Males’s Water Polo Hosts No. 15 Princeton Thursday Evening; Travels To No. 7 UCSD For Convention Play Friday

LONG BEACH, Calif. – No. 10 Long Beach State opens an essential week going through No. 15 Princeton on the LBCC Aquatics Complex on Thursday and touring to No. 7 UC San Diego for convention play in a Big West Championship rematch on Friday. Both matches can be performed at 6 p.m.

The Beach (11-6, 1-0 Big West) performed three street video games this previous week, defeating Cal State Fullerton of their convention opener, 20-9, and edging No. 13 Santa Clara, 15-14. In the final sport of the weekend, LBSU struggled towards No. 4 Stanford, dropping 19-11. Against the Titans, Gabi Acosta and Zalan Nagy each recorded hat methods to guide the offense.

Acosta continued to attain in each single sport to date this season, as the middle added a pair towards the Broncos, together with the game-winner, and bought one previous the Cardinal protection on Sunday. The Barcelona native leads the workforce with 50 objectives on the 12 months, whereas Caleb Francisco has scored 31 to date. Brothers Corbin and Toring Stanley have mixed for 48 objectives to assist energy the Beach offense.

Princeton (14-7, 4-1 NWPC) is presently on a weeklong street journey in Southern California, taking part in a complete of six video games. Before going through Long Beach State, the Tigers dropped contests towards No. 1 UCLA, No. 8 Pepperdine, and No. 3 USC. Princeton will play No. 16 UC Irvine on Wednesday night time earlier than the matchup towards the Beach. The Tigers have a balanced offense with 5 gamers reaching the 30-goal mark this 12 months. JP Ohl has a team-high 62 assists and just lately broke the college report with over 220 assists. Goalkeeper Kristóf Kovács has recorded 177 saves to guide their protection whereas including 14 assists, 14 steals, and a objective.

UC San Diego (16-6, 0-1 Big West) noticed their seven-game win streak finish on the street to open Big West play, as they dropped a detailed match to No. 10 UC Santa Barbara, 11-10. Bennett Axline recorded a hat trick to guide the Tritons’ offense, and Alex Hageman made six saves within the match. Leading UCSD this season is Eamon Hennessey with 37 objectives on the 12 months, whereas Christian Hammonds has a team-high 29 assists. The Tritons and the Beach final confronted one another within the 2024 Big West Championship ultimate, the place LBSU defeated UCSD, 10-8. The rematch is scheduled for six p.m. dwell on ESPN+ in La Jolla, Calif.

Ball drops at 6 p.m. towards the Tigers on the LBCC Aquatics Complex, with dwell stats supplied by means of TheFOSH.internet.