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Princeton No. 12 In CWPA Varsity Poll; Hosts NWPC Tournament This Weekend
November 16, 2016 | Men's Water Polo
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton Tigers will look to reach the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season as they host the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Tournament this weekend (Nov. 18-20) at DeNunzio Pool.
The Tigers will be the No. 2 seed due to Brown winning the tiebreaker because of a bigger goal difference over the No. 3 seed Harvard. Harvard will take on the No. 6 seed MIT while St. Francis-Brooklyn and Iona will take part in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup. The Tigers will play the winner of Harvard, MIT on Nov. 19 at 3:30 p.m.
In the summer, the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) broke off into two separate conferences. Princeton is a part of the NWPC with the CWPA still serving as the governing body. For more information on the conference split, read the CWPA's release here.
The CWPA Varsity Poll came out today, placing the Tigers in a tie for No. 12 with the Bucknell Bison. With USC's shocking victory over UCLA, the Trojans jumped into the top spot this week. USC ended UCLA's 57-match win streak. Cal., UC-Santa Barbara and Pacific round out the top five. The NWPC No. 1 seed, Brown, is No. 10 in the national poll while Harvard is No. 11 and St. Francis-Brooklyn places No. 20.
Princeton opened up the 2016 campaign at the Navy Open with a sparkling offensive performance, averaging over 20 goals a contest. The Tigers scored wins over Fordham (17-10), PSU-Behrend (20-2), McKendree (18-6, exhibition) and Salem International (25-8). The team's 25 goals were one shy of the program mark that was set on Sept. 25, 1999, coincidentally, also against Salem International (then Salem-Teikyo).
Following the Navy Open, the men's water polo team hosted the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 8-11). Princeton started the invitational with a 14-10 victory over Wagner on Sept. 8. Sophomores Matt Payne, Michael Swart, and Ryan Wilson tallied hat tricks in the game. The next day, the Tigers lost to Cal, 18-8, but defeated Air Force, 13-3. On Sept. 11, then-No. 1 UCLA took down Princeton, 18-9, on a match that was featured on ESPNU.
Head coach Luis Nicolao's team then went west for the Mountain Pacific Invitational, going 1-3. The Tigers dropped a heartbreaking 12-11 decision to UC-Santa Barbara in triple overtime before losing to Whittier, 15-9, and to UC-Davis, 13-9. Princeton wrapped up the invitational with a 11-10 loss to Air Force.
The Tigers began NWPC play with a 9-8 victory over St. Francis-Brooklyn at DeNunzio Pool on Sept. 28. Junior Jordan Colina tallied four goals including the game-winner with 2:41 to go. Princeton also scored a 12-7 decision over Iona with five different Tigers posting multi-goal outings two days later. Nicolao's squad used a three-goal spurt during the third quarter to run by Brown, 11-7 on Oct. 1. The Tigers finished the first conference weekend with a split, suffering a defeat to Harvard (8-7) and toppling MIT (13-7).
After three non-conference games resulting in two wins, the Tigers got back into conference action with a 10-4 win over Iona and 10-8 victory over St. Francis-Brooklyn on the road. Princeton pushed its win streak to four with decisions over MIT and Harvard before a loss to No. 12 Brown to end the regular season.
With one of the greatest individual seasons in Princeton history, Payne leads the Tigers with 57 goals and 52 assists. He is five assists shy of typing the single season program record. He has scored in every game he's played and has 20 multi-goal outings. For the third straight season, Colina has registered 50+ goals along with snagging 55 steals. Four other players have posted at least 20 goals or more. Wilson and Payne have secured at least 20 or more goals, assists, steals and drawn ejections. Junior Vojislav Mitrovic went 11-8 in goal with a .616 save percentage. He has stopped at least 10 shots or more in 16 of his 19 starts including a 20-save outing vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn on Sept. 20.
All games for the NWPC tournament will streamed on the CWPA website.
11/18/16
Game 1 - No. 3 Harvard vs. No. 6 MIT – 6 p.m.
Game 2 - No. 4 St. Francis-Brooklyn vs. No. 5 Iona – 7:30 p.m.
11/19/16
Game 3 – No. 2 Princeton vs. Winner of Game 1 – 3:30 p.m.
Game 4 – No. 1 Brown vs. Winner of Game 2 – 5:00 p.m.
Game 5 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – 6:30 p.m.
11/20/16
Game 6 – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 – 10:30 a.m.
Game 7 – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 3 – 12 p.m.
The Tigers will be the No. 2 seed due to Brown winning the tiebreaker because of a bigger goal difference over the No. 3 seed Harvard. Harvard will take on the No. 6 seed MIT while St. Francis-Brooklyn and Iona will take part in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup. The Tigers will play the winner of Harvard, MIT on Nov. 19 at 3:30 p.m.
In the summer, the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) broke off into two separate conferences. Princeton is a part of the NWPC with the CWPA still serving as the governing body. For more information on the conference split, read the CWPA's release here.
The CWPA Varsity Poll came out today, placing the Tigers in a tie for No. 12 with the Bucknell Bison. With USC's shocking victory over UCLA, the Trojans jumped into the top spot this week. USC ended UCLA's 57-match win streak. Cal., UC-Santa Barbara and Pacific round out the top five. The NWPC No. 1 seed, Brown, is No. 10 in the national poll while Harvard is No. 11 and St. Francis-Brooklyn places No. 20.
Princeton opened up the 2016 campaign at the Navy Open with a sparkling offensive performance, averaging over 20 goals a contest. The Tigers scored wins over Fordham (17-10), PSU-Behrend (20-2), McKendree (18-6, exhibition) and Salem International (25-8). The team's 25 goals were one shy of the program mark that was set on Sept. 25, 1999, coincidentally, also against Salem International (then Salem-Teikyo).
Following the Navy Open, the men's water polo team hosted the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 8-11). Princeton started the invitational with a 14-10 victory over Wagner on Sept. 8. Sophomores Matt Payne, Michael Swart, and Ryan Wilson tallied hat tricks in the game. The next day, the Tigers lost to Cal, 18-8, but defeated Air Force, 13-3. On Sept. 11, then-No. 1 UCLA took down Princeton, 18-9, on a match that was featured on ESPNU.
Head coach Luis Nicolao's team then went west for the Mountain Pacific Invitational, going 1-3. The Tigers dropped a heartbreaking 12-11 decision to UC-Santa Barbara in triple overtime before losing to Whittier, 15-9, and to UC-Davis, 13-9. Princeton wrapped up the invitational with a 11-10 loss to Air Force.
The Tigers began NWPC play with a 9-8 victory over St. Francis-Brooklyn at DeNunzio Pool on Sept. 28. Junior Jordan Colina tallied four goals including the game-winner with 2:41 to go. Princeton also scored a 12-7 decision over Iona with five different Tigers posting multi-goal outings two days later. Nicolao's squad used a three-goal spurt during the third quarter to run by Brown, 11-7 on Oct. 1. The Tigers finished the first conference weekend with a split, suffering a defeat to Harvard (8-7) and toppling MIT (13-7).
After three non-conference games resulting in two wins, the Tigers got back into conference action with a 10-4 win over Iona and 10-8 victory over St. Francis-Brooklyn on the road. Princeton pushed its win streak to four with decisions over MIT and Harvard before a loss to No. 12 Brown to end the regular season.
With one of the greatest individual seasons in Princeton history, Payne leads the Tigers with 57 goals and 52 assists. He is five assists shy of typing the single season program record. He has scored in every game he's played and has 20 multi-goal outings. For the third straight season, Colina has registered 50+ goals along with snagging 55 steals. Four other players have posted at least 20 goals or more. Wilson and Payne have secured at least 20 or more goals, assists, steals and drawn ejections. Junior Vojislav Mitrovic went 11-8 in goal with a .616 save percentage. He has stopped at least 10 shots or more in 16 of his 19 starts including a 20-save outing vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn on Sept. 20.
All games for the NWPC tournament will streamed on the CWPA website.
11/18/16
Game 1 - No. 3 Harvard vs. No. 6 MIT – 6 p.m.
Game 2 - No. 4 St. Francis-Brooklyn vs. No. 5 Iona – 7:30 p.m.
11/19/16
Game 3 – No. 2 Princeton vs. Winner of Game 1 – 3:30 p.m.
Game 4 – No. 1 Brown vs. Winner of Game 2 – 5:00 p.m.
Game 5 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – 6:30 p.m.
11/20/16
Game 6 – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 – 10:30 a.m.
Game 7 – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 3 – 12 p.m.
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