Princeton University Athletics
150 Years - Women's Water Polo
November 11, 2014 | Women's Water Polo
| Women's Water Polo |
| First Full Varsity Season: 1997 |
| All-Time Full Varsity Record: 414-148 (0.737) |
| 1997 | Women's water polo elevated to full varsity status, becoming Princeton's 37th sport. Under Paul Nelson, the Tigers posted an 11-9 mark in their first season, finishing the year ranked No. 4 in the East in No. 16 in the Coaches' Poll. |
| 1999 | Luis Nicolao named the program's second head coach, a position that he still holds today. In 17 years at the helm, he has compiled a 379-130 (0.745) ledger. Led Tigers to 26 wins en route to ECAC, Ivy and Southern championships. |
| 2000 | The Tigers broke into the national top-10 for the first time in early March and peaked at No. 8 at the end of the season. Princeton finished with a 25-6 record and won the first of three CWPA titles. Adele McCarthy-Beauvais became the first of 11 Tigers to earn All-America accolades. |
| 2001 | Princeton rattles off a program record 20-game win streak en route to a 24-7 overall record and second CWPA Southern Championship. Luis Nicolao named CWPA Eastern Coach of the Year. |
| 2005 | Winning what was then a program record 27 games, the Orange and Black capture titles at the ECAC and Southern Championships. |
| 2007 | Luis Nicolao picked up his second Eastern Coach of the Year honor after leading Princeton to a 20-9 mark and a seventh ECAC Championship. |
| 2012 | The Tigers posted 29 wins in 2012. Going 5-0 in Southern play, Princeton won its first Eastern Championship since 2000 and earned its first-ever berth into the NCAA Tournament. |
| 2013 | Going 28-6 on the year, Princeton swept the Southern and Eastern championships for the second straight season, punching its ticket to another NCAA Tournament appearance. Seeded sixth, the Orange and Black went 2-1 in championship play en route to a fifth-place finish. |
| 2014 | Princeton set a program record with 31 wins and captured its ninth Southern Championship before finishing as the runner-up at Easterns. |
The 150th anniversary of the first intercollegiate athletic event in Princeton University history will be Nov. 22, 2014, which will be 150 years to the day that Princeton defeated Williams 27-16 in a baseball game. As part of the 150th celebration, Princeton will be commemorating the history of each of its 38 varsity teams, in reverse order of the time they became varsity programs.
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