Definition of water polo
: a goal game similar to soccer that is played in water by teams of swimmers using a ball resembling a soccer ball
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Maryland cuts men’s cross country, men’s indoor track, men's tennis, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, women's water polo, and women's acrobatics and tumbling.
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Cowan will join the Pacific men’s water polo team in Stockton, Calif.
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But so did water polo players like senior Jessica Lynch and juniors Kili Skibby, Annie Rankin and Linnea Kelly.
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Instead, the 56-year-old Estiarte is Spain’s greatest ever water polo player.
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After guiding the Carlsbad High girls water polo team to new heights last season, Lancers coach Greg Horman resigned weeks later at the request of the school’s administration.
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Backed by its sturdy one-two punch that's been together the last three seasons, the Crescenta Valley High girls' water polo team rolled to a ninth straight Pacific League championship.
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Senior Sophie Oliver, who recently signed to play water polo at Whittier College in California, will be leading the girls side along with Sydney Vu, Guiuliana Orbe, Laura Rogers and a fearsome crew of juniors.
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Farley earned all-Mission Conference honors twice in water polo, leading the team to back-to-back conference titles.
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First Known Use of water polo
1875
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Definition of water polo for English Language Learners
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: a game that is played in water by two teams of swimmers who try to score by throwing a ball into a goal
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