Men’s Water Polo Set for MPSF Championships
The No. 6 Penn State Behrend men’s water polo team competes in the three-day Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships hosted by UCLA, beginning with a matchup against No. 3 Stanford on Friday, Nov. 22.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The No. 6 Penn State Behrend men's water polo team competes in the three-day Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships hosted by UCLA, beginning with a matchup against No. 3 Stanford on Friday, Nov. 22. Game time on Friday in the Spieker Aquatics Center is slated for 10:15 a.m. PST/1:15 p.m. EST.
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Behrend News & Notes:
* For the second straight season, the Lions matched the program record with seven victories, ending with a 14-8 win over Washington & Jefferson in the regular-season finale
* Behrend held a better record than the Presidents in the MPSF East to earn the sixth seed
* Several Lions finished the regular season in the top 10 of the conference rankings
* Senior Jack Holl (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) sits third in the conference in goals (62) and eighth in points (65)
* Freshman Nick Thompson (Hudsonville, MI/Hudsonville) ranks fifth in scores (49), ninth in points (62), and 10th in steals (32)
* Fellow freshman Atticus Bowman (Albuquerque, NM/Volcano Vista) leads the MPSF in assists with 71, while being second in points (82)
* In performance indicator, Thompson (98.4), Holl (83), and Bowman (76.2) rank third, seventh, and ninth, respectively
* Dylan Hayslip (Flower Mound, TX/Marcus) (34 steals) and Ethan Friedman (Valley Center, CA/Valley Center) (33 steals) stand fifth and seventh in the conference in takeaways
* Friedman is first in the rankings with 180 saves, while Leyton Vrono (Murrieta, CA/Murrieta Valley) has made 61 saves this season which is good for eighth
* Rounding out the stat sheet is Evan Blasky (Rockford, MI/Rockford) who has registered 21 sprint wins to place in seventh in the conference rankings
* Since joining the MPSF in 2015, Behrend is in search of its fourth-ever conference tournament victory with the last one coming vs. Austin during the 2019 season (8-7)
Championship Schedule:
Friday, November 22
8:30 a.m. PST/11:30 a.m. EST Game 1 - No. 8 seed Washington & Jefferson vs. No. 9 seed Wheaton
10:15 a.m. PST/1:15 p.m. EST Game 2 - No. 3 seed Stanford vs No. 6 seed Penn State Behrend
12:00 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST Game 3 - No. 4 seed Austin College vs No. 5 seed USC
1:45 p.m. PST/4:45 p.m. EST Game 4 - No. 1 seed UCLA vs No. 8 seed Washington & Jefferson
3:30 p.m. PST/6:30 p.m. EST Game 5 - No. 2 seed Augustana vs No. 7 seed California
Saturday, November 23
8:30 a.m. PST/11:30 a.m. EST Game 6 - Loser of Game 2 vs Loser of Game 3 (East Semifinal)
10:15 a.m. PST/1:15 p.m. EST Game 7 - Loser of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 1 (East Semifinal)
12:00 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST Game 8 - Loser of Game 1 v. Loser of Game 6 (East Consolation)
1:45 p.m. PST/4:45 p.m. EST Game 9 - Winner of Game 2 vs Winner of Game 3 (West Semifinal)
3:30 p.m. PST/6:30 p.m. EST Game 10 - Winner of Game 4 vs Winner of Game 5 (West Semifinal)
5:15 p.m. PST/8:15 p.m. EST Game 11 - Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 7 (East Consolation)
Sunday, November 24
9:30 a.m. PST/12:30 p.m. EST Game 12 - Loser of Game 6 vs Loser of Game 7 (East 3rd Place)
11:15 a.m. PST/2:15 p.m. EST Game 13 - Loser Game 9 vs Loser Game 10 (West 3rd place)
1:00 p.m. PST/4:00 p.m. EST Game 14 - Winner Game 6 vs Winner Game 7 (East Championship)
3:00 p.m. PST/6:00 p.m. EST Game 15 - Winner Game 9 vs Winner Game 10 (West Championship)
-MPSF West teams are seeded #1, #3, #5, & #7
-MPSF East teams are seeded #2, #4, #6, #8, & #9