WESTERN WATER POLO ASSOCIATION MEN S WATER POLO Weekly Update #3 September 21, 2016 Contact: Mark Honbo (interim) 530.979.1744 mwhonbo@ucdavis.edu FPU ON THE MOVE AS WWPA SLATE WARMS UP DAVIS, Calif. A week after Santa Clara topped Fresno Pacific, 10-6, for the first WWPA contest of the season, the conference slate continues to heat up with the LMU-UC San Diego showdown. Meanwhile, three conference teams take on the country s best programs at the Mountain Pacific Invitational, formerly known as the NorCal Invitational. Half of the conference competed at the Aggie Roundup tournament, which featured command goalkeeping performances from Cal Baptist s Joseph Moorman (49 saves in three games) and UC Davis Spencer Creed (25 stops in Sunday s split with Cal and San Jose State). However, Fresno Pacific (3-2, 0-1) had the WWPA s lone upset of the week with its 11-8 thriller against No. 17 San Jose State, mostly thanks to the whopping 23 saves by senior netminder Dillon Robinson. The Clovis High alumnus, who held the Spartans to 0-for-7 shooting on power plays, also helped the Sunbirds eke out an 11-10 victory over Redlands to earn Kap7/Western Water Polo Association Player of the Week honors. Incredibly, Robinson s 23 stops against SJSU is not his career high: he had 25 against Cal Baptist back in 2014. UP NEXT IN THE WWPA Wednesday, Sept. 21 Loyola Marymount at UC San Diego*, 6 p.m. Cal Baptist at UC Irvine, 7 p.m Friday, Sept. 23 Santa Clara vs. USC (Mountain Pacific Invitational), 1 p.m. Chapman at Concordia, 1:30 p.m. UC Davis vs. Long Beach State (Mountain Pacific Invitational), 2:25 p.m. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at Cal Baptist, 3 p.m. Air Force vs. Pacific (Mountain Pacific Invitational), 3:50 p.m. Fresno Pacific at UC San Diego*, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 Fresno Pacific at Loyola Marymount*, Noon UC Davis at Mountain Pacific Invitational Air Force at Mountain Pacific Invitational Santa Clara at Mountain Pacific Invitational Sunday, Sept. 25 UC Davis at Mountain Pacific Invitational Air Force at Mountain Pacific Invitational Santa Clara at Mountain Pacific Invitational
WWPA NOTES, cont. UC Davis (7-2, 0-0) went 3-1 at its own Roundup event, not counting an exhibition win over nearby JC American River. Oddly, the Aggies best overall performance arguably came in their lone loss of the weekend: a 13-7 setback against No. 3 California. Junior goalkeeper Spencer Creed tallied 12 stops against the Golden Bears, then virtually carried the Aggies to victory with his 13 saves in Sunday s nightcap win over SJSU. Cal Baptist (3-6, 0-0) had a tough slate at the Roundup, falling to No. 4 Pacific, No. 3 Cal, then dropping a 12-10 overtime heartbreaker to San Jose State. Seniors Joseph Moorman (21 saves) and Brent Teraoka (6 goals) posted monster games in the loss to the Spartans. Santa Clara (4-4, 1-0) also faced a tough schedule at the Roundup, with Saturday losses to the two Top 5 powers in the field. The Broncos opened the weekend by logging the first WWPA win of the year, Thursday s 10-6 victory over Fresno Pacific. Dane Estrella and Mac Carey each had two goals and an assist against the Sunbirds. Loyola Marymount (2-6) served notice for the rest of the conference with two strong efforts at its own Conference Challenge Cup. The Lions battled No. 8 UC Irvine and No. 9 Pepperdine to late one-goal margin before ultimately falling by finals of 9-7 and 11-6. Sophomore utility Eric Reitmeier totaled seven goals in the two games. Similarly, UC San Diego (4-4, 0-0) gave No. 6 UC Santa Barbara a scare in road non-conference action. The Tritons and Gauchos were locked in an 8-8 tie before UCSB escaped with a late run. Three UCSD players had two goals each with senior Nick Alexander assisting on six scores. The Tritons also delivered an 18-6 road win at Cal Lutheran on Thurday. Concordia (1-4) lost its fourth straight, this time falling to crosstown UC Irvine by a 13-3 final on Thursday. Spencer Hosch, John Roberts and Matthew Lange scored goals for the Eagles. RANKINGS: Five WWPA teams are in the Top 20 with two more (Air Force, LMU) receiving votes... UC Davis moved up half a place into a tie for 11th with Princeton... Santa Clara rose one spot to 19th, Cal Baptist moved into a tie for 16th with George Washington... UC San Diego slipped one spot to No. 14... The big mover and shaker was Fresno Pacific, which went from not receiving a single vote to grabbing the No. 20 slot. 2016 WWPA STANDINGS Through September 11 WWPA OVERALL W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Santa Clara 1-0 1.000 4-4.500 UC Davis 0-0.000 7-2.778 UC San Diego 0-0.000 4-4.500 Cal Baptist 0-0.000 3-6.333 Loyola Marymount 0-0.000 2-6.333 Concordia* 0-0.000 1-4.200 Air Force 0-0.000 1-5.167 Fresno Pacific 0-1.000 3-2.600 * Div. II Reclassifying. Not eligible for the WWPA Championship. 2016 CWPA TOP 20 Sept. 21 New polls released on Wednesday Rank School Last Wk Pts 1 UCLA 1 99 2 Southern California 2 96 3 California 3 91 4 Pacific 4 85 5 Stanford 5 81 6 UC Santa Barbara 6 73 7 Long Beach State 7 72 t8 Harvard t9 58 t8 UC Irvine 8 58 10 Pepperdine t9 56 t11 UC DAVIS 12 47 t11 Princeton t9 47 13 Bucknell 15 41 14 UC SAN DIEGO 13 39 15 Brown 14 34 t16 CAL BAPTIST 16 17 t16 George Washington 19 17 18 San Jose State 17 15 19 SANTA CLARA 20 8 20 FRESNO PACIFIC NR 7 Also receiving votes: Whittier 6, St. Francis Brooklyn 4, Redlands 2, AIR FORCE 1, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 1, Wagner 1. www.thewwpa.com @WWPAChamps WWPA Weekly Update #3 September 21, 2016 2
AIR FORCE ACADEMY (1-5) Sept. 3 vs. Cal Lutheran (Triton Invitational) W, 14-8 vs. UC Santa Barbara (Triton Invitational) L, 11-20 Sept. 9 at Princeton (Princeton Invitational) L, 3-13 Sept. 10 vs. George Washington (Princeton Invitational) L, 11-12 vs. Harvard (Princeton Invitational) L, 12-13 Sept. 11 vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Princeton Invitational) L, 10-15 Sept. 23 vs. Pacific (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Sept. 24 Opponent TBA (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Sept. 25 Opponent TBA (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Sept. 30 UC SAN DIEGO* 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at Loyola Marymount* 3 p.m. Oct. 8 vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Gary Troyer Tournament) 12:40 p.m. vs. Redlands (Gary Troyer Tournament) 5:20 p.m. Oct. 9 at Pepperdine Noon Oct. 15 SANTA CLARA* 11 a.m. Oct. 21 at UC Davis* 1 p.m. Oct. 23 vs. Navy (Santa Clara Rodeo) 10:40 a.m. Oct. 23 vs. Bucknell (Santa Clara Rodeo) 2:40 p.m. Oct. 29 FRESNO PACIFIC* 9:30 a.m. CHAPMAN 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Cal Baptist* 2 p.m. Nov. 5 at Concordia 1 p.m. Nov. 6 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Noon CAL BAPTIST (3-6) Sept. 3 vs. USC (Triton Invitational) L, 3-16 vs. UCLA (Triton Invitational) L, 4-14 Sept. 9 vs. Brown (Princeton Invitational) L, 8-10 vs. Wagner (Princeton Invitational) W, 16-5 Sept. 10 vs. Connecticut College (Princeton Invitational) W, 25-7 vs. Fordham (Princeton Invitational) W, 14-7 Sept. 16 vs. Pacific (Aggie Roundup) L, 9-20 Sept. 17 vs. California (Aggie Roundup) L, 5-15 vs. San Jose State (Aggie Roundup) L (ot), 10-12 Sept. 21 at UC Irvine 7 p.m. Sept. 23 CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS 3 p.m. Sept. 30 Opponent TBA (Lancer Invitational) Oct. 1 Opponent TBA (Lancer Invitational) Oct. 6 UC DAVIS* 5 p.m. Oct. 7 vs. La Verne (Gary Troyer Tournament) 11:30 a.m. vs. Chapman (Gary Troyer Tournament) 3:15 p.m. Oct. 8 vs. Redlands (Gary Troyer Tournament) 10:20 a.m. vs. McKendree (Gary Troyer Tournament) 4:10 p.m. Oct. 15 at UC San Diego* 6 p.m. Oct. 20 at Fresno Pacific* 7 p.m. Oct. 21 vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Santa Clara Rodeo) 4:20 p.m. Oct. 22 vs. Bucknell (Santa Clara Rodeo) 10:20 a.m. Oct. 22 vs. Navy (Santa Clara Rodeo) 2:20 p.m. Oct. 28 SANTA CLARA* 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at Loyola Marymount* Noon at Redlands* 7 p.m. Nov. 4 AIR FORCE* 2 p.m. Nov. 12 CONCORDIA* Noon WWPA Weekly Update #3 September 21, 2016 3
CONCORDIA (1-4) Sept. 3 vs. La Verne (Whittier Open) W, 15-10 Sept. 3 at Whittier (Whittier Open) L, 11-19 Sept. 10 vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Inland Empire Classic) L, 7-15 vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Inland Empire Classic) L, 8-16 Sept. 15 at UC Irvine L, 3-13 Sept. 23 CHAPMAN 1:30 p.m. Sept. 30 vs. Redlands (Lancer Invitational) 3 p.m. vs. Fresno Pacific (Lancer Invitational) 5:40 p.m. Oct. 1 vs. Citrus College (Exh.) (Lancer Invitational) Noon vs. Cal Baptist (Lancer Invitational) Oct. 7 Opponent TBA (Gary Troyer Tournament) Oct. 8 Opponent TBA (Gary Troyer Tournament) Oct. 15 at Fresno Pacific Noon Oct. 20 at UC San Diego 6 p.m. Oct. 21 CALTECH 1:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at Loyola Marymount 3 p.m. Oct. 29 SANTA CLARA 1:30 p.m. Nov. 5 AIR FORCE 1 p.m. Nov. 12 at Cal Baptist TBA FRESNO PACIFIC (3-2) Sept. 3 vs. Occidental (Whittier Open) W, 9-6 vs. La Verne (Whittier Open) L (ot), 14-16 Sept. 6 MERCED COLLEGE (Exh.) W 17-2 Sept. 15 SANTA CLARA* L, 6-10 Sept. 17 vs. Redlands (Aggie Roundup) W, 11-10 vs. San Jose State (Aggie Roundup) W, 11-8 Sept. 23 at UC San Diego* 6 p.m. Sept. 24 at Loyola Marymount* Noon Sept. 30 vs. USC (Lancer Invitational) 1:15 p.m. vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Lancer Invitational) 5 p.m. Oct. 1 vs. Redlands (Lancer Invitational) 9:20 a.m. vs. Chapman (Lancer Invitational) 1:20 p.m. Oct. 7 vs. Whittier (Gary Troyer Tournament) 12:45 p.m. vs. Cal Lutheran (Gary Troyer Tournament) 4:30 p.m. Oct. 8 vs. Iona (Gary Troyer Tournament) 9:10 a.m. vs. Chapman (Gary Troyer Tournament) 1 p.m. Oct. 15 CONCORDIA 1 p.m. Oct. 16 UC DAVIS* 2 p.m. Oct. 20 CAL BAPTIST* 7 p.m. Oct. 21 vs. George Washington (Santa Clara Rodeo) 5:40 p.m. Oct. 22 vs. Brown (Santa Clara Rodeo) 11:40 a.m. vs. Harvard (Santa Clara Rodeo) 3:40 p.m. Oct. 23 vs. Bucknell (Santa Clara Rodeo) 10:40 a.m. vs. Wagner (Santa Clara Rodeo) Oct. 29 at Air Force* 9:30 a.m. vs. Chapman (at Air Force) 1 p.m. Nov. 5 UC SANTA BARBARA (FPU Mini Tournament) 10 a.m. POMONA-PITZER (FPU Mini Tournament) WWPA Weekly Update #3 September 21, 2016 4
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (2-6) Sept. 3 vs. Redlands (Triton Invitational) W, 12-11 vs. Long Beach State (Triton Invitational) L, 7-11 Sept. 4 vs. UCLA (at Del Mar HS) L, 6-15 Sept. 9 UC SANTA BARBARA L, 7-13 Sept. 10 vs. Occidental (Whittier Mini Invite) W, 18-6 at Whittier (Whittier Mini Invite) L, 7-8 Sept. 17 UC IRVINE (Conference Challenge Cup) L, 7-9 PEPPERDINE (Conference Challenge Cup) L, 6-11 Sept. 21 at UC San Diego* 6 p.m. Sept, 24 FRESNO PACIFIC* 12 p.m. Oct. 1 LA VERNE 12 p.m. Oct. 7 AIR FORCE* 3 p.m. Oct. 8 vs. Fordham (Gary Troyer Tournament) 1:50 p.m. at Pomona-Pitzer (Gary Troyer Tournament) 7:40 p.m. Oct. 14 CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS 3 p.m. Oct. 15 at Pepperdine 5:30 p.m. Oct. 21 vs. Harvard (Santa Clara Rodeo) 3 p.m. Oct. 22 vs. Bucknell (Santa Clara Rodeo) 2:20 p.m. vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Santa Clara Rodeo) 9 p.m. Oct. 23 vs. Brown (Santa Clara Rodeo) 8 a.m. vs. Wagner (Santa Clara Rodeo) 12 p.m. Oct. 27 CONCORDIA 3 p.m. Oct. 29 CAL BAPTIST* 12 p.m. Nov. 3 at UC Davis* 6 p.m. Nov. 5 at Santa Clara* 12 p.m. Nov. 9 at Long Beach State 7 p.m. SANTA CLARA (4-4) Sept. 3 SAN JOSE STATE L, 9-10 Sept. 9 vs. Iona (Princeton Invitational) W, 16-9 Sept. 10 at Princeton (Princeton Invitational) L, 8-13 vs. Connecticut College (Princeton Invitational) W, 16-3 Sept. 11 vs. Fordham (Princeton Invitational) W, 10-8 Sept. 15 at Fresno Pacific* W, 10-6 Sept. 17 vs. Pacific (Aggie Roundup) L, 3-15 vs. California (Aggie Roundup) L, 4-17 Sept. 23 vs. USC (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Sept. 24 Opponent TBA (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Sept. 25 Opponent TBA (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Oct. 1 UC DAVIS* Noon Oct. 5 STANFORD 5 p.m. Oct. 15 at Air Force* 11 a.m. Oct. 21 BROWN (The Rodeo) 7 p.m. Oct. 22 WAGNER (The Rodeo) 11:40 a.m. JOHNS HOPKINS (The Rodeo) 5 p.m. Oct. 23 HARVARD (The Rodeo) 9:20 a.m. NAVY (The Rodeo) Oct. 24 GEORGE WASHINGTON 5 p.m. Oct. 28 at Cal Baptist* 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at Concordia 1:30 p.m. Nov. 3 UC SAN DIEGO* 6 p.m. Nov. 5 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* Noon Nov. 18-20 WWPA CHAMPIONSHIP WWPA Weekly Update #3 September 21, 2016 5
UC DAVIS (7-2) Sept. 3 vs. Harvard (Bruno Classic) L, 12-13 at Brown (Bruno Classic) W, 9-8 Sept. 4 vs. George Washington (Bruno Classic) W, 18-6 vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Bruno Classic) W, 8-7 Sept. 10 SAN JOSE STATE W, 13-7 Sept. 17 CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS (Aggie Roundup) W, 18-5 REDLANDS (Aggie Roundup) W, 17-9 Sept. 18 CALIFORNIA (Aggie Roundup) L, 7-13 SAN JOSE STATE (Aggie Roundup) W, 9-5 Sept. 23 vs. Long Beach State (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Sept. 24 Opponent TBA (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Sept. 25 Opponent TBA (Mountain Pacific Invitational) Oct. 1 at Santa Clara* Noon Oct. 6 at Cal Baptist* 5 p.m. Oct. 9 UCLA Noon Oct. 16 at Fresno Pacific* 2 p.m. Oct. 21 AIR FORCE* 1 p.m. Oct. 22 Opponent TBA (Santa Clara Rodeo) Oct. 23 Opponent TBA (Santa Clara Rodeo) Oct. 24 Opponent TBA (Santa Clara Rodeo) Oct. 29 PEPPERDINE 12:30 p.m. Nov. 3 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* 6 p.m. Nov. 5 UC SAN DIEGO* Noon Nov. 12 PACIFIC 6 p.m. UC SAN DIEGO (4-4) Sept. 3 STANFORD (Triton Invitational) L, 5-15 UCLA (Triton Invitational) L, 6-13 Sept. 8 vs. Iona (Princeton Invitational) W, 21-4 Sept. 9 vs. Brown (Princeton Invitational) W(ot), 12-11 Sept. 10 vs. Johns Hopkins (Princeton Invitational) W, 15-4 vs. Harvard (Princeton Invitational) L, 10-12 Sept. 15 at Cal Lutheran W, 18-6 Sept. 17 at UC Santa Barbara L, 9-11 Sept. 21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* 6 p.m. Sept. 23 FRESNO PACIFIC* 6 p.m. Sept. 30 at Air Force* 7 p.m. Oct. 7 Opponent TBA (Convergence Tournament) Oct. 8 Opponent TBA (Convergence Tournament) Oct. 12 LONG BEACH STATE 6 p.m. Oct. 15 CAL BAPTIST* 6 p.m. Oct. 20 CONCORDIA 6 p.m. Oct. 23 UC IRVINE Noon Nov. 3 at Santa Clara* 3 p.m. Nov. 5 at UC Davis* Noon Nov. 12 SUNSET SAN DIEGO (Exh.) 10 a.m. Nov. 18-20 OLYMPIC CLUB (Exh.) at WWPA Championship (Santa Clara) Noon WWPA Weekly Update #3 September 21, 2016 6