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

As the 2018 men\u2019s varsity water polo regular season draws to a close, pivotal matches last week as well this will decide seeding for conference tournament play, scheduled to take place November 16-18. Eight 2018 NCAA Men’s Tournament<\/a> bids\u2014six automatic qualifiers determined by conference winners as well as two at-large bids\u2014will be decided by Monday, November 19 in advance of play-in matches for the East and the West on Saturday, November 24 at sites to be determined.<\/p>\n

The national championship tournament will take place November 30 through December 2 at Stanford’s Avery Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday’s biggest matches involved\u00a0Mountain Pacific Sports Federation<\/a>\u00a0(MPSF) teams and\u2014based upon the CWPA’s weekly<\/a> men’s varsity poll\u2014the nation’s top four teams. #2\u00a0UCLA<\/a> (20-2; 1-1 MPSF) got a desperately needed 10-8 win over #3\u00a0Stanford<\/a> (17-2; 1-1 MPSF) at the Spieker Aquatic Center in Westwood. With the win Adam Wright\u2019s<\/strong> squad avoided going 0-2 in conference play prior to a regular season-ending match next Saturday against #1 USC at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Leading the way for UCLA was sophomore Nicolas Saveljic<\/strong> (38 goals), who scored a career-high-tying four goals. Stanford got down 6-2 at the half and couldn\u2019t recover; they will look to regroup against arch-rival Cal (16-4; 1-1 MPSF) next weekend when they travel across the San Francisco Bay to face the #4 Golden Bears in the annual Big Splash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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UCLA and Cal have spent much of the season looking up at USC and Stanford. Photo Courtesy: Cathryn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n

After a 13-7 loss on Saturday to the Trojans<\/a> (27-1; 1-1 MPSF) in Los Angeles, Cal hopes a return home will provide a boost; the four top MPSF teams are tied with 1-1 conference records and Cal is currently looking like the odd man out. Seeding for the 2018 MPSF Tournament\u2014to be held at USC\u2014will be determined by Saturday’s outcomes of UCLA vs. USC and Cal vs. Stanford.<\/p>\n

Dustin Litvak<\/strong>\u00a0is an outsider observer who has a privileged view of the incredibly tight MPSF race. Before taking the reins<\/a> last June of Princeton\u2019s<\/a> men\u2019s water program he was an assistant coach under Wright from 2013-2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year whomever was fourth in the MPSF tournament was out,”\u00a0Litvak said after his Tigers had tamed<\/a> the Terriers of St. Francis Brooklyn Sunday in Princeton. “It\u2019s going to come down to the same thing again. So I won’t be surprised if that conference comes down to goalie play, just because of how much talent is equal in the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

The one-time Bruin, who spent his formative years in Socal as a student at Pepperdine and as head coach at Agoura High School, added: \u201cI would never bet against UCLA or USC; history\u2019s proven that.\u201d<\/p>\n

One key consideration; in 2017 USC beat UCLA<\/a> in the MPSF tournament, which in years past would likely have given the Trojans the top seed in the NCAA Men\u2019s Tournament bracket. But the Bruins got top billing based upon a better overall record against MPSF opponents. Unlike USC<\/a>, the Bruins avoided a tougher opponent in the semifinals, part of why they<\/a> and not the Trojans were national champions.<\/p>\n

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USC’s fantastic freshman Hannes Daube. Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n

Moving on to other conferences, the Golden Coast Conference<\/a> has three teams tied at the top of the conference standings\u2014#5\u00a0UC Santa Barbara<\/a> (18-8; 3-1 GCC); #8\u00a0Pepperdine<\/a> (15-10 (3-1 GCC) and #7\u00a0Pacific<\/a> (10-10; 3-1 GCC)\u2014with #6\u00a0Long Beach State<\/a> (9-11; 2-2 GCC) hoping to slip in to third or fourth. Pacific, which will face #19\u00a0San Jose State<\/a> (6-16; 0-4 GCC) on Saturday, appears to have the easiest path to the top. A win and the Tigers will again be top seed when the teams assemble for the GCC tournament two weeks from now at Pepperdine’s\u00a0Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. If they lose, the winner of the Pepperdine vs. UCSB game this Saturday in Malibu will claim the top spot.<\/p>\n

Another important note: Will home pool advantage be decisive as Head Coach Terry Schroeder<\/strong> looks to get back to the NCAAs for the first time since 2016?<\/p>\n

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Terry Schroeder. Photo Courtesy: USA Water Polo<\/p><\/div>\n

Seeding for the Western Water Polo Association<\/a> was decided in one fell swoop last Saturday, as #9\u00a0UC San Diego<\/a> (16-5; 6-1 WWPA) stormed into UC Davis\u2019 home pool and beat the #10 Aggies 10-8 behind four goals by Connor Turnbow-Lindenstadt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Tritons now have almost two weeks to recharge\u2014they\u2019ll play a couple of exhibition matches next week\u2014before they travel to Fresno Pacific<\/a> (5-18; 0-7 WWPA) to take on the host Sunbirds in the first round of the WWPA Tournament. UC Davis<\/a> (15-7; 6-1 WWPA) has one regular season match remaining\u2014against Pacific next Sunday\u2014before they face Concordia<\/a> (5-17; 1-6 WWPA), the seventh-seeded team in the WWPA tournament bracket. Looming in the semifinals, if they advance, are the Lancers of #14\u00a0Cal Baptist<\/a> (21-10; 5-2 WWPA), who this season own a win over UC San Diego and a narrow loss to UC Davis.<\/p>\n

After knocking off Wittier 15-10 last Saturday, Pomona-Pitzer<\/a> (20-8; 12-0 SCIAC) has gone an impressive 33-1 in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference<\/a> (SCIAC) regular season play the last three years. Wins this Wednesday against Caltech<\/a> (6-17; 1-11 SCIAC) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps<\/a> (15-9; 10-3 SCIAC) will wrap up an undefeated campaign, the Sagehens second in three years. Head Coach Alex Rodriguez\u2019s<\/strong> squad has already clinched they\u2019re the top seed in the SCIAC\u2019s four-team tournament that will include Claremont, Whitter<\/a> (13-13; 8-4 SCIAC) and likely Redlands (14-14; 8-5 SCIAC with a match next Saturday against Whittier). Pomona-Pitzer will be a strong favorite for a third-straight SCIAC title in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Harvard sharpshooter Dennis Blyashov. Photo Courtesy: Harvard Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

Moving East, #12\u00a0Harvard<\/a> (21-7; 9-1 NEWPC) wrapped up the 2018 Northeast Water Polo Conference<\/a> regular season title, sweeping #18\u00a0Brown<\/a> (17-12; 6-4 NEWPC) and MIT<\/a> (9-12; 2-8 NEWPC) last weekend. The Crimson will be looking for a three-peat in NCAA berths; that has never happened in the era following the Collegiate Water Polo Association\u2019s split three years ago; Harvard has won every NEWPC title so far. One has to go back to 2006-08\u2014when Navy accomplished the feat\u2014for last time an Eastern team went to three straight NCAA tournaments.<\/p>\n

Number two seed St. Francis<\/a> (8-14; 7-3 NEWPC) ended their regular season on a sour note with a 10-8 loss to #17 Princeton, but there is a silver lining; the Terriers will face the winner of the Princeton vs. Iona<\/a> (6-24; 0-10) match on November 16, while Harvard will play the winner of a Brown vs. MIT match, also on the 16th, in host Brown\u2019s pool. The Bears own the only win against Harvard this season by a NEWPC team and have proved to be a tough out all season, including one-goal losses to the Terriers and the Crimson and a one-goal win over Princeton.<\/p>\n

Regular season play\u2014as well as seeding\u2014will wrap up for the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East<\/a> the NEWPC\u2019s companion conference, this weekend. Top honors for the 2018 MAWPC tournament have been claimed by #15\u00a0Bucknell<\/a> (20-6; 11-1), which claimed top regular season honors for the third-straight year and\u2014powered by Rad\u00e9 Joksimovic<\/strong>, who in three seasons in Lewisburg has tallied an incredible 376 goals, putting him second to Scott Schulte\u2019s<\/strong> all-time record of 586\u2014has gone 30-2 since the conference\u2019s inception in 2016.<\/p>\n

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Rad\u00e9 Joksimovic, an all-time Bison great. Photo Courtesy: Bucknell Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

The Bison were the top seed last year but were surprised in the semifinals by an upstart Wagner squad; this year the Seahawks<\/a> (16-13; 8-4) sit third in their conference, behind George Washington<\/a> (17-6; 7-3); Chris Radmonovich\u2019s<\/strong> <\/a>squad can avoid another semifinal match-up against Bucknell if GW falters this coming weekend; the Seahawks own the tie-breaker over the Colonials, who have matches against Johns Hopkins and Navy this Saturday. Fordham<\/a> (14-14; 6-6 MAWPC) will finish fourth if Navy<\/a> (13-11; 5-5 MAWPC), which greatly improved from a 1-9 conference record in 2017, splits with Johns Hopkins<\/a> (7-15; 2-8) and George Washington. The Rams may be a sleeper pick for this year\u2019s MAWPC tournament; they\u2019re hosting<\/a> for the first time ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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