Wednesday, October 11
New Rochelle, N.Y.
3:00 PM
Princeton University
at
Iona
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
No. 11 Princeton Continues NWPC Action vs. Iona and No. 14 St. Francis-Brooklyn Wednesday
October 09, 2017 | Men's Water Polo
PRINCETON, N.J. – Northeast Water Polo Conference play (NWPC) continues for the No. 11 Princeton Tigers as they travel to Iona (3 p.m.) and No. 13 St. Francis-Brooklyn (8 p.m.) on Wednesday.
Ryan Wilson leads the Tigers with 64 points and 50 assists on the season. He is one of only three players in program history to reach 50 assists in a season and his 136 career assists are two off the program record as well. Jordan Colina has 41 goals so far and is three shy of 200 for his career. Sean Duncan (35) and Matt Payne (32) also have 30 goals while Michael Swart is right behind them with 29 tallies. Princeton is 43-21 in sprints with Wilson's 20 victories leading the way. Vojislav Mitrovic is 10-3 with a .571 save percentage.
2017 began for Princeton with a tripleheader at the Navy Open. The Tigers dropped Salem International (21-9), Fordham (12-7), and LaSalle (15-8) before finishing off Navy, 17-11, the next day. Colina was selected as the NWPC Player of the Week after posting 16 points, 11 goals and five assists over the 4-0 weekend.
The Tigers had a 3-1 weekend at the Princeton Invitational the following week. Princeton defeated Chapman (15-6) and Johns Hopkins (9-5) before a victory over Santa Clara (16-9). On the last day of the Invitational, head coach Luis Nicolao's team fell in a close battle vs. No. 4 UCLA in a game shown on ESPNU.
Two weeks later, Princeton went 2-2 at the Mountain Pacific Invitational out in Los Angeles. Nicolao's squad lost a close one to No. 6 Long Beach State, 11-8, on the first day of the tournament before gathering a split the next day. They earned a 12-11 decision over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer in overtime, but was taken down by No. 7 UC-Santa Barbara, 14-7. Colina's tally with 12 seconds remaining gave the Tigers a 15-14 win over No. 13 UC-San Diego to complete the West Coast trip.
NWPC play got started at DeNunzio on Sept. 30 with a closely-contested meeting vs. No. 11 Harvard. Payne's tally with 53 seconds to go proved to be the game-winner. On Oct. 1, the Tigers scored four consecutive goals in the second half to drop MIT, 13-11, before a 9-8 victory over No. 14 Brown.
Princeton also earned a non-conference victory over Wagner, 15-11, that featured hat tricks from Payne, Colina and Duncan. The win over Wagner jumped Princeton to 13-3 overall.
The match against Iona will be streamed and have live stats as well. For updates, be sure to check the Princeton Water Polo twitter account.
Ryan Wilson leads the Tigers with 64 points and 50 assists on the season. He is one of only three players in program history to reach 50 assists in a season and his 136 career assists are two off the program record as well. Jordan Colina has 41 goals so far and is three shy of 200 for his career. Sean Duncan (35) and Matt Payne (32) also have 30 goals while Michael Swart is right behind them with 29 tallies. Princeton is 43-21 in sprints with Wilson's 20 victories leading the way. Vojislav Mitrovic is 10-3 with a .571 save percentage.
2017 began for Princeton with a tripleheader at the Navy Open. The Tigers dropped Salem International (21-9), Fordham (12-7), and LaSalle (15-8) before finishing off Navy, 17-11, the next day. Colina was selected as the NWPC Player of the Week after posting 16 points, 11 goals and five assists over the 4-0 weekend.
The Tigers had a 3-1 weekend at the Princeton Invitational the following week. Princeton defeated Chapman (15-6) and Johns Hopkins (9-5) before a victory over Santa Clara (16-9). On the last day of the Invitational, head coach Luis Nicolao's team fell in a close battle vs. No. 4 UCLA in a game shown on ESPNU.
Two weeks later, Princeton went 2-2 at the Mountain Pacific Invitational out in Los Angeles. Nicolao's squad lost a close one to No. 6 Long Beach State, 11-8, on the first day of the tournament before gathering a split the next day. They earned a 12-11 decision over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer in overtime, but was taken down by No. 7 UC-Santa Barbara, 14-7. Colina's tally with 12 seconds remaining gave the Tigers a 15-14 win over No. 13 UC-San Diego to complete the West Coast trip.
NWPC play got started at DeNunzio on Sept. 30 with a closely-contested meeting vs. No. 11 Harvard. Payne's tally with 53 seconds to go proved to be the game-winner. On Oct. 1, the Tigers scored four consecutive goals in the second half to drop MIT, 13-11, before a 9-8 victory over No. 14 Brown.
Princeton also earned a non-conference victory over Wagner, 15-11, that featured hat tricks from Payne, Colina and Duncan. The win over Wagner jumped Princeton to 13-3 overall.
The match against Iona will be streamed and have live stats as well. For updates, be sure to check the Princeton Water Polo twitter account.
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