Water Polo

Gina-Bella Mata’afa Named Water Polo Assistant Coach At Penn State

Mata’afa spent the last four years in Italy, including three as a professional athlete and one as an assistant coach for the U-18 team.

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USC’s Kostas Genidounias Scores Silver With Greece At Tokyo Olympics

USC’s all-time leading scorer helps Greece win its first-ever Olympic medal.

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Issac Salinas Selected As Navy Men’s Water Polo Captain

Salinas is a three-year starter for the Midshipmen who has played 58 games. The attacker is a two-time ACWPC All-American.

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Tokyo 2020 Men’s Water Polo: Serbia Downs Greece For 2nd-Straight Olympic Gold

With the win, Serbia has won their 5th Olympic men’s water polo medal, and their 2nd consecutive Gold.

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Tokyo 2020 Women’s Water Polo: USA Wins Gold with 14-5 Victory over Spain

In a lopsided Championship match, the firepower of the USA offense was able to keep the typically smothering Spanish defense at bay.

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Tokyo 2020 Men’s Water Polo Semifinals: Greece and Serbia Advance to Gold Match

Greece and Serbia will meet for the Gold medal match on Sunday, while losing teams Spain and Hungary will play in the Bronze medal match.

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Tokyo 2020 Women’s Water Polo Semifinals: USA and Spain Advance to Gold Match

The USA and Spain each win their matches, and will meet in the Gold medal match.

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Cal Players Earn 17 ACWPC All-Academic Awards

The Cal women’s water polo team had 17 student-athletes earn 2021 ACWPC All-Academic Awards, led by a fourth selection for recent graduate Claire Sonne.

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Tokyo 2020 Men’s Water Polo Quarterfinals: Hungary (#3) Eliminates Croatia (#2)

The 4 men’s quarterfinals matches took place today, with Spain, Greece, Hungary, and Serbia winning, and therefore, advancing to the semifinals.

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Tokyo 2020 Women’s Water Polo Quarterfinals: USA Blows Out Canada 16-5

The 4 women’s quarterfinals matches took place today, with Spain, USA, Hungary, and Russia winning, and therefore, advancing to the semifinals.

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Tokyo 2020 Men’s Water Polo: Group Play Ends with Greece and Spain on Top

The final men’s group play matches took place on August 2nd, solidifying Greece and Spain as the top seeds for the elimination games, starting on August 4th.

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Tokyo 2020 Women’s Water Polo: Hungary Loss Makes USA Group B Top Finisher

In the final group play matches, Hungary had an opportunity to come out on top of Group B, but a loss to China hands the USA sole ownership of the #1 spot.

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Spain Remains Undefeated in Men’s Water Polo, Defeating Australia 16-5

Spain is the only team to have won all of its games so far. They defeated Australia 16-5 and continue to lead Group B at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Tokyo 2020, Water Polo: Netherlands Women Score Stunning 33-1 Win over RSA

The Netherlands pulled off a truly astonishing victory over the South Africans to move to 2-1 in Group A play.

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U.S. Falls To Italy, Spain Stays Perfect In Men’s Olympic Water Polo Tournament

The Spanish team easily topped Kazakhstan to improve to 3-0 in the men’s Olympic water polo tournament, the only team still undefeated.

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