Fordham’s Jake Miller-Tolt and UC Irvine’s Jason Evezard were the top individual game scorers of collegiate men’s water polo Week 2, each turning in a nine-goal effort. Miller-Tolt totaled 13 goals on the week, but put in nine in an upset win over #17 St. Francis Brooklyn. Evezard registered his standout performance against Cal Baptist and also turned in a hat trick against Loyola Marymount. Evezard’s nine-goal output marked a school record, topping the previous mark of eight set by Mitch Wise (2013) and Lovre Milos (2014).
Pepperdine’s Balazs Kosa served up 14 goals in the team’s four games against Cal Baptist, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount and Redlands, notching four goals against the Lancers and 49ers. Fordham’s Dimitris Koukias put in 14 goals against St. Francis Brooklyn, Harvard and Santa Clara. LaVerne’s Vasil Halchev registered 15 scores in games against Ottawa, Riverside, Concordia (Irvine) and Fresno Pacific.
There were 71 occurrences of four or more goals ahead of 89 hat tricks on Week 2.
The top players as selection by conference offices were:
Golden Coast Conference
Cole Brosnan, UC Santa Barbara – Put in 15 goals across five games, whie also adding two assists and six steals; notched five goals in the upset win over #1 USC; tallied four goals against Fresno Pacific and three against Occidental
CWPA – Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference
Players of the Week:
Jake Miller-Tolt, Fordham – Scored 13 goals and chipped in 11 assists at the Princeton Invitational; notched nine goals against St. Francis Brooklyn and added hat tricks against Santa Clara and Harvard; dished out 11 assists
Daniel Domotor, LaSalle – Tallied 13 goals and added 10 assists at the Mercyhurst Laker Invitational; scored five goals against Gannon and put in hat tricks against Salem and Mercyhurst; turned in two goals against Penn State Behrend; registered 10 assists
Defensive Player of the Week: Gabrielle Simonte, George Washington – notched 11 field blocks, four steals, eight goals and an assist at the Princeton Invitational; tallied a field block in each game, including a single-game record seven in the 13-12 upset win over Princeton; also tallied four goals against the Tigers.
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Player of the Week: Bennett Williams, Stanford – Went 4-for-4 in shot attempts in the team’s lone NCAA contest of the week, a 16-5 home victory over San Jose State; also added two blocks, two drawn exclusions and won a sprint
Newcomer of the Week: Max Wade, Austin College – Scored five of the team’s 10 goals against Navy; registered two steals and a drawn ejection against the Midshipmen.
Northeast Water Polo Conference
Player and Rookie of the Week: Vladimir Mickic, St. Francis Brooklyn – Registered 10 goals and drew 11 exclusions at the Princeton Invitational; tallied five goals against Fordham and four in an upset win over #15 George Washington
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Offensive Athlete of the Week: Cooper Krause, Redlands – Notched 10 goals and an assist in five games; turned in four goals and an assist in a 16-5 win over Ottawa.
Defensive Athlete of the Week: Noah Smith, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps – Made 43 saves in four games; tallied 13 saves in a 12-9 win over Concordia (Irvine) and added nine in a 10-7 victory over Fresno Pacific
Western Water Polo Association
Connor Turnbow-Lindenstadt, UC San Diego – Tallied 14 goals, including a five-goal effort against Concordia (Irvine); posted nine scores in three ranked victories at the Princeton Invitational
| Goals | Player, Team | Opponent | Date |
| 9 | Jake Miller-Tolt, Fordham | St. Francis Brooklyn | 9/15. |
| 9 | Jason Evezard, UC Irvine | Cal Baptist | 9/14. |
| 6 | Michael Rojas, Salem | Monmouth | 9/9. |
| 6 | Blazo Mitrovic, Loyola Marymount | Pepperdine | 9/14. |
| 6 | Euan Scoffield, Toronto | Gannon | 9/14. |
| 6 | Thomas Squeglia, Gannon | Toronto | 9/14. |
| 6 | Cole Strohson, LaSalle | Penn State Behrend | 9/14. |
| 6 | Euan Scoffield, Toronto | Mercyhurst | 9/15. |
| 6 | Ryan Sawyer, UCLA | Olympic Club | 9/15. |
| 6 | Alam Barnuevo, LaVerne | Fresno Pacific | 9/15. |
| 6 | Alexander Geiger, Toronto | Salem | 9/15. |
| 6 | Drago Marjanovic, Gannon | LaSalle | 9/15. |
| 6 | Messan Moore, Concordia (Irvine) | LaVerne | 9/15. |
| 6 | Marius Jakimcikas, Concordia (Irvine) | LaVerne | 9/15. |
| 5 | Connor Turnbow-Lindenstadt, UC San Diego | Concordia (Irvine) | 9/11. |
| 5 | Curtis Jarvis, Pepperdine | Loyola Marymount | 9/14. |
| 5 | Zlatan Nikocevic, UC Irvine | Loyola Marymount | 9/14. |
| 5 | David Carrasco, Loyola Marymount | UC Irvine | 9/14. |
| 5 | Dimitris Koukias, Fordham | St. Francis Brooklyn | 9/15. |
| 5 | Dimitris Koukias, Fordham | Harvard | 9/15. |
| 5 | Andrew Mavis, George Washington | Santa Clara | 9/14. |
| 5 | Jayden Kunwar, Johns Hopkins | Iona | 9/14. |
| 5 | Brett Hofer, Iona | Johns Hopkins | 9/14. |
| 5 | Mitchell Cooper, Princeton | Bucknell | 9/14. |
| 5 | Vladimir Mickic, St. Francis Brookyln | Fordham | 9/15. |
| 5 | Anthony Squeglia, Gannon | Mt. SAC | 9/15. |
| 5 | Ryan Witoslawski, Mercyhurst | LaSalle | 9/15. |
| 5 | Cole Brosnan, UC Santa Barbara | USC | 9/15. |
| 5 | Jacob Mercep, USC | Concordia (Irvine) | 9/15. |
| 5 | Austin Stewart, Long Beach State | Air Force | 9/15. |
| 5 | Daniel Domotor, LaSalle | Gannon | 9/15. |
| 5 | Jack Donnelly, Gannon | LaSalle | 9/15. |
| 5 | Bennett Williams, Stanford | Olympic Club | 9/15. |
| 4 | Jesse Hainze, Navy | Austin College | 9/9. |
| 4 | Miles Popovic, Salem | Monmouth | 9/9. |
| 4 | Adam Hudson, Salem | Monmouth | 9/9. |
| 4 | Joseph Addison, Monmouth | Salem | 9/9. |
| 4 | Jarrett Barker, Mt. SAC | Cal Tech | 9/10. |
| 4 | Will Clark, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Concordia (Irvine) | 9/14. |
| 4 | Mason Dasic, USC | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 9/14. |
| 4 | Jeffery Eliott, Penn State Behrend | LaSalle | 9/14. |
| 4 | PJ McDonough, Cal Baptist | UC Irvine | 9/14. |
| 4 | Drago Marjanovic, Gannon | Salem | 9/14. |
| 4 | Robert Juhas, Salem | Gannon | 9/14. |
| 4 | Weston Restad, Ottawa | LaVerne | 9/14. |
| 4 | Vasil Halchev, LaVerne | Ottawa | 9/14. |
| 4 | Nick Britt, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Fresno Pacific | 9/15. |
| 4 | Marius Jakimcikas, Concordia (Irvine) | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 9/14. |
| 4 | Mike Miller, Air Force | Redlands | 9/14. |
| 4 | Spencer Allen, Redlands | Air Force | 9/14. |
| 4 | Austin Stewart, Long Beach State | Whittier | 9/14. |
| 4 | Cole Brosnan, UC Santa Barbara | Fresno Pacific | 9/14. |
| 4 | Nathan Puentes, UC Santa Barbara | Fresno Pacific | 9/14. |
| 4 | Graham Asalone, Chapman | Golden West | 9/14. |
| 4 | Logan Sutter, UC Santa Barbara | Occidental | 9/14. |
| 4 | Austin Stewart, Long Beach State | Concordia (Irvine) | 9/14. |
| 4 | Michael Rojas, Salem | LaSalle | 9/14. |
| 4 | Vasil Halchev, LaVerne | Riverside | 9/14. |
| 4 | Balazs Kosa, Pepperdine | Cal Baptist | 9/14. |
| 4 | John Murphy, Johns Hopkins | Iona | 9/14. |
| 4 | Shaine Sargis, Ottawa | Cal Tech | 9/14. |
| 4 | Rade Joksimovic, Bucknell | Princeton | 9/14. |
| 4 | Dimitris Koukias, Fordham | Santa Clara | 9/14. |
| 4 | Vladimir Mickic, St. Francis Brookyln | George Washington | 9/14. |
| 4 | Alex Cappuccio, Mercyhurst | Toronto | 9/15. |
| 4 | Balazs Kosa, Pepperdine | Long Beach State | 9/15. |
| 4 | Curtis Vidinoff, Fresno Pacific | LaVerne | 9/15. |
| 4 | Shane Hughes, Santa Clara | Navy | 9/15. |
| 4 | Euan Scoffield, Toronto | Salem | 9/15. |
| 4 | Jeremie Cote, Pacific | Cal | 9/15. |
| 4 | Sam Nangle, UC Santa Barbara | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 9/15. |
| 4 | Vasil Halchev, LaVerne | Concordia (Irvine) | 9/15. |
