Iona Water Polo Receives Votes in CWPA Preseason Poll
MAAC Sports
BRIDGEPORT, PA - The Iona College Gaels water polo team received 9 points in the Collegiate Water Polo Association 2014 Women's Varsity Preseason Polls.
Iona defeated Wagner College 12-10 in the 2013 MAAC Women's Water Polo Championship Final to claim its third straight league crown.
Voted on by a panel of coaches from the CWPA, Western Water Polo Association (WWPA), Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), Big West Conference, Golden Coast Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (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.
2014 Varsity Top 20 (Preseason)
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Final 2013 Poll
|
Points
|
| 1 |
University of Southern California |
1 |
99 |
| 2 |
Stanford University |
2 |
96 |
| 3 |
University of California-Los Angeles |
3 |
89 |
| 4 (T) |
Arizona State University |
4 |
81 |
| 4 (T) |
University of California |
5 |
81 |
| 6 |
University of California-Irvine |
7 |
76 |
| 7 |
University of Hawaii |
6 |
70 |
| 8 (T) |
Princeton University |
9 |
59 |
| 8 (T) |
San Jose State University |
11 |
59 |
| 10 |
San Diego State University |
10 |
56 |
| 11 |
Long Beach State University |
8 |
55 |
| 12 |
University of California-San Diego |
12 |
38 |
| 13 |
University of Michigan |
13 |
36 |
| 14 |
California State University-Northridge |
14 (T) |
32 |
| 15 |
Indiana University |
17 |
28 |
| 16 |
Loyola Marymount University |
14 (T) |
26 |
| 17 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
16 |
21 |
| 18 |
University of California-Davis |
18 |
17 |
| 19 |
Hartwick College |
19 |
15 |
| 20 |
University of the Pacific |
20 |
11 |
| RV |
Iona College |
RV |
9 |