Mercyhurst | Saint Francis (PA) | ||
| 3 p.m. | Gannon | Mercyhurst | ||
| 6 p.m. | Gannon | Saint Francis (PA) | ||
| LMU Invitational (Los Angeles) | ||||
| 11 a.m. | #20 Marist | #12 Loyola Marymount | Live Stats | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Pomona-Pitzer | #14 Princeton | Live Stats | |
| 1:30 p.m. | RV Bucknell | #19 San Jose State | Live Stats | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Cal State East Bay | #16 Wagner | Live Stats | |
| 4 p.m. | #14 Princeton | #12 Loyola Marymount | Live Stats | |
| 5:15 p.m. | Pomona-Pitzer | #20 Marist | Live Stats | |
| 6:30 p.m. | #19 San Jose State | #16 Wagner | Live Stats | |
| 7:45 p.m. | Cal State East Bay | RV Bucknell | Live Stats | |
| March 17. | ||||
| 9 a.m. | Lindenwood | McKendree | ||
| 11 a.m. | St. Francis Brookyln | Connecticut College | ||
| 1 p.m. | St. Francis Brookyln | Utica | ||
| 3 p.m. | #6 Michigan | #4 Cal | ||
| 3 p.m. | #16 Wagner | #15 Long Beach State | ||
| 3 p.m. | #18 Harvard | Santa Clara | Watch | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Utica | Connecticut College | ||
| March 19. | ||||
| 2 p.m. | Macalester | Chapman | Watch | |
| 7 p.m. | #14 Princeton | #25 San Diego State | ||
| 8:30 p.m. | #18 Harvard | #13 Fresno State | ||
| 9:30 p.m. | LaVerne | Fresno Pacific | ||
| March 20. | ||||
| 2 p.m. | Whittier | Chapman | Watch | |
| 4:30 p.m. | #14 Princeton | Concordia (CA) | ||
| 5 p.m. | LaVerne | Cal State East Bay | ||
| 7 p.m. | Redlands | Cal Lutheran | ||
| 10 p.m. | Occidental | Cal Tech | Watch | |
| March 21. | ||||
| 8 p.m. | Macalester | Cal Lutheran | ||
| 9 p.m. | #18 Harvard | #19 San Jose State | ||
| 10 p.m. | #14 Princeton | #15 Long Beach State | ||
