Women's Water Polo | 1/25/2026 2:03:00 PM

Saint Francis women's water polo head coach, Jay O'Neil, has announced the 2026 spring schedule, integrating a mix of returning invitationals and CWPA matchups across four states.

Saint Francis will open the season at the VMI Invite on Feb. 6-7 at the VMI Aquatics Center in Lexington, Va. The Red Flash will face Mount St. Mary's on Friday evening before taking on host Virginia Military Institute and Salem University on Saturday. The event marks the second consecutive season Saint Francis has competed at the VMI Invitational.

The Red Flash will then travel to Lewisburg, Pa., for the Bucknell Invitational on Feb. 14-15 at Kinney Natatorium. Saint Francis will face off against La Salle and Villanova on Saturday, followed by matchups with host Bucknell and Siena on Sunday. This will be the second straight year the Red Flash have appeared at the Bucknell Invitational.

Conference play continues the following weekend as Saint Francis competes in CWPA action at Bucknell on Feb. 21-22. The Red Flash will face Harvard University and Mercyhurst University on Saturday before closing the weekend against Brown University on Sunday.

Saint Francis returns to the pool on Feb. 28 for a pair of CWPA contests against Mercyhurst University and Gannon University.

The Red Flash will travel to Loretto, Pa., on March 14 for a matchup against Washington & Jefferson at Stokes Natatorium, before heading to Princeton, N.J., on March 21 for CWPA competition against the University of Michigan and host Princeton University at DeNunzio Pool.

Saint Francis will wrap up regular-season play at the Salem Invite on March 28-29 at The Bridge Sports Complex in Bridgeport, W.V., with matchups against Salem University, McKendree University, and Gannon University.

The spring season will conclude at the CWPA Championships on April 10-12 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The three-day event will determine the conference champion and automatic qualifiers for the NCAA tournament.