The NCAA water polo championship saw its first upset in the opening round on Nov. 30. The four remaining matches of the tournament begin Thursday.
Although there was only one collegiate men’s water polo match on Week 13, there were small movements across this week’s CWPA Top 20 poll.
Ferencvaros thrashed Mladost and Recco enjoyed a great evening while beating OSC in Budapest so both sides continued its respective unbeaten streaks.
Despite being three goals down, Olympiacos managed to save the big game against Barceloneta to a tie to keep its top ranking.
The top four ranked sides play each other both in Group A and Group B so the sixth round seems to be of paramount importance.
The #12 Bucknell Bison snapped #9 Harvard’s 29-match win streak, defeating the Crimson 13-12 in the NCAA first round on Saturday.
Both Russian teams, Kinef and Uralochka finished atop with three wins apiece in the preliminary round of the Euro League.
The top 16 women’s teams are getting ready for the battles of the Euro League preliminary round, with only eight to be left standing by Sunday.