Cal Poly Women's Water Polo is a student-led, highly competitive Cal Poly club sports team that provides young women the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level.
Cal Poly Women's Water Polo is the most successful collegiate club water polo program in the history of women’s competition, with eight National Collegiate Championship seasons (2003-2005, 2008-2011, 2017).
Go Mustangs
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Our Story
Cal Poly Women’s Water Polo is a student-led Cal Poly Club Sports Team that provides its players with the opportunity to compete competitively at a collegiate level.
Our team competes in the CWPA Collegiate Water Polo Association’s club league, in the Pacific Coast Division.
We are a tight-knit community of 28-32 young women who fill two full travel rosters: an A and B team, as well as our practice team.
To date, Cal Poly Women’s Water Polo has won eight National titles as well as various regional titles over recent years.
Our club is primarily funded by generous donations and sponsors from within our Cal Poly community.
Practice/ Tryout Schedule
Our pre-season begins with the WOW club fair showcase, where we meet prospective players and welcome them to our first pre-season event: hiking the Cal Poly P.
Preseason practices are open to all prospective players! Traditionally held twice a week, the practices commence on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings.
Our regular season starts with a two-week tryout period on the first day of school during Winter Quarter. At the end of this tryout period, cuts will be made, and the travel and practice team players will be announced.
Season practices start with stretching outside the Mott Athletic Center Gym and are from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm Monday through Friday at the Cal Poly Anderson Aquatics Center.
Our main season’s length depends on whether the team qualifies for the National Tournament.
Tournament Schedule
Our program has several pre-season tournaments, traditionally traveling with returning players to San Diego State University, along with two more local day tournaments with Cuesta College and the University of Santa Cruz.
Our main season starts on the first day of school during following winter break. Our main season consists of three league tournaments, concluding with our regional tournament, where the Mustangs compete for a spot at nationals.
Our postseason in the spring consists of Alumni weekend and a tournament, along with an additional tournament at the University of Santa Cruz.
Spesific dates and times of our tournaments and scrimmages will be updated regularly on our Instagram and in our Google Calendar, which can be accessed via the QR code below.
2026-2027 Board Members
Fiona Blair
Co- President
Nora Thompson
Vice President
Kayla Bistrain
Captain
Sophie Hendrickson
Co- President
Tayleigh Birkie
Captain
Piper Whitty
Social & Sports
Mia Filapovski
Social & Sports
Coordinator
Coordinator
Keep up with us!
Our Google Calendar
Sign up for Mustang Station, our
monthly newsletter email list:
Lauren Stanton
Treasurer
Daisy Mueller
Travel Coordinator
Fundraising: What’s Instore…
Stay tuned! Our team will be hosting a coaching clinic for middle and highschool players this fall! Dates to be announced!
If interested in being on the email list for our player-coached clinics please fill out the form below:
Prospective Player?
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Support Our Team
Our club relies on funding from generous donations from community members, alumni, and sponsors! We appreciate any donations!
Our 2026-2027 Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Tom Lourish
Coach Tom has been coaching Cal Poly Women’s Club Water Polo for the past four years. The upcoming 2026-2027 season will be his 5th consecutive season with the team! Tom played for De Anza College, CSU Chico, several Bay Area clubs, and in Australia until 2000. Before coaching our team, Tom worked as a coach in many different capacities:
Assistant coach at Palo Alto High School in 1987
Head coach at Los Altos High School
Head coach at Santa Clara University from the late 1980s to 1994
Ran a federal program for Australian Water Polo, 1994-1997
Helped create & develop the Water Polo Intensive Training Center (ITC) for Queensland to ID & train young athletes to find elite players for the national & open teams
Coaches a group of his former teammates and 50+ Masters players
Coached locally at Righetti High School most recently before coaching for Cal Poly
Assistant Coach: Chris Yee
Coach Chris has been coaching Cal Poly Women’s Club Water Polo for the past two years. The upcoming 2026-2027 season will be his 3rd consecutive season with the team! Chris graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in Earth Science, and has been playing Water Polo for over 20 years. Chris has also worked as a coach in various positions for local clubs, Riighetti High School, and for SLO Water Polo
Assistant Coach: Brooke Imamoto
Coach Brooke coached her first season last year as a recent Cal Poly Womens CLub Water Polo Alumni! The upcoming 2026-2027 season will be her second year coaching the team, after playing for 4 consecutive years. Brooke served as both a Captain and club Co- President while playing for Cal Poly. She graduated in 2025 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a Minor in Ethnic Studies.
Poly Polo
Poly Polo
Thank You to our Sponsors!
Prospective sponsor? Drop us an email @cpwomenswaterpolo@gmail.com and we will send you our sponsorship tier letter!
