Princeton University Athletics
Tigers Crack Top 10 For First Time In Four-Year History
March 01, 2000 | Women's Water Polo
March 1, 2000
PRINCETON, N.J. - The 2000 Princeton women's water polo team finds itself where few East Coast teams have been--the Top 10. On Wednesday, the U.S. Water Polo Association announced the Tigers were No. 10 in the latest Collegiate Top 20. In a poll dominated by West Coast programs, Princeton jumped two spots from last week's No. 12 ranking with a win over then No. 8 UMass.
This is the first time Princeton's women's water polo team has cracked the Top 10 in its four-year history as a varsity sport. The Tigers reached the No. 11 spot in the April 12 rankings last season and finished the year at No. 14.
"We are excited about our climb in the polls, but we know there is still a lot of work to do to get where we want to be at the end of the season," says head coach Luis Nicolao.
The Tigers are currently 5-0 on the season and will begin CWPA League action on March 11, as they take on West Chester at Villanova at 11:15 a.m.
National Women's Water Polo Top 20 Poll
1. University of California, Berkeley 2. Stanford University 3. University of California, Los Angeles 4. University of Southern California 5. University of California, Davis 6. University of Hawaii 7. University of California, Santa Barbara 8. San Jose State University 9. Long Beach State University 10. Princeton University 11. San Diego State University 12. University of Massachusetts 13. University of California, San Diego 14. University of Michigan 15. Loyola Marymount University 16. University of the Pacific 17. Indiana University 18. Villanova University 19. Harvard University 20. University of Washington