Men’s Water Polo Picks Up Two NWPC Wins In NYC Triple Header

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NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Princeton men's water polo team had quite the challenge set up for them on Saturday: a three game slate in three different locations.

The Tigers started the morning with a matchup against the No. 5 Fordham Rams, before heading to Iona and LIU to kick off NWPC play.

Although Princeton fell to Fordham, Dustin Litvak's squad turned things around for the next two games. The Tigers picked up two wins to begin its quest towards a fifth consecutive NWPC title.

#13 Princeton 16, #5 Fordham
Princeton and Fordham went back and forth in the first quarter as things were tied at three apiece. Tas Palcza scored a penalty shot with five seconds to go to give Princeton the lead as Fordham swapped its goalie out for an extra attacker. The Rams took a shot with time left on the clock and Kristóf Kovács made the stop. As time expired and no goalie in the opposite cage, Kovács let a shot fly across the pool and notched his first career goal.

The Tigers added four more in the second to make it a one score game going into the half.

Fordham was able to gather itself and shift the momentum in its favor, overcoming two separate three goal leads in the contest from the Tigers as the Rams secured a 19-16 win.

Goals: Palcza (3), Gavin Appeldorn (2), Taylor Bell (2), JP Ohl (2), Ádám Peocz (2), Luke Johnston, Kovács, Logan McCarroll, Enrique Nuño, Otto Stothart
Saves: Kovács (11)

#13 Princeton 20, Iona 13
The Tigers opened 2025 NWPC play with a matchup against the Iona Gaels. Princeton held Iona to just one goal in the first quarter and had five different goal scorers.

Princeton put up another six goals in the second for a double digit tally in the first half.

The Tigers kept the Gaels at bay for the second half as they recorded their second 20 goal game of the season and collected their first conference win of the season.

Enrique Nuño racked up a career high four goals to lead the offense in the win and Otto Stothart added a hat trick. Princeton had 12 different goal scorers in the victory.

Kovács tallied a season high 16 saves in the cage and moved into a tie for second for the program's all time assists record with 735.

Goals: Nuño (4), Stothart (3), Johnston (2), Sennett (2), Swart (2), Gavin Appeldorn, Taylor Bell, Luka Franulovic, Finn LeSieur, JP Ohl, Logan McCarroll, Ádám Peocz
Saves: Kovács (16)

#13 Princeton 18, LIU 10
Although the Tigers fell behind 2-1 to the Sharks, Princeton rattled off six unanswered goals stretching into the second quarter.

Pierre du Plessis made his first career start in goal for the Tigers and held LIU to just three goals in the first half as Princeton held a 9-3 lead after the first two quarters of play.

Taylor Bell recorded a second half hat trick as Princeton doubled its total in the second half.

du Plessis shutout the Sharks in the third quarter before the Tigers shut the door on LIU.

JP Ohl continued chipping away at the program's all time assist record with eight helpers in the contest, tying the program's single game record. The senior is now just four assists away from setting a new program record and has at 217 overall.

Goals: McCarroll (4), Bell (3), Banos (2), Franulovic (2), LeSieur (2), Swart (2), Ohl, Nuño, Sennett
Saves: du Plessis (7)

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