May 8, 2013

BRIDGEPORT, Pa. -- With another week in the books, and no competition, the 2013 Women's Varsity National Polls for Week 16/May 8 remain unchanged from the Week 15/May 1 balloting entering the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women's Water Polo Championship this weekend at Harvard University's Blodgett Pool.

The University of Southern California, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, Princeton University  Connecticut College remain the top squads in the National Top 20, Division III Top 10, Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Top 10 and CWPA Division III Top Five, respectively, as no competition following the CWPA Eastern, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Western Water Polo Association (WWPA), Big West Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championships last weekend lead to no changes from the previous week's results.

Voted on by a panel of coaches from the CWPA, WWPA, MPSF, SCIAC, Big West, MAAC and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the polls are compiled and released on Wednesday during the season through the week following the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship.

2013 Women's Varsity National Top 20

The University of Southern California continues to stand as the unanimous No. 1 team in the 2013 Week 16/May 8 Women's Varsity National Top 20 Poll.

USC, which held the No. 1 position this year from the Week 6/February 27 through the Week 12/April 10 balloting, captured the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Championship last weekend by handling former No. 1 Stanford University.

Stanford, which has ranked at No. 1 eight times this year as the Cardinal topped the Preseason Poll before holding the pole position through Week 1-to-5 of the weekly balloting, brought to an end USC's first run at No. 1 this year.  Following a two-week reign back in the pole position during the Week 13/April 17 and Week 14/April 24 polls, Stanford remains at No. 2 as neither the Cardinal nor the Women of Troy have ranked lower than No. 2 all season.

However, Stanford will have a chance to gain revenge against USC this weekend as the squads are joined by the University of Hawaii, Iona College, the University of California-San Diego, Princeton University,Pomona-Pitzer Colleges and the University of California-Los Angeles to comprise the eight-team field for the 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women's Water Polo Championship on Friday-Sunday, May 10-12, at Harvard University's Blodgett Pool.

UCLA (90 points), Arizona State University (84 points), the University of California (75 points), Hawaii (75 points), the University of California-Irvine (69 points), San Jose State University (57 points), Long Beach State University (57 points) and Princeton (55 points) complete the Top 10.

San Diego State University (53 points), the UC-San Diego (48 points), the University of Michigan (36 points), Loyola Marymount  University (35 points), California State University-Northridge (31 points),Indiana University (27 points), the University of California-Santa Barbara (21 points), the University of California-Davis (13 points),  Hartwick College (13 points) and Iona (6 points) round out the Top 20.

The University of the Pacific (5 points) and Wagner College (1 point) also received votes this week.

 

 

2013 Women's Varsity Division III Top 10

 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges once again tops the Division III Top 10 as the Sagehens remain in the preeminent position among small college teams in the Week 16/May 8 Women's Varsity Division III Top 10 balloting.

Pomona-Pitzer (100 points) opened the year with seven consecutive weeks (Preseason-to-Week 6) on top of the standings before former No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Collegestook over from the Week 7/February 27 until the Week 10/March 27 rankings.

Following CMS run, California Lutheran University jumped up to No. 1 in the Week 11/April 3 rankings prior to Clarermont-Mudd-Scripps reclaiming the top spot in the Week 12/April 10 through Week 14/April 24 polls before the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SCIAC) Champion Sagehens regained the lead position last week.

The University of Redlands (95 points), which faced Pomona-Pitzer for the SCIAC Championship, holds at No. 2, while former Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (90 points) stays at No. 3 for another week.

Occidental College (85 points), Cal Lutheran (80 points), Chapman University (74 points), Whittier College(69 points), Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Champion Connecticut College (64 points), the University of La Verne (62 points) and Grove City College (45 points) round out the Top 10, withWashington & Jefferson College (11 points) also receiving votes.

 

 

2013 Women's CWPA Top 10

The Tigers of Princeton University picked up 100 points again this week after claiming the program's second-consecutive Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Eastern Championship last weekend to remain at No. 1 in the Week 16/May 8 CWPA voting.

Overall, it marks the eighth time the Black & Orange have topped the league standings in 2013 as Princeton stood at No. 1 in the Preseason to Week 4/February 13 polls before falling down the rankings.  The team returned to No. 1 in the Week 8/March 20 Poll, but could not hold the ranking in falling down the standings until the squad's current two-week run in the top position.

The rankings reflect the final standings of the CWPA Eastern Championship at the University of Michigan's Donald B. Canham Natatorium as the host Wolverines (95 points), which fell 7-5 to Princeton in the title game, stays at No. 2, Indiana University (90 points) holds at No. 3, Hartwick College (85 points) is locked in at No. 4 and Brown University (80 points) retains a vice-grip on the No. 5 spot to round out the Top Five programs in the league. 

Harvard University (75 points), Bucknell University (70 points), George Washington University (65 points), Connecticut College (47 points) and Gannon University (46 points) complete the Top 10.

 

 

2013 Women's CWPA Division III Top 5

Connecticut College, which claimed a 6-3 win over 2010, 2011 and 2012 Division III Champion Grove City College at home during the 2013 Division III Championship a month ago and stopped Gannon University and Mercyhurst University two weeks ago at the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Eastern Championship on the campus of the University of Michigan, retains the No. 1 position in the Week 16/May 8 CWPA Division III Top Five Poll.

Grove City (96 points), which held the No. 1 spot for 29 consecutive weeks prior to falling to the Camels (97 points) twice in as many weeks, stays at No. 2. 

Washington & Jefferson College (90 points) holds on at No. 3, while Carthage College (85 points) andMacalester College (80 points) retain the No. 4 and 5 spots, respectively, to complete the league Division III season.