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In what potentially will be a stunning turn of events, UCLA, defending national champions and the nation’s #2 ranked team, may not make the cut for the 2018 NCAA Men’s Water Polo Tournament.<\/p>\n

The Bruins dropped a 9-7 decision to the Cardinal on Saturday in the semifinals of the MPSF Tournament. The loss puts UCLA in a dogfight match today against arch-rival USC, which was also surprised in the other half of the MPSF tourney bracket<\/a>. Cal\u2014which with a loss would almost certainly would have fallen out of contention for an NCAA at-large berth\u2014turned the table on the Trojans. After losing two previous meeting by a combined total of 13 goals, the Golden Bears upend the host Trojans 10-9 in Uytengsu Aquatics Center, snapping a USC 11-match winning streak that stretch back more than a month.<\/p>\n

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The MPSF final (1 p.m. PST) will pit two Bay Area rivals\u2014top-seeded Stanford and #3 seed Cal\u2014that met as recently as last Saturday, when the Cardinal took a 12-11 overtime win<\/a> in the annual Big Splash match. Today’s winner claims the conference\u2019s automatic NCAA berth; the loser is almost virtually assured of getting one of two at-large berths for this year\u2019s national tournament. Both matches will be streamed live<\/a> on the Pac-12 Network.<\/p>\n

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It’s a fact; Ben Hallock and Stanford are going to NCAAs. Photo Courtesy: Bryan Williams<\/p><\/div>\n

The game to watch is the third-place match-up between LA denizens USC and UCLA; until yesterday the Trojans were the nation\u2019s top-ranked team with the Bruins right behind. The fact that one of those two teams will not advance to NCAAs mirror’s last season outcome of MPSF Tournament play. Top-ranked Stanford lost to UCLA in the MPSF semifinal and was then stunned<\/a> by Cal, dropping a 10-9 decision in overtime thanks to two late goals by Luca Cupido<\/strong><\/a>. The Cardinal then ended up on the outside looking in at NCAAs for the third straight year.<\/p>\n

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In Golden Coast Conference tournament play<\/a> Saturday, host Long Beach State continued a late-season run, beating second-seeded Pepperdine 5-4 to extend a five-match winning streak and vault into the GCC title match for the first time. Waiting for them at 1 p.m. (PST) today will be top-seed Pacific. The Tigers rallied from a three-goal halftime deficit on the strength a hat-trick from Luke Pavillard<\/strong> to advance to a third-straight GCC final. In seeking their first NCAA berth in 27 years (1991), the 49ers will be playing against both Pacific and history.<\/p>\n

\"wwpa-logo-apr-17\"Both top-seeded UC San Diego and second seeded UC Davis won in convincing fashion on Saturday\u2014the Tritons 15-3 over Air Force and the Aggies 17-8 over Loyola Marymount\u2014setting up a four-peat of the Western Water Polo Association final between these two teams. UC Davis won the last two WWPA title matches, while UC San Diego won in 2014 and 2015. The two will again play to decide who represents their conference in NCAA tournament play starting at 1 p.m. (PST) today.<\/p>\n

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As already reported<\/a>, top seed Pomona-Pitzer and #3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps will meet at 11 a.m. (PST) on Sunday in Claremont, CA for the SCIAC title; this is a repeat of the 2016 final, won 7-4 by Pomona-Pitzer, which is seeking a third straight NCAA berth. All updates for SCIAC Tournament play are on the conference website.<\/p>\n

\"cwpa\"Speaking of three-peats, after never qualifying for an NCAA tournament in four decades, Harvard is on track to qualify for a third-straight trip to the national championship. A last-second goal by Bruno Snow<\/strong> gave the Crimson an 11-10 win yesterday over host Brown in the semifinals of the 2018 Northeast Water Polo Conference Tournament. In the day\u2019s over semifinal, Princeton rallied from an early two-goal deficit behind three goals from Casey Conrad<\/strong> to surprise second-seeded St. Francis Brooklyn and advance to the NEWPC title match<\/a> against Harvard for the second-straight year. With a win today at 12:30pm (EST), Princeton Head Coach Dustin Litvak<\/strong> will become the first rookie coach from the East to win an NCAA berth since the Terriers\u2019 Srdjan Mihaljevic<\/strong> accomplished the feat in 2013.<\/p>\n

In the Bronx, Bucknell got three goals each from\u00a0Rad\u00e9 Joksimovic<\/strong> and Marko Djordjevic<\/strong> to knock off host Fordham 12-11 in one semifinal of the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference<\/a>. The Bison held a four-goal lead midway through the third period, but Jake Miller-Tolt<\/strong> scored five of his game-high six goals in the second-half to bring the Rams within two scores with a minute left\u2014but the clock ran out on the Rams\u2019 upset bid.<\/p>\n

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Can Rad\u00e9 Joksimovic lead the Bison back to NCAAs? Photo Courtesy: Bucknell Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

In the MAWPC\u2019s other semifinal, George Washington and Wagner slugged it out for 32 minutes, with the Colonials emerging on top by the score of 16-14, thanks to Andrew Mavis<\/strong>. The junior from Princeton was virtually unstoppable in the second half, scoring five times from in front of the Seahawk cage to deny Wagner a second straight trip to the finals. Instead it will be George Washington which will be seeking the program\u2019s second-straight NCAA berth when they face Bucknell today at 1:30pm (EST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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