Princeton University Athletics
Sabbatini/Stover Named Men's Water Polo All-Americas
December 29, 2004 | Men's Water Polo
Dec. 29, 2004
Princeton, N.J. - Princeton senior goalkeeper Peter Sabbatini and junior driver John Stover were named All-Americans by the Collegiate Water Polo Association. Sabbatini, a third-team selection last season, was named the second-team goalkeeper, while Stover, an honorable mention a season ago, was named to the third team.
Sabbatini was the only representative on either of the first two All-America teams from a team that does not play in California. In all, of the 21 players honored, only three were not from California teams.
Sabbatini closed out his Princeton career with a 15-6 record this season for the Tigers and backstopped Princeton to several key wins, including its 3-2 quadruple-overtime win over St. Francis in the Eastern Championship game. Sabbatini was named the Most Valuable Player of the Eastern Championship, earned first-team All-Southern honors and was named to the first-team All-Eastern tournament team. Sabbatini was a third-team All-America last season. He also was named to the NCAA All-Tournament second team following a strong performance at the 2004 NCAA Champsionship.
Stover led Princeton in scoring with 72 goals. He was named first-team All-Southern and to the first-team All-Eastern tournament team. He scored six goals in Princeton's run through Eastern Championships and had a pair of six goal games against Johns Hopkins and Navy. Stover was an honorable mention All-America last season and earned Academic All-Ivy honors this fall. He scored three goals at the NCAA Championships and was named to the second All-Tournament team.