The 2025 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship was the 24th edition of the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, for the annual tournament to decide the championship of NCAA women's collegiate water polo. The tournament was held from May 9 to May 11, 2025, at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. In the championship game, aired live on ESPNU, Stanford defeated Southern California 11-7. It was Stanford's 10th NCAA title in women's water polo plus it was 137th NCAA title in a team sport.
Qualifying teams The field of teams was revealed in a selection show that was on April 28, 2025. Six conferences are granted automatic qualification to the championship: the Big West Conference, Collegiate Water Polo Association, Golden Coast Conference, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and Western Water Polo Association. Three additional teams earned entry into the tournament with at-large bids, with all of them coming from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
Seed Team Conference Bid type Appearance 1 Stanford MPSF Automatic 24th2 UCLA MPSF At-large 23rd3 USC MPSF At-large 21st4 Hawai'i Big West Automatic 9th California MPSF At-large 19th Loyola Marymount GCC Automatic 10th Harvard CWPA Automatic 1st McKendree WWPA Automatic 1st Wagner College MAAC Automatic 8th
Schedule and results All times Eastern
GameTimeMatchupScoreTVAttendance Opening Round – Wednesday, May 7 1 6:00 p.m. Wagner vs. McKendree 19–7 NCAA.com Quarterfinals – Friday, May 9 2 12:00 p.m. Stanford vs. Wagner 28–7NCAA.com 3 2:00 p.m. Hawaii vs. California 8–7 287 4 4:00 p.m. UCLA vs. LMU (CA) 11–8 302 5 6:00 p.m. Southern California vs. Harvard 18–7 345 Semifinals – Saturday, May 10 6 12:00 p.m. Stanford vs. Hawaii 13–4NCAA.com 329 7 2:00 p.m. UCLA vs. Southern California 13–15 348 Championship – Sunday, May 11 8 12:00 p.m. Stanford vs. Southern California 11–7 ESPNU 398
Tournament bracket
All Tournament Team
First Team Ryann Neushul (Stanford) Jenna Flynn (Stanford) Emma Lineback (UCLA) Tilly Kearns (USC) Rachel Gazzaniga (USC) Bernadette Doyle (Hawai’i) Christine Carpenter (Most Outstanding Player, Stanford)
Second Team Ava Stryker (USC) Anna Pearson (UCLA) Jordan Wedderburn (Hawai’i) Eszter Varro (California) Ruby Hodge (Harvard) Ruth Arino Ariz (Loyola Marymount) Anna Reed (USC)
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