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Today on the #WaterPoloPassport 🗺️ 🇪🇺 Larsen, Irving, Taylor victorious in #waterpoloCL 🇪🇺 Neushul/Prentice, Roemer/Hauschild win in #waterpoloCLW 🇪🇺 Dodd, Daube/Vavic start #waterpoloEC strong MORE: usawaterpolo.org/news/2026/1…

The Bears clawing up the rankings 📈 No. 3 California Golden Bears @CalWaterPolo beat No. 4 USC Trojans @USCWaterPolo by a score of 18–11 yesterday November 1st at the Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley, CA in another crucial matchup against a @MPSFMensWP foe, just a day after beating No. 1 UCLA. Junior utility Patrik Kolak scored a career-high four goals and sophomore attacker Beso Akhvlediani added four goals in another dominant effort. 🐻

Lancers stun Long Beach🛡️ 🐎 No. 15 California Baptist @CBULancers defeated No. 12 Long Beach State @LBSUWaterPolo 19–18 in a sudden-death overtime @BigWestSports thriller on October 31 from the Lancer Aquatics Center in Riverside, CA. Michael Abshier scored the sudden-death golden goal to get the historic victory for CBU, the program’s first win over Long Beach.

GOALIE GOAL GAME OVER 🙌 No. 6 Princeton @Pwaterpolo defeated No. 18 Santa Clara 12–11 in a CWPA vs WCC match up at the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament on October 22 in Santa Clara, CA. Tigers goalkeeper Kristóf Kovács shot a buzzer-beating full-pool empty-net game winner. 🐅

GUIDO WITH THE DAGGER 🗡️ No. 2 Stanford @StanfordMWP defeated No. 3 USC @USCWaterPolo 17–13 at the Avery Aquatic Center yesterday October 31. Redshirt senior utility Guido Leonardi scored two goals in the final quarter to help seal the victory for the Cardinal in this @MPSFMensWP match.

ANOTHER #1 DOWN 🐻 No. 3 California Golden Bears @CalWaterPolo defeated No. 1 UCLA Bruins @UCLAWaterPolo 14-12 yesterday October 31, from the Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley. The win marked head coach Kirk Everest’s 500th career victory at @CalAthletics . Beso Akhvlediani and Maddox Arlett led the Bears with hat tricks while Aran Pina anchored the defense with 14 saves. Ryder Dodd paced the Bruins with 3 goals in the @MPSFMensWP contest.

Happy Halloween from USA Water Polo 🎃

DON’T DOUBT DAUBE 🤽🏻‍♂️ @TeamUSA Olympian Hannes Daube of Apollon Smyrnis @smyrnis1891 🇺🇸 🇬🇷 with just over one second remaining unleashed a full-pool shot to equalize at 12–12 against CN Terrassa @wpterrassa on October 29 during the opening night of the Euro Cup Men group stage. Apollon Smyrnis would get the victory 17–15 in a shootout to claim two points.

Team USA teammates Face Off! 🤽‍♀️ @TeamUSA Olympians Jewel Roemer and Paige Hauschild of @cnmataro faced off against Ryann Neushul and Tara Prentice of @CN_Sabadell in Spanish League play 🇺🇸 🇪🇸 on October 25. Ryann scored 4 goals, Paige scored 3 and Jewel scored 2 as Mataro would emerge victorious with a score of 15-13.

Check out this Halloween time pumpkin splash and smash practice led by @TeamUSA 5x Olympian Jesse Smith @gosmithnow at Coronado water polo club! Looks like fun! 🎃 Earn your candy!🍬

Adrian in Athens 🥅 🏛️ @TeamUSA goalkeeper and Olympian, Adrian Weinberg of Panathinaikos @panathinaikos 🇺🇸 🇬🇷 delivered massive blocks early against FTC Telekom. Panathinaikos would fall 14 - 19 in the men’s water polo Champions League on Oct 28 from Athens.

Emma’s Offensive Eruption 💥 💪🏼 @TeamUSA utility Emma Lineback of @CEMediterrani 🇺🇸 🇪🇸 erupts with a trio of goals against CN Barceloneta on Oct 24. CE Mediterrani would fall to CN Barceloneta 12-15 in @LEWaterpolo Spanish domestic league play.

Roos Rally over the Nittany Lions 🦘 Malmsten Goal of the Week 🥅 Comes from a buzzer beater corner flip-in goal by @AustinCollegeWP junior attacker Preston Fiala in this down to the wire finish on October 25. Owen Kroh of Penn State scored seven goals earning Co @MPSFMensWP East Player of the Week honors with Austin College freshman Aaron Mendoza.