2026 Princeton University Women’s Water Polo Schedule
PRINCETON, N.J. — Head coach Derek Ellingson announced the release of the 2026 Princeton University women’s water polo schedule.
The Tigers begin the 2026 campaign at Long Island University on January. 21 prior to hosting the Princeton Invitational at home in DeNunzio Pool on January 30-February 1. The Tigers face Mount St. Mary’s University, Santa Clara University, Marist College, Siena University and Wagner College at the invite.
Princeton heads to the Villanova Invitational on February 7 at Villanova University for games against California Baptist University and Gannon University before welcoming Iona University to DeNunzio Pool a week later on February 14.
Ellingson’s team begins Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) play as it goes back on the road to Bucknell University for games against Mercyhurst University and the Bison on February 21. The Tigers head to Brown University and Harvard University on February 28-March 1 for the Harvard Invitational. Princeton will take on Brown in Providence, R.I. at 9:00 a.m. in a league game prior to facing Long Island at 1:00 p.m. on February 21. On March 1, the Tigers finish out their weekend trip to New England by venturing to Cambridge, Mass., for a 9:00 a.m. rematch of the 2024 CWPA Championship title game versus Harvard.
Princeton starts its Spring Break trip with three games at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges on March 7-11, goes to the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) on March 12 and closes out the trip at the San Diego State University Invitational on March 12-14 with games against Whittier College, Indiana University and the host Aztecs.
A return trip to the East Coast leads into the final weekend of regular season league competition for Princeton as the squad hosts the University of Michigan and Saint Francis University in New Jersey on March 21 as part of a six-game CWPA single day event. A single game against Marist College on April 3 leads into the 10-game CWPA Championship on April 10-12 at the Michigan’s Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The victor of the CWPA Championship claims the conference’s automatic berth to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship set for April 24-26 at Canyonview Aquatic Center in La Jolla, Calif., on the campus of the University of California-San Diego.
