SCU water polo saw nearly half of its eligible student-athletes post a cumulative GPA above 3.0 and earn recognition on the 2010-11 WWPA All-Academic Teams.
Santa Clara University All-America water polo player Stephen Hobbs has earned an NCAA fall sport postgraduate scholarship, one of just 29 male student-athletes nationwide to receive the award.
Senior Stephen Hobbs and junior James Case were selected as Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-American honorable mentions this past Saturday when the ACWPC released their annual awards. It is the first time Santa Clara has had two men's water polo athletes selected for an All-American honorable mention in the same year.
Outside of the pool, Theo Nasser (San Mateo, Calif.) may be one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. However, in the pool it’s a different story. Nasser has developed into one of the Bronco’s top two meter defenders, a position that is physically grueling.
The Santa Clara men’s water polo team capped another successful season in 2010 with a 19-15 record and a historic win to tie for a program-best finish of third place in the 2010 Men’s Water Polo Association Championships, held at the first time at the Broncos’ own Sullivan Aquatic Center.
The No. 14 Santa Clara men’s water polo team closed its 2010 season with a 19-15 overall record and a third place finish at the WWPA Championships, defeating No. 11 UC San Diego today, 7-6, at Sullivan Aquatic Center. Sophomore Patrick Weiss led the Bronco offense with two goals in SCU’s first-ever victory over the Tritons while junior goalie Michael Wishart made eight saves.
The No. 14 Santa Clara men's water polo team fell to No. 8 Loyola Marymount, 11-4, this afternoon in the 2010 WWPA Championships semifinal at Sullivan Aquatic Center. The Broncos, now 18-15 overall, will close out the 2010 season tomorrow against No. 11 UC San Diego at noon in the WWPA Third Place match.
The No. 14 Santa Clara men’s water polo team defeated fifth-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 13-4, in the Broncos’ first game of the 2010 WWPA Championships. SCU, seeded fourth, will now move on to play the winner of top-seeded Loyola Marymount vs. eighth-seeded Redlands in tomorrow’s semifinal.
The No. 14 Santa Clara men’s water polo (17-14 overall, 7-7 WWPA) will host the WWPA Championships this Friday, Nov. 19 to Sunday, Nov. 21 at the Sullivan Aquatic Center. Ten conference foes will converge on the Mission Campus, all looking for an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This will mark the first time the Santa Clara men’s team has hosted the WWPA championships. The Santa Clara women hosted the tournament in 2008.
The No. 12 Santa Clara men's water polo team suffered a 6-4 loss today to No. 14 UC Davis in the Broncos final regular-season match of the year. Santa Clara finishes the season with an overall record of 17-14 heading into next week's WWPA Championships at the Sullivan Aquatic Center.
The No. 12 Santa Clara men’s water polo team fell to 17-13 after falling to top-ranked California, 16-7, tonight at the Sullivan Aquatic Center. The Broncos were led offensively by senior Nick Poggetti’s two goals.
The No. 11 Santa Clara men’s water polo team (17-12 overall, 7-6 WWPA) will host two games at the Sullivan Aquatic Center this week to close out their regular season.
The No. 11 Santa Clara men's water polo team dropped a home match against WWPA-rival No. 9 Loyola Marymount, 11-5, this afternoon at Sullivan Aquatic Center. The loss was the Broncos third straight against a top-10 team.
The No. 11 Santa Clara men's water polo team fell to No. 7 Pacific this evening, 14-7, in the Broncos final away game of the season. The Broncos drop to 17-11 with the loss and will be back in their own pool at the Sullivan Aquatic Center tomorrow to take on No. 9 Loyola Marymount at 1 p.m.
The No. 11 Santa Clara men’s water polo team (17-10 overall, 7-5 WWPA) enters a big week where it will play two tough games. Fri., Nov. 5, the Broncos will travel to Stockton, Calif. to play the No. 7 Pacific Tigers (12-8 overall, 1-3 MPSF) at 3 p.m. They will then return home Saturday to host WWPA conference foe No. 9 Loyola Marymount (12-7 overall, 10-1 WWPA) at 1 p.m. in the Sullivan Aquatic Center.
The No. 11 Santa Clara men’s water polo team fell to No. 4 Stanford, 17-6, this evening at the Sullivan Aquatic Center. The Broncos had six different goal-scorers in the losing effort.
Junior goalie Michael Wishart was named the WWPA Player of the Week today, Wednesday, Oct. 27, after a strong performance last weekend at the Broncos' own Rodeo Tournament. Wishart posted big numbers as Santa Clara went on to win all four games in the tournament.
The No. 11 Santa Clara men’ s water polo team (17-9 overall, 7-5 WWPA) will host its only game of the week this Friday night, taking on No. 4 Stanford (9-5 overall, 3-1 MPSF) at 6 p.m. at the Sullivan Aquatic Center.
The No. 13 Santa Clara men's water polo team wrapped up the 2010 Rodeo Tournament by winning its final two games of the competition; defeating No. 20 Brown, 16-9, and Air Force, 8-6.
The No. 13 Santa Clara mens water polo team picked up two wins today, improving to 15-9 overall, defeating Cal Baptist, 9-8, and Bucknell, 13-9, on the second day of the Rodeo Tournament at the Sullivan Aquatic Center.
The No. 13 Santa Clara mens water polo team will host the 2010 Rodeo Tournament this weekend at the Sullivan Aquatic Center. The Broncos welcome No. 20 Brown, No. 15 Cal Baptist, Air Force, Bucknell, No. 11 UC Davis, and No. 7 Pacific.
Santa Claras No. 11 ranked mens water polo team fell in its home opener to No. 9 UC San Diego on Saturday, 10-7. Santa Clara was led by Nick Poggettis three goals.
The No. 11 Santa Clara mens water polo team (13-8 overall, 6-4 WWPA) will host its first home game of the season this Saturday, taking on No. 9 UC San Diego (9-7 overall, 5-2 WWPA) at 1 p.m. at the Sullivan Aquatic Center.
The No. 12 Santa Clara water polo team won each of its four games this weekend at the Claremont Convergence. The Broncos defeated hosts Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer, 7-4. Santa Clara also defeated Whittier, 11-5, and Occidental, 15-3.
The Santa Clara mens water polo team moved up two spots in the national rankings to No. 12 this week after upsetting two higher ranked opponents, St. Francis and Pepperdine, last weekend at the SoCal Tournament.
The No. 14 Santa Clara mens water polo team ended the SoCal Tourny on a high note, nearly upsetting conference rival LMU and upsetting No. 9 Pepperdine. The Broncos fell to the Lions, 5-4, and bested the Waves, 12-10, to take 11th place.
The No. 14 Santa Clara mens water polo team fell to No. 3 California, 15-8, this morning in the Broncos opening match of the 2010 SoCal Tournament, but recovered from the mornings loss to upset No. 12 St. Francis, 14-11, later in the day.