﻿{"id":273951,"date":"2017-08-27T02:30:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T09:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=273951"},"modified":"2017-08-25T12:40:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T19:40:34","slug":"pair-of-east-coast-tournaments-open-2017-mens-varsity-water-polo-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pair-of-east-coast-tournaments-open-2017-mens-varsity-water-polo-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair of East Coast Tournaments Open 2017 Men\u2019s Varsity Water Polo Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: Today&#8217;s post kicks off Swimming World&#8217;s coverage of the 2017 NCAA men&#8217;s varsity season. Look for exclusive interviews with the country&#8217;s top coaches, conference previews and the most in-depth coverage of American intercollegiate men&#8217;s polo. Rankings based upon the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegiatewaterpolo.org\/varsity\/polls\/men\/2016\/Week14\" target=\"_blank\">most recent <\/a>Collegiate Water Polo Association&#8217;s Men&#8217;s Varsity Poll.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 2017 NCAA men\u2019s varsity water polo season kicks off next weekend with the first of two major tournaments that pit the best East Coast teams against some of the best squads from the West. The <strong>Bruno Classic<\/strong> (September 2, 3 and 4) and the <strong>Princeton Invitational<\/strong> (September 8, 9 and 10) offer Eastern polo fans an annual opportunity to view the country\u2019s best.<\/p>\n<p>Headlining the Princeton Invitational, now in its 20th year, is #3 UCLA. The Bruins\u2014back-to-back NCAA champs in 2014 and 2015\u2014will join California\u2019s Santa Clara, Eastern powers Bucknell, St. Francis, Johns Hopkins and the U.S. Naval Academy as well as a trio of Ivies, Brown, Harvard, the host Tigers and Chapman, Fordham, George Washington, Iona and Wagner.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing at the Bruno Classic\u2014which will split matches between the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center in Providence and Harvard\u2019s Blodgett Pool are #4 University of the Pacific, #5 Stanford and #7 Pepperdine, coached by <strong>Terry Schroeder<\/strong>. Olympic silver medals as a player in 1984 and 1988 as well as silver in 2008 as a coach make Schroeder the most decorated water polo athlete America has ever produced.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its West Coast visitors, Brown and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/30\/sports\/water-polo-harvard-ted-minnis.html?mcubz=0\" target=\"_blank\">2016 NCAA Final Four participant<\/a> Harvard will host fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegiatewaterpolo.org\/varsity\/Schedules\/mensvarsity\/2017\/2017MenNortheastWPSchedule\" target=\"_blank\">Northeast Water Polo Conference<\/a> (NWPC) members St. Francis Brooklyn and MIT, rising Eastern power Wagner, California Baptist, and McKendree University, which will play its first-ever varsity polo match when it faces Brown at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 Bruno Classic<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brown University, Providence, R.I.,<\/strong> <strong>Saturday, September 2<br \/>\n<\/strong>8:30 a.m. Brown vs. McKendree<br \/>\n9:50 a.m. Wagner vs. Cal Baptist<br \/>\n11:10 a.m. Bucknell vs. Pacific<br \/>\n12:30 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Brown<br \/>\n2:00 p.m. McKendree vs. Cal Baptist<br \/>\n4:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Bucknell<br \/>\n5:30 p.m. Wagner vs. Pacific<br \/>\n7:00 p.m. Brown vs. Cal Baptist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Saturday, September 2<br \/>\n<\/strong>10:30 a.m. MIT vs. Pepperdine<br \/>\nNoon Harvard vs. Stanford<br \/>\n3:00 p.m. MIT vs. Stanford<br \/>\n4:30 p.m. Harvard vs. Pepperdine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brown, Sunday, September 3<br \/>\n<\/strong>8:00 a.m. Brown vs. Pacific<br \/>\n9:15 a.m. Bucknell vs. Pepperdine<br \/>\n10:30 a.m. St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Stanford<br \/>\n11:45 a.m. Brown vs. Pepperdine<br \/>\n1:00 p.m. Bucknell vs. Cal Baptist<br \/>\n2:30 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Pacific<br \/>\n3:45 p.m. Brown vs. Stanford University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvard, Sunday, September 3<br \/>\n<\/strong>9:30 a.m. Harvard vs. McKendree<br \/>\n11:00 a.m. MIT vs. Wagner<br \/>\n2:00 p.m. MIT vs. McKendree<br \/>\n3:30 p.m. Harvard vs. Wagner<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_274423\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274423\" data-attachment-id=\"274423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pair-of-east-coast-tournaments-open-2017-mens-varsity-water-polo-season\/princeton-mens-water-polo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/denunzio-princetion-aug17.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Beverly Schaefer&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Princeton University men&#039;s water polo vs. Santa Clara, Princeton, NJ, September 13, 2013.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379088803&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a92013 Beverly Schaefer&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;30&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Princeton men&#039;s water polo&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Princeton men&#8217;s water polo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;08\/25\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nPrinceton University men&#8217;s water polo vs. Santa Clara, Princeton, NJ, September 13, 2013. Princeton, water polo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Beverly Schaefer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/denunzio-princetion-aug17-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/denunzio-princetion-aug17-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-274423 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/denunzio-princetion-aug17.jpeg\" alt=\"Princeton University men's water polo vs. Santa Clara, Princeton, NJ, September 13, 2013.\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/denunzio-princetion-aug17.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/denunzio-princetion-aug17-533x355.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/denunzio-princetion-aug17-280x187.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/denunzio-princetion-aug17-1024x683.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-274423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Princeton&#8217;s DeNunzio Pool. Photo Courtesy: Beverly Schaefer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the last day of the Princeton Invitational at 1 p.m., <strong>Adam Wright\u2019s<\/strong> UCLA squad will match up with the host Tigers in the tournament\u2019s marquee match to be televised by ESPN. The Bruins will also take on all comers from the East, including St. Francis, Brown and Bucknell. The Bison\u2014featuring sophomore scoring sensation <strong>Rade Joksimovic<\/strong> (154 goals)\u2014will look to continue their success from 2016, when they captured the inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegiatewaterpolo.org\/varsity\/Schedules\/mensvarsity\/2017\/2017MenMidAtlanticWPEastSchedule\" target=\"_blank\">Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference<\/a> (<span class=\"st\">MAWPC<\/span>) title.<\/p>\n<p>Bucknell will also face Harvard, who dealt the Bison a devastating loss in last year\u2019s NCAA play-in match at Blodgett Pool, where Harvard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocrimson.com\/sports\/mwaterpolo\/2016-17\/releases\/WPM_11-26-16_Recap\" target=\"_blank\">prevailed<\/a> 13-12 in overtime despite an incredible performance by Joksimovic, who poured in half of Bucknell\u2019s goals.<\/p>\n<p>Also making the trip to Princeton is Johns Hopkins, which will face Chapman, Iona and Princeton. Head coach <strong>Ted Bresnehan\u2019s<\/strong> squad is looking to improve on a 5-19 (4-6 MAWPC) record in 2016, a disappointment following a breakout 2015 season that saw Hopkins come within <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterpoloplanet.com\/HTML_guest_pages\/62_guest_randazzo.html\" target=\"_blank\">one goal <\/a>of being the first-ever DIII team to represent the East in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Naval Academy is similarly looking to rebound from an awful 2016 season that saw the Middies go 8-18 (2-8 <span class=\"st\">MAWPC<\/span>) including a ten-match losing streak that wrecked a once-promising season. Navy will face a pair of New York City schools in St. Francis and Wagner, and will also face West Coast visitor Santa Clara.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 Princeton Invitational, <\/strong>Princeton\u2019s DeNunzio Pool<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, September 1<br \/>\n<\/strong>2:20 p.m. George Washington vs. UCLA<br \/>\n3:40 p.m. Iona vs. Santa Clara<br \/>\n5:00 p.m. Princeton vs. Chapman<br \/>\n6:20 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn vs. UCLA<br \/>\n7:40 p.m. Iona vs. George Washington<br \/>\n9:00 p.m. Princeton vs. Johns Hopkins<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday,<\/strong> <strong>September 2<br \/>\n<\/strong>7:30 a.m. Bucknell vs. UCLA<br \/>\n8:45 a.m. Wagner vs. U.S. Naval Academy<br \/>\n10:00 a.m. Harvard vs. George Washington<br \/>\n11:15 a.m. Princeton vs. Santa Clara<br \/>\n12:30 p.m. Brown v UCLA<br \/>\n1:45 p.m. Iona vs. Johns Hopkins<br \/>\n3:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Bucknell<br \/>\n4:15 p.m. Harvard vs. Chapman<br \/>\n5:30 p.m. Fordham vs. Santa Clara<br \/>\n6:45 p.m. Brown vs. George Washington<br \/>\n8:00 p.m. St. Francis Brooklyn vs. U.S. Naval Academy<br \/>\n9:15 p.m. Johns Hopkins vs. Chapman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, September 2<\/strong><br \/>\n7:30 a.m. Brown vs. Fordham<br \/>\n8:45 a.m. Wagner vs. Chapman<br \/>\n10:00 a.m. Harvard vs. Bucknell<br \/>\n11:15 a.m. Fordham vs. Chapman<br \/>\n1:00 p.m. Princeton vs. UCLA<br \/>\n2:30 p.m. U.S. Naval Academy vs. Santa Clara<br \/>\n3:45 p.m. Brown vs. Wagner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor NOTE: Today&#8217;s post kicks off Swimming World&#8217;s coverage of the 2017 NCAA men&#8217;s varsity season. 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