IU water polo set to be host to Hoosier Invite
No. 14 IU water polo has its first home games of the year this weekend.
No. 14 IU water polo has its first home games of the year this weekend.
IU water polo wins three of its first five games this weekend in Santa Barbara, California.
IU water polo will look to build off its 2016 success with a new head coach and goaltender.
The Hoosiers face the top two teams in the nation from last season.
Ryan Castle has been hired as the new head coach of the IU water polo program, IU Athletic Directory Fred Glass announced Friday.
King starter the water polo program 18 years ago.
IU is now 5-1 in CWPA play.
The IU water polo team earned seventh place in the NCAA tournament this weekend.
Stanford (22-1) enters the first-round matchup 6:30 p.m. in Los Angeles against IU (23-5) as the No. 1 team in the country.
IU water polo defeated Wagner on Saturday in the NCAA play-in game to advance to play Stanford in the NCAA Tournament on Friday.
Most of the high school players come from the Golden State, giving the area schools an edge when attracting talent.
The Hoosiers earned a No. 8 seed and will play the No. 9 seed Wagner on Saturday at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington.
The No. 14 IU water polo team went an undefeated 4-0 during the weekend in the first set of CWPA Western Division Round Robin matches held at Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y.
The grueling nature of the sport requires the Hoosiers practice three hours a day, six days a week.
After crossing the coast to play in two different tournaments, No. 15 IU will play games at home this weekend.
The No. 13 Hoosiers returned home to Bloomington with a 6-0 record after four wins in Providence, R.I.
The IU women’s water polo team moved up two ranks and is currently 13th in the women’s varsity water polo poll.
The IU women’s water polo team moved up two ranks and is currently 13th in the women’s varsity water polo poll.
IU women’s water polo (2-0) didn’t have a match last weekend but still used the week to its advantage.
During the course of the week the IU women’s water polo team has been a loose, fun bunch during practice. But come Saturday the team will get serious as it knows the Hoosiers have two difficult opponents to face.