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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

PRINCETON, NJ. The annual Princeton Invitational<\/a> is one of the high points of the men\u2019s NCAA varsity water polo season in the East, as teams from out West travel cross country to test the mettle of their Eastern counterparts. The 2018 version included an impressive line-up of 15 squads, including the host Tigers, playing 28 games over a long weekend in early September.<\/p>\n

The programs at this year\u2019s tournament represent a cornucopia of teams sprinkled throughout the Collegiate Water Polo Association\u2019s varsity men\u2019s poll<\/a>: #2 UCLA, #4 Stanford, #9 Harvard, #13 Princeton, #16 Cal Baptist, #17 Brown, #18 George Washington, Air Force, Fordham, Iona, Johns Hopkins, Navy, Santa Clara, St. Francis Brooklyn and Wagner.<\/p>\n

East vs. West match-ups have been going on for decades, though typically it’s Eastern teams that travel. A key proponent of having the country\u2019s best teams leave their California homes is UCLA Head Coach Adam Wright<\/strong>, whose Bruins have been stapes at this tournament the past three years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to come here,\u201d Wright said Sunday morning after his team defeated Brown by 16-9. \u201cWhat all these Eastern teams are doing for our sport is crucial. Without them we don\u2019t have polo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is, we get benefits from coming here,\u201d he added. \u201cWe get exposure, we get an opportunity to play a great amount of games in different situations\u2014which helps us grow as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are always a number of compelling match-ups throughout the weekend, but the signature contest was the ESPN-televised game between the UCLA Bruins<\/a> (8-0) and the Tigers<\/a> (6-2)\u2014typically the two strongest teams from either coast. This year, the Bruins held up their end of the bargain, pinning a decisive 17-5 loss on their hosts and affirming that Wright\u2019s latest roster is indeed worthy<\/a> to defend the Bruins\u2019 2017 NCAA title.<\/p>\n

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Good for the Bruin faithful that Nicolas Savelijc is back. Photo Courtesy: Nicole Maloney<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite losing Matt Framer<\/strong>, Jack Grover<\/strong>, Max Irving<\/strong> and Alex Roelse<\/strong>\u2014contributors to Bruin championships in 2014, 2015 and 2017 who graduated last spring\u2014UCLA remains remarkably deep. Starting with sophomore Nicolas Savelijc<\/strong>, who last year was named 2nd team All-American on the strength of a team-leading 45 goals, and junior goalie Alex Wolf<\/strong>, arguably the best collegiate goalie in the country, the Bruins have skill on both sides of the ball, befitting their status as favorites to repeat as NCAA titlists.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s more to this team than just a shooter and goalie. Savelijc (4 goals) scored at will against Princeton, but sophomore center Quinten Osborne<\/strong> also had his way with the Princeton defense, muscling his way to three goals, while freshman Ash Molthen<\/strong> contributed two scores and looks like a very promising addition to Wright\u2019s lineup. Wolf did not play, but he wasn\u2019t needed. Freshman Danny Roland<\/strong> stood tall in the Bruin cage behind an offense that went up 9-4 in the first half and then broke the match open with a 5-goal run in the third period.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Chase Travisano<\/strong> only scored once, but\u2014after delivering 26 goals last year, the lefty will be counted on to provide weak-side scoring. A key recruit for Wright didn\u2019t even hit the water this weekend; Jake Cavano<\/strong>, a freshman from Huntington Beach, was a member of the U.S. squad that went to the\u00a02017 FINA\u00a0Men’s Junior World Championships.<\/p>\n

The Bruins are young; losing seven players from the 2017 champs meant that Wright needed to restock, and he has; his extended roster includes 12 true freshmen. As always, the veteran coach deflected talk about his teams prospects in 2018, explaining why a big roster this year is essential to preparing his team for NCAA title battles to come in December and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is, we know that in the 25 to 28 [player] range, we have the opportunity to have a group that\u2019s maybe red-shirting\u2014but the way we\u2019re using them in a training they\u2019re developing so they\u2019ll be ready to go in the following season,\u201d Wright said. \u201cA lot of them are getting more reps than the kids who are playing in a given season.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s this ability to plan for both now and beyond that underscores why UCLA has experience so much success under Wright, including an NCAA record 57-match winning streak over the 2015-16 seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur main focus is the present but we always have to be considering the future,\u201d he added. \u201cIf we\u2019re trying to create sustained success than each player needs to be building each year. All 29 bodies are moving at all times in our training.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Freshman Bill Motherway hopes to replace a legend. Photo Courtesy: Nicole Maloney<\/p><\/div>\n

Princeton is also substantially different from the last time these two teams met, and the changes were apparent in Sunday\u2019s match. The biggest change is at the top: Dusty Litvak<\/strong><\/a>\u2014who this time last year was on the opposite end of the De Nunzio pool deck as Wright\u2019s assistant\u2014is now the Tigers\u2019 head coach, taking over for Luis Nicolao<\/strong>, who left for Navy after two decades at Princeton.<\/p>\n

The roster Litvak inherited lost two major contributors from the squad that pushed UCLA around in a very competitive 14-8 loss last September. Vojislav Mitrovic<\/strong>, who ended his four year career as Princeton\u2019s all-times saves leader, and Jordan Colina<\/strong>, who torched the Bruins for a career-high six goals, part of a career total of 226 goals, have both graduated.<\/p>\n

Missing from the Tiger line-up yesterday was star center Sean Duncan<\/strong> (67 goals in 2017) who is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury. Matt Payne <\/strong>(1 goal), Michael Swart<\/strong> and Ryan Wilson<\/strong> are all back for their senior years; freshman Keller Maloney <\/strong>(1 goal),\u00a0a 2018 USA Water Polo 18U All-American, looks promising after a very strong weekend.<\/p>\n

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A pair of promising freshmen: Princeton’s Keller Maloney and UCLA’s Ash Molthen. Photo Courtesy: Nicole Maloney<\/p><\/div>\n

Replacing Mitrovic is an unenviable task, and Litvak has two candidates for the job: senior Ryan Melosini<\/strong>, who was Mitrovic\u2019s back-up the past three years, and freshman Billy Motherway<\/strong>, a big-time recruit from Mater Dei High School in Orange County.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrinceton was a wonderful academic opportunity and also a chance to play Division I ball at a high level\u2014those were some of our major reasons,\u201d said Julia Motherway<\/strong>, Billy\u2019s mother, on Friday. \u201cBilly\u2019s father, who has passed away, also graduated from Princeton, so it was a nice way to feel close to his dad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another important Mater Dei recruit\u2014now one of four Monarchs on the squad, including Motherway, Duncan and Payne\u2014is Wyatt Benson<\/strong>, a freshman center who is getting a lot of minutes due to Duncan’s injury.<\/p>\n

Neither were able to hold back the Bruins, but the real test for Litvak and his team is not how they do against the country\u2019s best; it\u2019s how they fare facing Brown, Harvard, Iona, MIT and St. Francis in Northeast Water Polo Conference<\/a> play starting at home on September 29 when the Engineers come to town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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