By Austin College hosted four noisy matches on campus last weekend coming away from it with a 3-1 record, including a surprising loss to Augustana that James brings up and Joe evades… Meanwhile, MaxPreps has put Texas water polo on the map with Foster atop its national girls’ prep rankings
By POD: Armadillo Recap, NCAA in Sherman, Donzie Lilly
Donzie Lilly has dived knee deep in to the water polo coaching world in the past few years. Now Head Coach at Texas Mavericks, Hebron High School, and with the Olympic Development Program, he speaks with Joe about the first UIL season and the first ODP camps that are
POD: ‘Roos Return from Brown, Kari Brothers, an Empty Nest
The nest is empty at James’ house and it shows in this maudlin edition of the TXWaterpolo Podcast. We recap the new-look Kangaroos as Austin College returns from their season-opening tournament in the Northeast where they defeated DIII opponents Connecticut College but fell to the pesky Engineers of MIT.
POD: Mark Lawrence, ODP Changes, Preps
Look, we could spend all day placing blame on someone for not posting this podcast right after it was recorded but what, really, will that accomplish? Mistakes were made, right? Who’s to say? Let’s not dwell on the past. Let’s move forward. Water under the bridge. Tomorrow’s another day,
POD: UIL Week 2, ODP Coming to TX, AC Roos Near Opener
More players of the week and high school rankings as the UIL season plugs along with games all over the state of Texas. Plus, the ODP program is changed for the 2022-23 season with some big news about where regional and national championships are headed. And Austin College is
POD: Cal Lu’s Cody Pletcher and the ‘Roos Big Weekend
Our nominee for America’s most interesting varsity water polo coach, Cody Pletcher of Alvin was named Interim Head Coach at Cal Lutheran in June. The three-time world rodeo champion has one of the most unique backgrounds in all of water polo and will attempt to garner the Kingsmen’s first
POD: Mark Lawrence, ‘Roos Head Coach, Texas’ Biggest Summer Recap
Austin College returned from a two-day, five-game spin in New England where they won one and fell four times in some highly competitive matchups as the 2021 men’s intercollegiate season returns with some normalcy. We talk with Head Coach Mark Lawrence about the trip and how this season is
POD: First HS Players of the Week, and Kaitlin Kelley
We’re very late. We know. But better late than… whatever. James is in Wyoming, which Joe makes fun of. So the remote location makes audio sound subpar, or more subpar than usual. This week we recap some of the top high school events and select our first players of
POD SPECIAL: Lowery, Cullen, Ferguson on CBU’s Trip to NCAA Championships
The Cal Baptist men finished this bizarre season with an upset win over Air Force to earn their first ever Western Water Polo Association Championship and are now headed to Los Angeles for NCAA Championships, the program’s first. There they’ll face perennial top-four UCLA and look to stage a
POD: Austin College’s Mark Lawrence, Texans Unwelcome, Another Linehan
Joe and Steph are having a baby. There, we said it right up front. We gush about the huge news for a good chunk of time before moving on to the end of the Austin College men’s season and the start of Texas’ high school one. Then, why speculate