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LOS ANGELES, California, June 30. USA Water Polo is proud to announce the U.S. Olympic Teams for Men's and Women's Water Polo that will compete at the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China starting August 8. The squads each quali...
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BELGRADE, Serbia, June 30. ACCORDING to a report in the Guardian, Danilo Ikodinovic, a star Serbian water polo player, is in critical condition after being in a motorcycle accident this weekend.
"The eight-hour operation took all ni...
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GENOVA, Italy, June 22. THE USA Men's Senior National Team's bid for a Gold Medal at the FINA World League Super Final was halted after a 7-3 loss to Serbia on Sunday. Despite the loss this is still the best ever finish for Team USA at thi...
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GENOVA, Italy, June 21. THE USA Men's Senior National is now just one win away from Gold at the 2008 FINA World League Super Final after an 11-10 shootout victory over Australia in the semi-final on Saturday. Team USA was able to pull out the ...
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GENOVA, Italy, June 20. THE USA Men's Senior National Team scored their biggest win the FINA World League Super Final upending Montenegro 7-6 on a goal by Tony Azevedo with just two seconds remaining. The victory keeps the team in contention f...
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GENOVA, Italy, June 19. THE USA Men's Senior National Team produced perhaps their most convincing win thus far of the 2008 FINA World League Super Final as they dispatched Spain 11-4 following a sluggish opening quarter. The squad now meets up...
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GENOVA, Italy, June 17. FOR the second straight day the USA Men's Senior National Team fell into a hole in the first quarter--only this time they came back and then pushed on for a victory defeating China 13-9 on the second day of the FINA Wor...
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GENOVA, Italy, June 17. THE USA Men's Senior National Team fell to Italy 15-14 in a shootout on the first day of the FINA World League Super Final in Genova, Italy. Team USA held a one goal lead at 10-9 when Italy scored with just twenty secon...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 16. AN exciting FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final tournament of 2008 concluded on June 15 with a close victory for team Russia, giving it its first ever World League Super Final title in five editions...
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SANTA CRUZ DEL TENERIFE, Spain, June 13. THE USA Women's Senior National Team secured a spot in the title game of the FINA World League Super Final with a 6-5 victory over Canada, their fourth straight win to start the tournament. The two team...
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SANTA CRUZ DEL TENERIFE, Spain, June 12. IT took a full quarter but eventually the USA Women's Senior National Team offense woke up, and did so in a major way scoring 12 goals over the final three quarters to defeat China 12-9 on the third day...
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GENOVA, Italy, June 12. THE USA Men's Senior National Team has announced their roster for the upcoming FINA World League Super Final starting next week in Genova, Italy. In addition they have trimmed their training roster to 16 players as they...
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SANTA CRUZ DEL TENERIFE, Spain, June 11. THE USA Women's Senior National Team made it two in a row to start at the FINA World League Super Final in Spain as they defeated Russia 10-6 behind a well balanced scoring effort that saw eight differe...
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THOUSAND OAKS, California, June 11. IN the last of a three game exhibition set with the visiting Australian Men's National Team, the USA Men's Senior National Team allowed a tie game at half to slip away as Australia went on to a convincin...
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SANTA CRUZ DEL TENENFE, Spain, June 10. THE USA Women's Senior National Team opened the 2008 FINA World League Super Final with a bang as they defeated Australia 10-9. It was a close game throughout as the score was tied after the first and se...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 9. THE preliminary rounds of the FINA Water Polo World Leagues are now complete, and the best teams are actively preparing their participation in their respective Super Finals. In the men's tournament, six prelimina...
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GOLETA, California, June 8. ANOTHER game and another filled pool deck to see the well-traveled USA Men's Senior National Team, as Team USA took on Australia at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, CA just outside of Santa Barbara. On this night ...
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MORAGA, California, June 7. STILL riding the high of a victory against world number one Croatia last weekend Team USA kept it going with an end-to-end win over visiting Australia 6-4 at the sold-out Soda Aquatic Center on the campus of Campolindo ...
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SANTA CRUZ, California, June 5. ACCORDING to an article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, and yet unannounced by the athletics department, UC Santa Cruz has elected to cut its men's and women's water polo teams.
The article states tha...
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California, June 1. THE USA Men's Senior National Team bounced back with a vengeance from Thursday evening's 6-2 loss to Croatia by upsetting the reigning World Champions and top-ranked Croatian squad 8-5 in front of a se...
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NEWPORT BEACH, California, May 30. A sold-out standing room only crowd of around 2,000 fans jammed their way into the Bergeson Aquatic Center on the campus of Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, Calif., to see the USA Men's Senior Nat...
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THOUSAND OAKS, California, May 28. THE USA Men's Senior National Team dropped their training roster from 24 to 18 athletes Head Coach Terry Schroeder has announced following competition in the America's Cup last week in Thousand Oaks, Cali...
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THOUSAND OAKS, California, May 24. The USA Men's Senior National Team closed out play in the America's Cup in stellar as USA downed Canada 7-1 and USA Red moved past the Premier League All-Stars 9-7 to complete a perfect week for Team USA....
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THOUSAND OAKS, California, May 23. THE wins continue to come for Team USA as they again took two on the fourth night of the America's Cup at Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, CA. In the first game of the evening USA Blue moved pa...
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THOUSAND OAKS, California, May 23. IN clearly the most exciting game thus far of the America's Cup USA Blue outlasted USA Red in a shootout. The game was tied at 7-7 after four quarters as USA Red staged a dramatic comeback rallying from a 6-2...
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THOUSAND OAKS, California, May 22. FOR the second straight night the USA Men's Senior National Team took care of business dispatching of Team Canada and the Premier League All-Stars. On this night at Oaks Christian High School USA Blue downed ...
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THOUSAND OAKS, California, May 21. THE USA Men's Senior National Team got off to a great start at the America's Cup as their divided Red and Blue squads each won their contests handily. USA Red defeated Canada 17-6 while USA Blue took it t...
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LOS ALAMITOS, California, May 19. IT came down to the two powerhouses to decide the championship of the 2008 Premier League in the form of the New York Athletic Club and the Newport Water Polo Foundation. Both boasting rosters chock full of curren...
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LOS ALAMITOS, California, May 16. TEAM Canada showed its penchant for late game heroics on Wednesday evening as it tallied a score with just under three seconds remaining to force a tie at 10-10 and took it one step further on Thursday evening. Kr...
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COMMERCE, California, May 15. BRENDA Villa and Patty Cardenas returned to their hometown at the Commerce Aquatics Center in Commerce, Calif., and combined for five goals but it was not enough to upend Canada as the exhibition contest ended in a 10...
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, California, May 14. THE USA Women's Senior National Team got off to a good start in their three game exhibition set against Canada with an 11-6 victory Tuesday evening at Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho S...
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STANFORD, California, May 12. UCLA won its fourth consecutive and sixth overall NCAA women's water polo title on Sunday evening, defeating USC, 6-3, in the championship match at Stanford University's Avery Aquatics Center. The victory was ...
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 27. THE No. 11-ranked University of Michigan water polo team captured the Eastern Championship title and an automatic bid for the 2008 NCAA Championship with its 10-7 win against the No. 14-ranked Hartwick on Sunday afte...
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TEMPE, Arizona, April 27. THE No. 4 Arizona State University water polo team finished play at the MPSF Championships Sunday by placing eighth in the 13-team event after falling, 12-8, to No. 9 San Jose State in the seventh-place game at the Aztec ...
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 26. THE No. 11-ranked University of Michigan water polo team advanced to the Eastern Championship title game by defeating No.
20-ranked Princeton by a 7-4 count Saturday (April 26) in Canham Natatorium. Michigan, the to...
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TEMPE, Arizona, April 26. KELLY Phelps scored a career-high five goals, but it was not enough as the No. 4 Arizona State University water polo teams dropped an 11-8 decision to No. 7 California Saturday at the MPSF Championships in San Diego. The ...
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TEMPE, Arizona, April 25. THE No. 4 Arizona State University water polo team dropped a 12-6 decision to No. 3 USC in the quarterfinals of the 2008 MPSF Championships at the Aztec Aquaplex in San Diego on Saturday afternoon and will now look to reb...
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TEMPE, Arizona, April 25. DESPITE jumping out to an early lead, the No. 4 Arizona State University water polo needed a stellar fourth quarter of play to come from behind and capture its opening round game, 10-8, Thursday afternoon in San Diego at ...
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, April 23. IN a press release sent out today, USA Water Polo announced that it would be moving its national headquarters to Huntington Beach, Calif. This comes shortly after the United States Olympic Committee announc...
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LOS ANGELES, California, April 21. THE USA Women's Senior National Team posted their second straight win over the NCAA's elite as they knocked off third ranked University of Southern California 10-8 in a game played at the McDonald Swim St...
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TEMPE, Arizona, April 21. IT was a day of threes Saturday afternoon for the No. 6 Arizona State University water polo team as the Sun Devils upset visiting No. 4 San Diego State, 10-7, in a crucial Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) contest...
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GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, April 21. IT only took 10:16 for the No. 11-ranked University of Michigan water polo team to build the lead necessary to clinch its seventh-straight division title Saturday night (April 19). The Wolverines knocked off No....
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LOS ANGELES, California, April 18. THE USA Women's Senior National Team defeated the top ranked team in the NCAA ranks in the form of the UCLA Bruins by a one goal margin 6-5 in a game played in Westwood, California. UCLA graduates Natalie Gol...
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, April 8. AS the Olympic Torch gets ready to make its way through San Francisco, Calif., the threat of protest grow more imminent by the minute. Between unrest over violence in Tibet to the genocide in Darfur there is ...
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