water polo

USA Water Polo vs. Croatia in Long Beach, CA – 06/14/17

June 15, 2017 by Ole Leave a Comment

My youngest son and I watched the fourth and final game of the USA / Croatia men’s water polo exhibition series last night. Croatia won the first three games, but the USA Water Polo Men’s Senior National Team finished off the series with a 7-5 win at Long Beach State.

Here are some pictures of the action…

Alex Bowen scored two in the final game, including this second period goal with one of Croatia’s biggest (6′ 7″ / 250+) players on his back.

Max Irving scored a goal in the fourth period, but I missed the shot so here’s a picture from earlier in the game.

Thomas Dunstan was the scoring leader for Team USA with three goals, including this one with about 2 minutes left in the third period.

Nic Carniglia added this score at the end of the third period.

If you ever wondered how hard these guys shoot the ball, this picture might give some indication…

Final score: USA 7, Croatia 5.

USA Water Polo Men vs. Croatia in Riverside, CA – 06/09/17

June 10, 2017 by Ole Leave a Comment

The USA Water Polo Men’s Senior National Team returned to the Riverside Aquatics Center at Riverside City College last night to host an exhibition game against Croatia.

Since we are a water polo family, we were there.

The last time we watched team USA play in Riverside was back in 2015 when the team took on Serbia. Team USA won that game 9-5.

Unfortunately, team USA lost this game against Croatia 10-12.

The Croatian men’s team is in California for three more exhibition games against team USA:

06/11/17 at Stanford in Palo Alto (Tony Azevedo’s final game)
06/13/17 at Oaks Christian High School in Thousand Oaks
06/14/17 at Long Beach State

Here are some pictures of the action from last night.

For a complete recap and to check the schedule, please visit USA Water Polo’s website.

Alex Bowen led team USA with five goals:

McQuin Baron had seven saves for team USA:

Luca Cupido scored two goals for team USA:

Men’s Water Polo: CBU Water Polo vs. Whittier – 10/01/16

October 2, 2016 by Ole Leave a Comment

California Baptist University Men’s Water Polo hosted the Lancer Invite on Friday and Saturday. Since we are a water polo family, I took my sons to watch a few of the games.

Here are some pictures from CBU Water Polo’s 18-7 win over Whittier yesterday at CBU’s pool in Riverside, California:

Men’s Water Polo: USA vs. Australia at Pomona-Pitzer – 05/20/16

September 5, 2016 by Ole Leave a Comment

A few months before the Rio Olympics, we drove out to Claremont to watch the USA Men’s Senior National Water Polo Team take on Australia at Pomona-Pitzer College.

It was a great game that ended in a shootout. USA put away all of their five-meter shots and McQuin Baron came up with a great save to win the shootout.

Final score:

USA 12
Australia 11

RCC Men’s Water Polo vs. West Valley – Oct 24, 2015

October 24, 2015 by Ole Leave a Comment

With two sons who play water polo, it feels like we are always out on a pool deck somewhere. Neither of our boys had games or practices today, so what did we do? We watched more water polo.

Today was the second day of a men’s junior college water polo tournament at Golden West College in Huntington Beach. The first game we watched was Riverside City College vs. West Valley College. Both teams finished second in pool play yesterday.

This was a great game. The lead changed a few times and was tied 15-15 in the 4th quarter until RCC got the go-ahead goal.

Final score: Riverside 17, West Valley 15

Here are a few pictures:

By the way, I am thinking about taking more pictures of local sports teams. If you would like to see if I can come out to a game, please contact me.

Nice five meter save…

Men’s Water Polo: USA vs. Serbia in Riverside, CA – 06/04/15

June 11, 2015 by Ole Leave a Comment

My oldest son got tickets to the USA-Serbia men’s water polo game in Riverside, CA through his water polo club. Since he was going to be sitting with his teammates, I decided to go off on my own and take pictures.

USA won the game 9-5, which brought their record in the four-game series against Serbia to 2-0.

Men’s Water Polo: USA vs. Serbia at El Toro HS – 06/07/15

June 11, 2015 by Ole Leave a Comment

We got the opportunity to attend the third water polo game in the four-game series between USA and Serbia last Sunday at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, CA.

This was a great game. Going in to the final seconds of the game, the score was tied 10-10. USA scored the winning goal with two seconds left on the clock, improving its record to 3-0 in the series.

2014 So Cal Community College Water Polo Championship Games – Women: Fullerton vs. Riverside – Men: Golden West vs. Long Beach

November 16, 2014 by Ole Leave a Comment

We drove out to Citrus College in Glendora yesterday to watch the 2014 Southern California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Water Polo Championship games.

Riverside City College faced Fullerton College in the final match for the women. This was a great game. RCC started strong, but Fullerton battled back in the second half and won the game 9-8.

Update: Both teams advance to the State Championship Tournament at American River College in Sacramento on 11/21 and 11/22. RCC will play Diablo Valley College, the #1 seed from Northern California. Fullerton will play Foothill College, the #2 seed from Northern California. The winners of these games will play in the State Championship game.

Some pictures from the So Cal Championship game…

Golden West College and Long Beach City College played in the final match for the men. GWC led the entire game and beat LBCC 9-5.

Update: Both teams advance to the State Championship Tournament at American River College in Sacramento on 11/21 and 11/22. GWC will play West Valley College, the #2 seed from Northern California, and LBCC will play Diablo Valley College, the #2 seed from Northen California. The winners of will play in the State Championship game.

Some pictures from the So Cal Championship game…

2013 Masters Water Polo Festival and Masters National Championship

June 30, 2013 by Ole Leave a Comment

Did you know that Riverside Community College (RCC) hosted USA Water Polo’s first inaugural Masters Water Polo Festival and the 2013 Masters Water Polo National Championship a few weeks ago?

The Masters National Championship is for studs and studettes. The Festival is for those of us who would like to play, but aren’t ready (or aren’t ready anymore) for the big league.

Check out pictures of some of the action on USA Water Polo’s website.

Despite the fact that I haven’t played since high school (a mere 27 years ago), I wanted to play in the Festival but couldn’t find enough players my age who wanted to get back into the pool. For the record, I wanted to play in the beach rules division, not the inner tube division… who knew there was inner tube water polo?

This is a heads up for my fellow 40+ year old ex-players:

I want to play next year.

If this event is held again next year in or around Riverside and you are interested in playing, please contact me and maybe we can put together a team.