Hawaii water polo has attained dynasty status in the Big West Conference.

Top-seeded UH defeated second-seeded host Long Beach State, 14-9, for the program’s third straight Big West tournament championship and a third straight NCAA Tournament appearance, both program firsts.

Third-year sophomore Agatha Weston was named the Most Valuable Player of the championships at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center after throwing four shots into the net.

Second-year head coach James Robinson was joined at the Big West’s postgame interview tent by all seven of the Rainbow Wahine seniors, all of whom came into the program close to when Robinson joined the staff of his predecessor Maureen Cole.

“I feel like this is a really surreal moment. This group is really special,” said four-year senior Roni Perlman, who tied her career high with five assists. “We all came in together, even with James, so we’re all really close and we did it together, year by year, game by game, practice by practice, morning by morning, all of it.”

It was the program’s seventh conference tournament crown. UH was bolstered by a vocal contingent of green-clad fans.

UH, sporting a 16-5 record and ranked sixth, awaits its seeding into the nine-team NCAA bracket in the national selection show at 2 p.m. Monday on NCAA.com. The NCAA championships are set for April 24 to 26 in La Jolla, Calif.

LBSU (17-11) fell to UH in the tournament final at a third site in as many years.

The Wahine, who survived an 8-7 battle with fourth-seeded UC Irvine in Saturday’s semifinal, separated from the Beach in the second quarter, when Weston, Ema Vernoux, Tara Logan, Gabrielle Doyle and Ariadna Temprano Xambo scored. It was a three-goal game going to the fourth quarter and UH put away the match with four straight goals from Alia Burlock, Doyle, Xambo and Weston.

“We knew that game was going to be difficult,” Robinson said. “Long Beach is a great team, they’ve had an incredible season. Every time we play them is a battle. Going into it the focus was on us; super proud of this group to be able to execute the details that we spoke about.”

UH has won 29 straight games against Big West competition — three seasons’ worth — going back to 2024.

Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.