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Editor’s Note: a day after a 12-9 loss to the host Terriers at St. Francis Brooklyn College, MIT Head Coach Bret Lathrope<\/strong> spoke with Swimming World’s Michael Randazzo about his team freshmen-laden squad, the challenge of playing in the Terriers’ den, and the impact of proposed rule interpretations being discussed<\/a> by the NCAA Rules Committee and Bob Corb<\/strong>, NCAA Water Polo National Coordinator of Officials.<\/em><\/p>\n

– With Miller Geschke leads a strong freshman class, polo appears to be on the upswing at MIT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have two starters who are freshman. Miller, he\u2019s a Bay Area kid, and Kyle Sandell<\/strong>, another recruit from the Bay Area\u2014they\u2019re both from the same town and live a block away from each other. That\u2019s two starters who came in and immediately had an impact on our team.<\/p>\n

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We have another kid, John Steele<\/strong>, who is a Connecticut kid, who will get significant minutes. It\u2019s great to have a young core that is at the forefront of our team.<\/p>\n

Other than that our team is sophomores and juniors\u2014we\u2019re really young. It\u2019s great to have kids like that come in from good, strong programs. Miller played club at Stanford, which is one of the best clubs in the U.S. He made the Junior Olympic final and was a starter for that team.<\/p>\n

Getting kids like that to our program at MIT is huge.<\/p>\n

– Is it correct that getting your prospects through the MIT admissions process is particularly fraught?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can give the admissions department a list of prospects that I\u2019ve been in contact with and a list that would benefit the team. Other than that they\u2019ve got to meet the MIT standards if they want to get in. They go through the normal admissions process\u2014they\u2019re put in the same pile as every other kid who applies to MIT.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rigorous and you\u2019ve got to be willing to stick out the whole process.<\/p>\n

– You got a taste of the Northeast Water Polo Conference play as an assistant to Dave Andriole last year but now you\u2019re experiencing it as a head coach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s tough but it\u2019s also really fun. Every league game is a big one\u2014it\u2019s one of those leagues where it depends on who shows up that day to play. It\u2019s awesome because it\u2019s super competitive\u2014we like to play with a chip on our shoulders that we\u2019re the only Division III team in this Division I conference. It\u2019s fun for us to be fighting above our weight class.<\/p>\n

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Bret Lathrope. Photo Courtesy: MIT Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

We don\u2019t want to be in a league where it\u2019s easy. We\u2019ve got to compete and beat really good teams like Harvard, Princeton, Brown, St. Francis and Iona.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s good to stretch ourselves and see what we can do as a group.<\/p>\n

– As a DIII school you do have a pathway to a championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is a DIII Eastern Championship. It\u2019s just one tournament that we play. We get to be in a tournament with some of the teams from the Mid-Atlantic [Water Polo Conference-West]\u2014teams we wouldn\u2019t otherwise see. Ultimately, we hope to face off against [Johns Hopkins], which is the best DIII team in the Mid-Atlantic. [That] helps our DIII ranking, so it\u2019s good in that aspect as we can size ourselves up against other DII teams.<\/p>\n

– Given that there are some strong DIII programs out on the West Coast, including Pomona-Pitzer and Whittier, is there a chance that a national DIII tournament will be created?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would love to see it but it\u2019s above my pay grade to get something like that done. If it did exist it would be huge because that\u2019s most likely where we\u2019ll see growth in the sport. Adding a DIII championship would encourage a lot of schools to add programs.<\/p>\n

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Hayden Niederreiter made a career-high 20 saves against St. Francis. Photo Courtesy: MIT Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s tricky for us because I like being in this conference. I like the opportunity to compete against the Ivies, Selfishly, I wouldn\u2019t want to separate DIII and DI. But in the long-term growth of the sport, it would be huge because we\u2019ve maxed out at the moment for what DI programs will do for polo. Attacking it from the DIII level would be huge.<\/p>\n

– What is it about playing in the Terrier\u2019s home pool\u2014located in a basement in Brooklyn?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a super tough place to play in. It\u2019s narrow and a little bit shallow on one end and it gets really loud in there, and when there\u2019s a bunch of St. Francis fans there it\u2019s a tough environment to play in. The Terriers always come out super hard and super aggressive\u2014they\u2019re a good, strong team. It\u2019s tough to go in there.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re playing in an environment that\u2019s different than what you\u2019re used, [so] it exposes a lot of mistakes that you make.<\/p>\n

– Bob Corb recently announced that he would like to lessen physical play, reward athleticism and standardize the rules for the sport in America. How will this effort impact your team\u2019s play?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s an interesting questions because it gets into the USA versus what the rest of the world\u2019s doing. In terms of our play, it\u2019s tricky because everyone\u2019s grown up playing under a certain set of rules, then you get to college and it\u2019s completely different. It forces guys to learn a lot of new things, which is somewhat beneficial for us. And it forces everyone to play way better defense, which a lot of players haven\u2019t learned. If you haven\u2019t learned to play defense at a very young age then it becomes very hard to learn once you\u2019re 18, 19 or 20 and you\u2019ve had these habits for however many years you\u2019ve been playing.<\/p>\n

[These changes] will make the game more tactical and less physical. For the sport in general and the average viewer it might be better. But I like to think about US water polo as a whole, and going internationally is not beneficial for us. We play with a finesse game and then we go internationally as the U.S. it\u2019s not going to bode well for us because the international game is way more physical.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n

In terms of my personal water polo preference I prefer how the international game is called. They let it go more physical in center with quicker fouls on the perimeter. [But] with how USA Water Polo is going, driving becomes a benefit. It\u2019s something we have to adapt to and earn how to play with.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s interesting is everyone\u2019s in a transition period\u2014including the refs. They\u2019re figuring out what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see how things shake out because it\u2019s going to take a while until everyone is on the same page and things are consistent.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s changing how the collegiate game is being played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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