Aussies Abroad | 9 April

Find out how some of our Aussie water polo athletes are fairing in their overseas leagues.

AUSSIE STINGERS

ITALIAN WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (CAMPIONATO SERIE A1)

With only two rounds remaining in the regular season, Elle Armit and Plebiscito Padova are running fourth in the Italian women's premier water polo competition. Armit has already claimed 22 goals in the season so far.

Before Plebiscito Padova can focus on their run home to the finals in Italy they will first focus on their upcoming match which is a LEN Euro League Semi Final where they will travel to Sabadell in Spain and compete for a spot in the final match.

LAST RESULT:  Kally NC Milan 7 - Plebiscito Padova 13
NEXT FIXTURE: 19 April Plebiscito Padova v Astralpool Sabadell (LEN Euro League Semi Finals)

With seven goals for the season at Rapallo Pallanuoto, Jessica Zimmermann will be satisfied where the group sit in the 2018/19 season. Currently tracking third on the ladder, they will be looking to get back on the winners list at the end of this month.

LAST RESULT: Ekipe Orizzonte 11 - Rapallo Pallanuoto 5 
NEXT FIXTURE: 27 April - Rapallo Pallanuoto v Ecogruppo Torre del Grifo

GREEK WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (A1)

Olympiacos are home to Aussie Stingers duo Hannah Buckling and Keesja Gofers who are part of a Greek side which dominated in a 20-3 victory. They will next dive in on 10 April in a match which fellow Aussie Morgan Baxter will cap up in the opposing team.

Olympiacos will also have one eye on 19 April for their LEN Euro League Semi Finals match in Spain against NC Vouliagemni.

LAST RESULT: Ano Glyfadas 3 - Olympiacos SFP 20
NEXT FIXTURE: 10 April - Ethnikos v Olympiacos SFP

Morgan Baxter will be looking for a win with Greek side Ethnikos after suffering a 6-14 loss to Vouliagmeni. But they have a tough task ahead of them against a red hot Olympiacos which includes Aussie Stingers Hannah Buckling and Keesja Gofers.

LAST RESULT: Vouliagmeni 14 - National Piraeus 6
NEXT FIXTURE: 10 April - National Piraeus v Olympiacos SFP

AMERICAN COLLEGE (NCAA)

There was a strong representation of Aussie skills in University of Michigan's latest win with Madeleine Steere (3), Abby Andrews (2) and Sofie Pontre (1) scoring a combined total of six goals for their American College team.

LAST RESULT: Michigan 9 v Princeton 6
NEXT FIXTURE: 13 April - Harvard v Michigan

In her latest outing for UCLA, Bronte Halligan scored a season-high and career-high-tying four goals against San Jose State as part of UCLA's 13-3 victory.

LAST RESULT: UCLA 13 - SJSU 3
NEXT FIXTURE: 21 April USC v UCLA

Cal Women's Water Polo is the new home of Aussie Junior Carla Traplin, unfortunately in their latest fixture, the Cal Bears went down comprehensively 3-8 to USC and will now look to bounce back in the home pool against Stanford.

LAST RESULT: USC 8 - Cal Bears 3
NEXT FIXTURE: 13 April - Cal Bears v Stanford

Matilda Kearns can claim bragging rights over Carla Traplin with her USC Trojans side getting the 8-3 win recently. The Trojans are back in action this weekend against Arizona State.

LAST FIXTURE: USC 8 - Cal Bears 3
NEXT FIXTURE: 13 April - USC v Arizona State

HUNGARIAN WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (FEMALE OB I)

Lena Mihailovic and Hungarian side FTC-Telekom have suffered a big defeat at the hands of UVSE defending national league champions. However they will have a chance to draw level in the semi final series when they square off again on 17 April. If the series is equal after the second match, FTC-Telekom will have to return to Margaret Island, the home of UVSE and look to take the series there.

LAST FIXTURE: UVSE 17 - FTC-Telekom 8
NEXT FIXTURE: 10 April - Ferencvrosi v UVSE

AUSSIE SHARKS

HUNGARIAN MEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (MALE OB I)

While there were no new results for Aussie Sharks captain Aaron Younger this week he watched on as numerous FTC-Telekom teammates took out the Europa Cup 10-8 as part of the Hungarian mens's team over defending champions Croatia.

LAST RESULT: CN Barceloneta 8 - FTC-Telekom 5
NEXT FIXTURE: 11 April - Szolnoki Dozsa v FTC-Telecom

CROATIAN MEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (PRVA LIGA)

Aussie Sharks player Nathan Power has returned to Croatia after competing in Perth at the FINA World League Inter-Continental Cup and will be looking to get VK Jadran Split back on the winner's list in their upcoming fixture.

LAST RESULT: Waspo Hannover 9 - VK Jadran Split 8
NEXT FIXTURE: 14 April - HAVK Mladost v VK Jadran Split

Tim Putt and VK Primorje EB will be eager to turn around their latest result after suffering a big 7-19 defeat.

LAST RESULT: VK Primorje EB 7 - Zadar 1952 19 

SPANISH MEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (LIGA PREMAAT)

In Spain as part of the Quadis CN Mataro group, George Ford comes back from Perth to take on CN Barcelona Vista at the Quadis home pool.

LAST RESULT: CN Sabadell 7 - Quadis CN Mataro 8 
NEXT FIXTURE: 9 April - Quadis CN Mataro v CN Barcelona Vista

GREEK MEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (A1 ETHNIKI)

After a big high scoring affair which Vouliagmeni took out 16-10, Aussie Anthony Hyrsanthos returns to a side with strong momentum ahead of their 14 April clash.

LAST RESULT: Vouliagmeni 16 v Chania 10
NEXT FIXTURE: April 14 - Peristerio v Vouliagmeni

ITALIAN MEN’S A1 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Italian powerhouse Pro Recco, home to Joe Kayes, put on another dominant display in their most recent result, a 16-8 win over Steaua Bucuresti. 

LAST RESULT:  Steaua Bucuresti 8 v Pro Recco 16
NEXT FIXTURE: 14 April Ferencvarosi v Pro Recco

ITALIAN MEN’S A2 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Nick Elphick continues his strong goal scoring form for RN Sori with a double to his name in their latest game. Unfortunately it wasn't enough for the Italian side with RN Sori going down 5-9 to CS Plebiscito PD.

LAST RESULT: CS Plebiscito PD 9 - RN Sori 5
NEXT FIXTURE: 10 April RN Sori v RN Arenzano

SERBIAN MEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE (A2 LIGA)

Damien Williams and Valjevo Gorenge will be looking ahead to their next fixture and looking to replicate their last result which was a positive 15-9 win.

LAST RESULT: VA Cattaro 9 – Valjevo Gorenge 15
NEXT FIXTURE: 10 April - Valjevo Gorenge - Beograd