Michael Randazzo 1/18/22 Michael Randazzo 1/18/22

Here We Go Again: 2022 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Preseason Poll

NCAA women’s water polo is back and the folks who publish the CWPA varsity polls published their 2022 preseason varsity poll—and the Man with a Hat chimes in.

Michael Randazzo 12/2/21 Michael Randazzo 12/2/21

View From the East: Princeton Emerges as Region’s Best

By virtue of beating #17 Fordham in the 1st round of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament, #11 (T) Princeton moves on to the quarterfinals and mighty UCLA. The Tigers are but one of many stories that defined East Coast men’s polo this season.

Michael Randazzo 11/29/21 Michael Randazzo 11/29/21

How Sweet It Is!

An unexpected—and delightful—11-10 St. Francis Brooklyn men’s water polo win in the Northeast Water Polo Conference semifinals on November 13 left your correspondent with a sense of contentment and peace.

Michael Randazzo 11/5/21 Michael Randazzo 11/5/21

My Mostly Excellent Water Polo Adventure in Cambridge, MA

Despite a St. Francis blowout loss to Harvard, the Man with a Hat’s travels to Cambridge were good—especially a 12-9 match where Princeton beat host Harvard, cementing the Tigers’ status as the team to beat in the East.

Michael Randazzo 10/30/21 Michael Randazzo 10/30/21

Contenders or Pretenders: Teams from the Northeast Harbor NCAA Hopes

Brown, Harvard, Princeton and St. Francis—the NWPC’s top teams—descend on Cambridge and Providence to determine who seizes control of the East’s most competitive men’s polo conference.

Michael Randazzo 10/6/21 Michael Randazzo 10/6/21

The Terriers of St. Francis Brooklyn Are Back!

A big win Saturday over Harvard put the St. Francis Brooklyn men’s water polo team on top of the Northeast Water Polo Conference—the Terrier’s first victory over the Crimson in four years.

Michael Randazzo 9/25/21 Michael Randazzo 9/25/21

CWPA Top 20 Week Three: The MPSF Invitational is at Cal; Who Can Stop Stanford?

The MPSF Invitational may be the best college tournament in America. For an entire weekend the best of the best face off in a winner-take-all format; this year it’s hosted by Cal-Berkeley and head men’s coach Kirk Everist.

Michael Randazzo 9/17/21 Michael Randazzo 9/17/21

CWPA Top 20 Week Two: No Stopping Cal, Stanford, UCLA or USC

Six teams remain unbeaten in NCAA men’s varsity water polo; four of them—Cal, Stanford, UCLA and USC—are in the MPSF and occupy the top spots in this week’s CWPA Top 20 poll.