#GCCWATERPOLO – The 2024 Collegiate Women’s Water Polo season begins this week, and Fresno State enters the campaign picked to win their fourth straight title, as voted on by the eight league coaches for the annual Golden Coast Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
The Bulldogs have won at least a share of the last three GCC regular season titles and have won the last three tournament titles. They earned seven first place votes to sit atop the poll with 49 points. Sitting second and earning the other first place vote is Loyola Marymount, who earned 42 points.
Rounding out this year’s preseason poll is Pacific in third place (37 points), San Diego State in fourth place (30 points), California Baptist in fifth (22 points), a tie at sixth with Azusa Pacific and Concordia (16 points), and in eighth place is Santa Clara (12 points).
2024 GCC Preseason Coaches' Poll
| Rk |
Institution |
Pts |
FP |
| 1 |
Fresno State |
49 |
7 |
| 2 |
Loyola Marymount |
42 |
1 |
| 3 |
Pacific |
37 |
- |
| 4 |
San Diego State |
30 |
- |
| 5 |
California Baptist |
22 |
- |
| 6 |
Azusa Pacific |
16 |
- |
|
Concordia |
16 |
- |
| 8 |
Santa Clara |
12 |
- |
SEASON OPENERS
The 2024 season begins on Thursday, Jan. 18 with Azusa Pacific hosting CSU Monterey Bay. It is one of 19 games in the opening weekend within the Golden Coast Conference. Also playing in the opening weekend of the season will be California Baptist, Concordia, Fresno State, Loyola Marymount, and San Diego State. Santa Clara will open the weekend of Jan. 26 while Pacific will start their season on Feb. 2. Here is what is on top to start the 2024 season:
Thursday, January 18, 2024
CSU Monterey Bay at Azusa Pacific - 3:00 P.M.
Friday, January 19, 2024
Westcliff University vs. San Diego State - 12:30 P.M. (Fullerton Invitational)
San Diego State at CSU Fullerton - 7:00 P.M. (Fullerton Invitational)
Saturday, January 20, 2024
CSUN vs. California Baptist - 8:00 A.M. (Long Beach Invite)
Azusa Pacific at UC Santa Barbara - 8:00 A.M. (UCSB Winter Invitational)
University of La Verne vs. San Diego State - 9:00 A.M. (Fullerton Invitational)
University of La Verne vs. Concordia – 10:30 A.M. (Long Beach Invite)
Salem College vs. Loyola Marymount - 12:40 P.M. (ASU Invitational)
Ottawa University Arizona vs. Azusa Pacific – 1:00 P.M. (UCSB Winter Invitational)
California Baptist at Long Beach State - 2:15 P.M. (Long Beach Invite)
San Diego State vs. CSU Monterey Bay (Fullerton Invitational)
Michigan at Fresno State - 3:00 P.M. (Fresno State Polo-Palooza)
California Lutheran vs. Loyola Marymount - 3:20 P.M. (ASU Invitational)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps vs. Concordia – 4:45 P.M. (Long Beach Invitational
UC Davis at Fresno State - 7:30 P.M. (Fresno State Polo-Palooza)
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Loyola Marymount at Arizona State - 10:20 A.M. (ASU Invitational)
Stanford University at Fresno State - 11:00 A.M. (Fresno State Polo-Palooza)
Wagner College vs. Loyola Marymount - 2:20 P.M. (ASU Invitational)
San Jose State at Fresno State - 6:00 P.M. (Fresno State Polo-Palooza)
ROAD TO THE GCC CHAMPIONSHIP
The road to the 2024 GCC Championship heads to Santa Clara. This year’s tournament will be held at Santa Clara University on Friday, Apr. 26 through Sunday, Apr. 28. First round match-ups will be held on Friday, Apr. 26 with the semifinals on Saturday, Apr. 27. The title game will be on Sunday, Apr. 28. A seventh place and fifth place game will be played on Saturday with a third place game on Sunday. Every game of the 2024 GCC Championship will be streamed live thanks to a new streaming rights partner Overnght Media.
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Coming Thursday is the start of the 2024 season and our What To Watch For in 2024 preview.