Week 3 of the collegiate men’s water polo season kicked off on Wednesday with a single match as Pomona-Pitzer visited Cal Tech. Pomona-Pitzer’s Steven Csaposs put in six goals to lead his team to a 15-9 win, despite a four-goal effort by Dylan Eliott and a hat trick by Jacob Niskey for the home side.
Still ahead on Thursday are four affairs including two Top 10 matchups. #2 UC Santa Barbara, which is on a school record 9-0 run to open the year, is set to face Ottawa (Arizona) and #6 Pepperdine. The Waves also will play Ottawa while in Santa Barbara.
#5 USC and #9 Long Beach State will meet in Los Angeles to wrap up Thursday’s action.
The rest of the slate includes tournaments in Davis, California (UC Davis Aggie Round-Up); Colorado Springs, Colorado (Air Force Invitational); Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (Bucknell Invitational) and New London, Connecticut (Connecticut College Invitational).
The three-day UC Davis Aggie Round-Up begins on Friday and features #1 Stanford, #4 Pacific, #7 UC Davis, #8 Cal, #18 San Jose State, #19 Cal Baptist, RV Santa Clara and Whittier, and Austin College. The tournament includes 11 affairs between ranked teams or those receiving votes.
The Air Force Invitational is set for Saturday and Sunday and will see #9 Long Beach State, #20 Brown, Chapman and Lindenwood join RV Air Force.
The Bucknell Invitational kicks off at 9:15 a.m. ET on Saturday and brings #12 Harvard, #14 George Washington, #14 St. Francis Brooklyn and RV Fordham together with the #13 host Bison, Mercyhurst, LaSalle, Johns Hopkins, Washington & Jefferson and Salem.
The Connecticut College Invite includes Penn State Behrend, Cerritos College, MIT, Saddleback College and the host Camels. The event features seven matches on Saturday and four on Sunday.
The schedule over the next week (thru Wednesday, Sept. 25) includes 24 matches involving two ranked teams. The slate includes seven Top 10 affairs.
- #6 Pepperdine at #2 UC Santa Barbara, 9/19
- #9 Long Beach State at #5 USC, 9/19
- #2 UC Santa Barbara at #1 Stanford, 9/20
- #19 Cal Baptist at #7 UC Davis, 9/20
- #2 UCLA at #6 Pepperdine, 9/21
- #1 Stanford at #7 UC Davis, 9/21
- #8 Cal at #7 UC Davis, 9/22
Collegiate Men’s Water Polo – Week 3
| Sept. 19 | Ottawa (Arizona) at #2 UC Santa Barbara | 3 p.m. | Live Stats | |
| Ottawa (Arizona) vs. #6 Pepperdine | 6 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #6 Pepperdine at #2 UC Santa Barbara | 9 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #9 Long Beach State at #5 USC | 8 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Sept. 20 | #10 UC Irvine at RV Concordia (Irvine) | 4:30 p.m. | Live Stats | |
| RV Navy at La Salle | 5 p.m. | |||
| #2 UC Santa Barbara at #1 Stanford | 7 p.m. | |||
| #11 UC San Diego at Fresno Pacific | 8 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| UC Davis Aggie Round-Up – Davis, California | ||||
| #19 Cal Baptist vs. #7 UC Davis | 3 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Austin College vs. #19 Cal Baptist | 6 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Austin College vs. #4 Pacific | 8 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Sept. 21 | Wagner at #14 Princeton | 10 a.m. | Live Stats | |
| Grossmont College vs. Concordia (Irvine) | 12:30 p.m. | |||
| Monmouth at McKendree | 2 p.m. | Watch | ||
| Cal Tech at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 2 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Pomona-Pitzer at Cal Lutheran | 2 p.m. | |||
| RV Concordia (Irvine) at Redlands | 2 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Wagner vs. RV Navy | 2 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| #2 UCLA at #6 Pepperdine | 3 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Grossmont College vs. Redlands (Exh.) | 3:30 p.m. | |||
| Iona at Connecticut College | TBA | |||
| Fresno Pacific vs. #2 UC Santa Barbara | TBA | |||
| #14 Loyola Marymount at Fresno Pacific | 3 p.m. | |||
| #1 Stanford at #7 UC Davis | 5:15 p.m. | |||
| Monmouth at McKendree | 6 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| RV Navy at #14 Princeton | 6 p.m. | Watch | ||
| UC Davis Aggie Round-Up – Davis, California | ||||
| #19 Cal Baptist vs. #8 Cal | 11 a.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Ottawa (Arizona) vs. #4 Pacific | 12:15 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Austin College vs. RV Whittier | 1:30 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #18 San Jose State vs. #19 Cal Baptist | 2:45 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| RV Santa Clara vs. Ottawa (Arizona) | 4 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #1 Stanford at #7 UC Davis | 5:15 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| RV Whittier vs. #4 Pacific | 6:30 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #8 Cal vs. #18 San Jose State | 7:45 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Austin College at RV Santa Clara | 9 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Air Force Invitational (USAF Academy, Colorado) | ||||
| Chapman vs. #9 Long Beach State | Noon | Live Stats | ||
| Lindenwood at RV Air Force | 2:30 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| #9 Long Beach State vs. #20 Brown | 5 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Lindenwood vs. Chapman | 8 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #20 Brown at RV Air Force | 8:30 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Bucknell Invitational (Lewisburg, Pa.) | ||||
| Mercyhurst vs. La Salle | 9:15 a.m. | |||
| #14 St. Francis Brooklyn vs. #14 George Washington | 10:30 a.m. | |||
| Johns Hopkins vs. #12 Harvard | 11:45 a.m. | |||
| RV Fordham at #13 Bucknell | 1 p.m. | Watch | ||
| Washington & Jefferson vs. Salem | 2:15 p.m. | |||
| #14 St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Johns Hopkins | 3:30 p.m. | |||
| Mercyhurst at #13 Bucknell | 4:45 p.m. | Watch | ||
| RV Fordham vs. Salem | 6 p.m. | |||
| #14 George Washington vs. #12 Harvard | 7:15 p.m. | |||
| Washington & Jefferson vs. La Salle | 8:30 p.m. | |||
| Connecticut College Invite (New London, Connecticut) | ||||
| Penn State Behrend at Connecticut College | 9 a.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Cerritos College vs. MIT | 10:15 a.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Penn State Behrend vs. Saddleback College | 12:15 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| MIT at Connecticut College | 1:45 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Saddleback College vs. Cerritos College | 3:15 p.m. | |||
| Penn State Behrend vs. MIT | 5:30 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Connecticut College vs. Saddleback College | 7 p.m. | |||
| Sept. 22 | ||||
| Connecticut College Invite (New London, Connecticut) | ||||
| Penn State Behrend at Iona | 9 a.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Connecticut College vs. Cerritos College | 10:15 a.m. | |||
| Iona vs. Saddleback College | 11:30 a.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Iona vs. Cerritos College | 2 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Air Force Invitational (USAF Academy, Colorado) | ||||
| Chapman vs. #20 Brown | 11 a.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #9 Long Beach State at RV Air Force | 1:30 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Chapman at RV Air Force | 6:30 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Bucknell Invitational (Lewisburg, Pa.) | ||||
| #12 Harvard vs. Mercyhurst | 8 a.m. | |||
| Wagner vs. RV Fordham | 9:15 a.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Johns Hopkins vs. #14 George Washington | 10:30 a.m. | |||
| Washington & Jefferson vs. #14 St. Francis Brooklyn | 11:45 a.m. | |||
| Salem vs. #12 Harvard | 1 p.m. | |||
| Wagner at #13 Bucknell | 2:15 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| LaSalle vs. RV Fordham | 3:30 p.m. | |||
| Salem vs. RV George Washington | 4:45 p.m. | |||
| Mercyhurst vs. Johns Hopkins | 6 p.m. | |||
| LaSalle at #13 Bucknell | 7:30 p.m. | |||
| UC Davis Aggie Round-Up – Davis, California | ||||
| RV Santa Clara vs. RV Whittier | 11 a.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #4 Pacific vs. #18 San Jose State | 12:15 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #8 Cal at #7 UC Davis | 1:30 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Ottawa (Arizona) at #7 UC Davis | 2:45 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| RV Whittier vs. #18 San Jose State | 4 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| #8 Cal vs. RV Santa Clara | 5:15 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Ottawa (Arizona) vs. #18 San Jose State | 6:30 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Sept. 25 | Redlands at Cal Lutheran | 7 p.m. | Live Stats | |
| #14 Loyola Marymount at #11 UC San Diego | 9 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| Occidental at Chapman | 10 p.m. | |||
| LaVerne at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 10 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats | |
| RV Whittier at Pomona-Pitzer | 10 p.m. | Live Stats | ||
| Sept. 26 | RV Concordia (Irvine) vs. #19 Cal Baptist | 9 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats |
