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PRINCETON, NJ. Following a tough 13-5 loss to Princeton on the road\u2014a match moved from Brooklyn Heights due to a faulty heater in the St. Francis Brooklyn pool\u2014Terrier Will Lapkin<\/strong> met up with his long-time friend and sometimes opponent Sean Duncan<\/strong> of the Tigers.<\/p>\n

Teammates on the Mater Dei High School squad that in 2015 took down<\/a> Ben Hallock<\/strong> and two-time defending California Intercollegiate Federation South Section champs Harvard-Westlake on their way to a CIF SS title, Duncan and Lapkin came East for their college careers. Both have enjoyed success and disappointment on this coast. Lapkin, one of the most creative players on Head Coach Bora Dimitrov’s<\/strong> squad, has likely been frustrated by the Terriers inability to advance to a Northeast Water Polo Conference final, falling a game short the past three years.<\/p>\n

[Will Lapkin, Magician with the Water Polo Ball<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Duncan has had his own challenges. In 2017, Princeton opened up strong against Harvard in the NWPC title match, with the 6-4 center dominating play early. As the game went along, not only did the host team rally, the referees swallowed their whistles as Duncan was regularly assaulted in front of the Crimson cage. In the wake of a dispiriting 12-11 sudden death overtime loss<\/a>, Princeton Head Coach Luis Nicolao<\/strong> quit<\/a> for the top polo job at Navy. In 2018, Duncan, feeling the impact of years of punishment, elected for surgery on both hips, sidelining him for the Tigers’ revenge win<\/a> over the Crimson in last season’s NWPC final.<\/p>\n

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Will Lapkin. Photo Courtesy: St. Francis Brooklyn Athletics<\/p><\/div>\n

Healthy now, Duncan and Lapkin spoke with Swimming World<\/em> about their friendship, their shared polo success, and what their respective futures hold.<\/p>\n

– You\u2019ve been friends for\u2026 ever?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sean Duncan:<\/strong> Probably since 2011 in middle school. We didn\u2019t go to the same school but we played against each other. He was on SoCal, I was on United. Through [playing in] tournaments and water polo is a small community, we just got to know each other.<\/p>\n

Then I found out Will was going to Mater Dei for high school and [our friendship] kept going from there.<\/p>\n

– That was when Mater Dei had a powerhouse program led by Chris Segesman.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Will Lapkin:<\/strong> We did really well, we had a lot of guys who were really close with each other and played together for a long time. I didn\u2019t get there until a year later than Sean, but was there when we won our senior year.<\/p>\n

Duncan:<\/strong> I was still on JV when they won our freshman year [2012]. Our sophomore and junior years were when Harvard-Westlake won, and then senior year we brought it back.<\/p>\n

– Johnny Hooper and Ben Hallock, now with the U.S. Senior National Team were at Harvard-Westlake then and the Wolverines won back-to-back CIF tournaments.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lapkin:<\/strong> The CIF is the biggest tournament of California. We took down Harvard-Westlake; we took down big Ben Hallock. It felt pretty good\u2014one of my best memories to this point.<\/p>\n

[On Deck With Ben Hallock of Stanford and the U.S. Men\u2019s Water Polo Team<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

– And now here on the East Coast you\u2019re still friends.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Duncan:<\/strong> I was in New York this summer for an internship and got to live with Will. It\u2019s funny how water polo\u2014even the guys on our team that don\u2019t play in school anymore and are off doing other things, they’re still pretty close. When Will and I go back home we have a core group of nine guys that we all still hang out [together].<\/p>\n

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Sean Duncan. Photo Courtesy: Beverly Schaefer<\/p><\/div>\n

A lot of it is memories from way back when, grinding on the pool deck in practice. It brought us all really close, and I think it\u2019s going to continue even past water polo. Five, 10 years in the future even when we\u2019re all doing our own things, we\u2019re always going to be friends.<\/p>\n

– You\u2019ve played against each other a number of times during your respective careers in the East.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lapkin:<\/strong> It\u2019s a lot easier to guard Sean just \u2018cause I know him so well. [Laughs]<\/p>\n

We know each other\u2019s tendencies. A couple of kids on [Princeton] besides Sean\u2014we\u2019ve all be playing with each other for so long, we know what we\u2019re looking to do, we know pretty much all about each other.<\/p>\n

– Water polo is a great connector\u2014and there is a strong bond with the St. Francis program wherever you and your teammates go.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lapkin:<\/strong> I\u2019ll definitely be a Terrier for life, but who knows where I\u2019ll end up? It all depends on work and where academics take me.<\/p>\n

– One of the great advantages of schools like Princeton or St. Francis is the great work opportunities in the New York City <\/strong>metropolitan <\/strong>region.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Duncan:<\/strong> I\u2019m going to be in New York after graduation. I won\u2019t be on the West Coast\u2014I have my family and a lot of my friends there\u2014but for me, one of the cool things is through water polo I was able to experience a whole different part of the world, a new culture and meet all these new people.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an opportunity for me to see what it\u2019s like to be an adult out in the workforce, while still being able to play water polo at a high level. It\u2019s an advantageous situation in the grand scheme of things.<\/p>\n

It would be great to practice 2, 3, 4 hours a day all through summer so that when you can hit the ground running when the season starts. In a way, having a summer where it was up to me to stay in shape, to keep up my skills in water polo makes me go back to the stuff Segesman taught us at Mater Dei\u2014all of the hard work when it\u2019s six in the morning and I have eight hours of work that day\u2014you don\u2019t always want to get up go swim or play. But I do, and I did over the summer.<\/p>\n

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New York City. Photo Courtesy: Forbes<\/p><\/div>\n

That\u2019s just a good life habit. It doesn\u2019t matter how long you play water polo, there\u2019s going to come a day where you have to be an active adult. Just being a college water polo athlete has set me up so when the time comes to hang up the cap, I\u2019ll still continue a healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Lapkin:<\/strong> I agree with what Sean\u2019s saying\u2014everything we\u2019re taught in water polo can relate to some aspect of your life, whether it\u2019s being late to class, being late to work, even though you hate your boss, showing up with a smile on your face ready to go and work hard. We all learn that through sports and it\u2019s really cool to bring that into our lives after we graduate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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