HUNTINGTON BEACH, California -- The Marist water polo team picked up national rankings in two separate polls this week.
 
The Red Foxes were ranked #12 in the latest USA Water Polo Women's National Collegiate Rankings and were ranked #24 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association's Week 2 Poll as well. 

USA Water Polo uses a ranking system that is powered by the Freeman Ratings System which after each game, asses teams a rating using a mathematical calculation capturing wins and losses including margin of victory. The most important thing to understand about how the computer power ratings system works is that it is 100% objective. The size of the schools, their division, the league they're in, how good the school or league are historically, their geographic location, how well liked the school is, how good the league is in other sports-- none of these things are programed into the system. None of them are there to bias it the way that they inevitably bias humans saddled with the daunting task of trying to figure who belongs in post-season play. Rather, they are just a bunch of teams with a bunch of results. Cold, hard, and unfeeling, yes...but as accurate, objective and fair as is possible.

The ranking marks the third and fourth time Marist been included in a national poll this season, having been ranked #23 in the CWPA's Preseason and Week 1 Polls respectively. 

Marist heads to Ann Arbor, MI for the Michigan Invite this weekend where they will face off against #3 UCLA (Sat noon), #14 Hartwick College (Sat 5:15 PM) and #8 University of Michigan (Sunday 11:30 AM).