Rankings never tell the whole story. And in the case of this week’s D-I men’s water polo list, they can be flat-out wrong. The NCAA etched USC at No. 4 in the nation. After the three-time defending national champions stumbled with their first two losses of the season at the Read More…
With the exception of one extra goal, there was very little difference for the No. 2 Cal men’s water polo team between Friday’s match against No. 3 UCLA and the SoCal semifinal match a week before. At the SoCal Invitational, the Bears (14-2, 2-0 in the MPSF) broke away from Read More…
If there’s one recurring theme of the No. 3 Cal men’s water polo season thus far, it’s that there’s no such thing as a new face. The squad has already played teams like Pacific and Santa Clara multiple times; in fact, only four of the thirteen games the Bears have Read More…
Two weeks ago, the No. 3 Cal men’s water polo team fell to No. 2 UCLA when a Bruin attacker broke a 5-5 tie with 50 seconds left in the match. That loss was the Bears’ first of the season and the pedestal for their third place finish at the Read More…
The biggest drawback to a weekend water polo tournament is the fatigue that inevitably plagues a team, the kind that results from quick turnarounds between games. But the No. 2 Cal men’s water polo team isn’t the only squad that will encounter this problem this weekend at the SoCal Invitational Read More…
If Justin Parsons and Jon Sibley were at different universities, they would each be the unequivocal starting goalie on their men’s water polo team. But the way it stands now, returning starter Parsons and redshirt freshman Sibley will both fight for that position all season long for the No. 3 Read More…
In Saturday’s match against Pacific, National Player of the Year Ivan Rackov led the No. 3 Cal men’s water polo team with four goals. That number is pretty much par for the course when you look at his stats from the season thus far. As the leading scorer in the Read More…
The No. 2 men’s water polo team started out the weekend on a note that was not only high but also familiar as it beat Vanguard, 27-3, on Saturday at the NorCal Invitational in Stockton, Calif. A day and a half later, a new pattern of season play was rapidly Read More…
This weekend at the NorCal Invitational in Stockton, Calif., the No. 2 Cal men’s water polo team will get its first look at the rest of the MPSF competition. There will be plenty more throughout the season. While the Bears (2-0) have something scheduled for every weekend from now until the Read More…
With a little over seven minutes left in the second quarter of Saturday’s match versus Santa Clara, Marin Balarin saw a shot that was too good to pass up. After the opposing goalie brought the ball out to middle of the pool, the junior attacker easily stole the interception. The Read More…