Aussies Abroad | 24 April

Multiple Aussie men and women hit the pool and put it all on the line in their respective overseas competitions. Check out how Australia's water polo athletes are fairing around the world.

AUSSIE SHARKS

HUNGARIAN MEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (MALE OB I)

Aussie Sharks captain Aaron Younger helped Hungarian team FTC-Telekom to a comfortable win over MVLC with a double to his name.

LAST RESULT: FTC-Telekom 10 - MVLC 7
NEXT FIXTURE: 25 April - FTC Waterpolo v Steaua Bucharest

CROATIAN MEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (PRVA LIGA)

Nathan Power and VK Jadran Split will be eager to return to the pool quickly after a four goal defeat at the hands of HAVK Mladost.

LAST RESULT: HAVK Mladost 11 - VK Jadran Split 7
NEXT FIXTURE: 24 April - VK Jug CO v VK Jadran Split 

ITALIAN MEN’S A1 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Joe Kayes and his Italian teammates from Pro Recco secured a comfortable win over Savona in the Men's A1 Championships.

LAST RESULT: Pro Recco 18 - Savona 5
NEXT FIXTURE: 25 April - Pro Recco v Brescia

SERBIAN MEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (A2 LIGA)

In Serbia, Damien Williams has had a solid 6-4 win with his Valjevo Gorenge side.

LAST RESULT: Stari Grad 4 - Valjevo 6
NEXT FIXTURE: 28 April - Valjevo v Beograd

AUSSIE STINGERS

ITALIAN WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (CAMPIONATO SERIE A1)

Italian team Plebiscito Padova, home to Aussie Stingers Elle Armit, have gone down by a single goal to NC Vouliameni in the bronze medal playoff for the Women's LEN Euro League competition.

Plebiscito Padova will look to respond positively in their second last national league regular round match this weekend.

LAST RESULT: Plebiscito Padova 7 - NC Vouliameni 8
NEXT FIXTURE: 27 April - Plebiscito Padova v SIS Roma

GREEK WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (A1)

In a heart breaking result for Hannah Buckling, Keesja Gofers and Olympiacos SFP, home side CN Sabadell were too strong in the Women's LEN Euro League gold medal match.

The pair of Aussie Stingers went down by two goals to the Spanish team.

LAST RESULT: CN Sabadell 13 - Olympiacos SFP 11

AMERICAN COLLEGE

As part of their playing time at Michigan University, Aussie players Madeleine Steere and Abby Andrews have claimed Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year honors as part of the 2019 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division All-Conference Team awards.

Steere was also named in the 2019 CWPA Division All-Conference Teams First Team, while Andrews was listed as part of the CWPA Division All-Conference Teams Second Team.

LAST RESULT: Michigan 14 - George Washington 
NEXT FIXTURE: 27 April - Michigan v CWPA Championship

In their last home game of the season Bronte Halligan's UCLA were narrowly defeated 9-8 by USC Trojans.

LAST RESULT: USC 9 - UCLA 8
NEXT FIXTURE: 27 April - ASU v UCLA

Away from home Cal Women's Water Polo and Carla Traplin produced a strong performance to lock away a comfortable win over Arizona State.

LAST RESULT: Arizona State 9 - California 14
NEXT FIXTURE: 26 April - California v San Jose State
 
Matilda Kearns and her fellow USC Trojans teammates grabbed a close win over UCLA in their latest fixture.

LAST FIXTURE: USC 9 - UCLA 8
NEXT FIXTURE: 26 April - USC v Indiana

HUNGARIAN WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (FEMALE OB I)

Ferencvrosi and Aussie Stingers Lena Mihailovic have gone down to UVSE in the third match of their series at their home pool in Hungary.

LAST FIXTURE: Ferencvrosi 8 v UVSE 11

Eger along with Aussie Amelia Pullyblank continued their winning ways again with a comfortable six goal win over Szegedi.

LAST FIXTURE: Eger 16 - Szegedi 10
NEXT FIXTURE: 28 April - Eger v Szentesi