- Alan Rosenberg made 19 saves over the weekend and helped Austin
College earn their first win of 2021
- Zachary Griffith also stopped 15 shots in two games against Brown and
MIT
for Austin College
- Lucas Verrilli had 4 goals in 2 games for Connecticut College
- Mason McQuet had 2 goals, 3 steals and 1 drawn exclusion in 5 games
for #5 UC Santa Barbara
- Jack Otto played the whole game in goal in #16 Bucknell's 12-10 win
over #14 Cal Baptist
- Henry Yavitt
had 3 goals, 6 assists and 2 steals in 4 games for Air Force
- Jaden McNeal-Villafana also contributed 2 goals and 1 drawn exclusion
for Mount St. Mary's
- Payton Comstock had 1 goal in Navy's 11-7 win over Brown
- Ethan Hamp had 1 assist and 1 steal in DII Gannon's 13-11 win over
Mount St. Mary's
- Nate Fisher had 2 goals and 4 steals in 4 games for Occidental. Pete
Buinauskas chipped in with 2 goals
- Cade Griffith had 4 goals in 2 games for DIII #9 Austin College
2021-2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 3 (9/13/21 -
9/19/21)
Summary:
- Mason McQuet had 4 goals, 3 steals and 1 drawn exclusion in 4 games as
#5 UCSB went 3-1 last week
- Noah Schor stole the ball once in #7 Pacific's 13-12 win over #19 Cal
Baptist
- Cam Dougherty put in 1 goal and 3 assists in #18 Harvard's 14-5 win
over George Washington
- Dan Lynch had 1 goal in #20 Fordham's 21-8 win over Mount St. Mary's
- Henry Yavitt and Alex Hirjoi contributed 2 goals and 1 assist each as
Air Force beat Fresno Pacific twice
- Nikita Kravstov had 1 steal in 2 games for Fresno Pacific
- Bender Russo totaled 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 drawn exclusion
in GW's 12-11 win over Brown
- Justin Ginsberg recorded 3 goals, 1 assist and 1 drawn exclusion in
Iona's 14-6 win over Conn College
- Nathan Mendes chipped in with 1 assist while Jack Folan had 1 steal
for Iona
- Zach Fischer had 2 goals while Jaden McNeal-Villafana had one in 4
games for Mount St. Mary's
- Carson Hicks had 2 goals and 1 assist in Salem's 19-13 loss to Wagner
- Nate Fisher totaled 3 goals, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 drawn exclusion
in 3 games for DIII #7 Occidental.
- Pete Buinauskas chipped in with 1 goal and 2 steals as well for
Occidental
- Lucas Verrilli had 1 goal in Connecticut College's 14-6 loss to Iona
2021-2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 4 (9/20/21 -
9/26/21)
Summary:
- Mason McQuet had 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 steals and 4 drawn exclusions in
4 games for #5 UCSB
- Patrick Hughes had 3 steals in #18 (DIII #1) Pomona-Pitzer's 22-13 win
over La Verne
- Payton Comstock contributed 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 games for #20
Navy
- Henry Yavitt had 3 goals and 1 assist as Air Force went 3-1 on their
East coast trip
- Nikita Kravstov had 1 goal ad 3 assists in Fresno Pacific's 16-6 win
over Iona
- Bender Russo had 1 goal in George Washington's 20-13 win over Mount
St. Mary's
- Zach Fischer had 3 goals and 1 steal in 2 games for Mount St. Mary's
- Jaden McNeal-Villafana chipped in with 1 goal and 2 assists for Mount
St. Mary's
- Ethan Hamp poured in 8 goals, along with 2 assists, 4 steals and 1
drawn exclusion as Gannon went 3-0
- Josh Carlson had 1 goal and 3 assists in 3 games for DII McKendree
- Carson Hicks had a tremendous weekend for Salem with 9 goals, 3 steals
and 4 drawn KO's for Salem
- Nate Fisher had 2 goals, 2 steals and 1 drawn exclusion in 2 games for
DIII #9 Occidental
- Pete Buinauskas chipped in with 1 goal for Occidental
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 5 (9/27/21 -
10/3/21)
Summary:
- Mason McQuet had 1 goal in #5 UC Santa Barbara's 10-9 loss to #4
Stanford
- Cam Dougherty had 1 goal and 1 draw exclusion in #15 Harvard's 18-12
win over Iona
- Dan Lynch contributed 2 goals and 1 assist as #16 Fordham went 5-1 for
the week
- Patrick Hughes chipped in with 3 goals and 6 steals for #17
Pomona-Pitzer as the Sagehens went 4-1
- Henry Yavitt had 1 goal and 2 assists as #20 Air Force upset #9 UC San
Diego 15-13
- Nikita Kravstov had 3 goals and 1 steal in 4 games for Fresno Pacific
- Payton Comstock had 1 goal, 2 steals and 2 drawn exclusions in 5 games
for Navy
- Josh Carlson had 1 goal in DII McKendree's 15-10 loss to #9 Santa
Clara.
- Jimmy Cronin spent parts of 2 games in goal and had 5 saves and 1
steal
- Nate Fisher had 4 goals. 1 assist and 1 steal as DIII #9 Occidental
went 4-0 for the weekend.
- Pete Buinauskas chipped in with 2 goals and 1 drawn exclusion for
Occidental
- Jacob Fisher had 1 goal, 6 steals and 1 drawn exclusion in 4 games for
DIII Augustana
- Jeremy Sherpa contributed 2 steals. Harris Dibek played 2 games in
goal and had 7 saves and 1 steal
- Lucas Verrilli had 1 goal, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 drawn KO in DIII
Conn College's 19-7 loss to Iona
- Lazar Marsenic had 1 goal in DIII Washington & Jefferson's 13-4 loss
to DIII #3 CMS
- Justin Ginsberg had a huge all round weekend for Iona with 4 goals, 9
assists, 5 steals and 3 drawn exclusions in 4 games. Michael Feeley
chipped in with 1 goal and 12 drawn exclusions, while Ed Howaniec and
Jack Folan had a goal each
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 6 (10/4/21 -
10/10/21)
Summary:
-
Mason McQuet had 3 steals in #4 UC Santa Barbara's 9-8 loss to
#7 Long Beach State
- Patrick Hughes drew one exclusion in #16 (DIII #1) Pomona-Pitzer's
17-12 win over DIII #7 Occidental
- Henry Yavitt totaled 4 goals, 3 assists, 5 steals and 1 drawn exclusion in 2 games
for #17 Air Force
- Nikita Kravstov had 1 goal, 2 assists and 2 steals in 5 games for
Fresno Pacific
- Justin Ginsberg recorded 3 goals, 3 assists
and 8 drawn exclusions in 2 games for Iona
- Michael Feeley chipped in
with 5 drawn exclusions while Jack Folan had one steal
- Ethan Hamp had 1 goal and 1 steal in 3 games for DII Gannon
- Carson Hicks was big on offense with 8 goals and 1 drawn exclusion in
4 games for DII Salem
- Nate Fisher had 1 assist, 3 steals and 1 drawn exclusion in 2 games
for DIII #7 Occidental
- Josh Carlson contributed significantly with 5 goals, 1 assist and 1
steal as DII McKendree went 4-0
- Jimmy Cronin played
parts of 2 games in goal and came up with 6 saves
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 7 (10/11/21 -
10/18/21)
Summary:
- Mason McQuet had 1 assist and 1 steal in 2 games for #6 UC Santa
Barbara
- Cam Dougherty had 2 goals, 1 assist and 3 steals as #13 Harvard went
4-0 over the weekend
- Patrick Hughes had 1 goal and 1 steal in 3 games for #17 (DIII #1)
Pomona-Pitzer
- Henry Yavitt had 1 goal, 3 assists and 4 steals as #19 Air Force went
3-0 over the weekend
- Michael Feeley had 3 drawn exclusions in Iona's 14-5 loss to #16
Fordham
- Zach Fischer was huge on the offensive end with 7 goals in 4 games for
Mount St. Mary's
- Ethan Hamp contributed 2 goals in 4 games for Gannon
- Nate Fisher had 3 goals and 1 assist in 3 games for DIII #6
Occidental
- Aiden Cawley won both sprints in the 2nd half against DIII
#7 Redlands
- Dan Bajda had 1 assist for DIII #7 Redlands in their 20-6 win over
Caltech
- Cade Griffith had 2 goals and 1 steal in 2 games for DIII #9 Austin
College
- Alan Rosenberg made 14 saves and Zachary Griffith stopped 12 shots for
Austin College
- Jacob Fisher had 2 goals in Augustana's 12-10 loss to Washington &
Jefferson
- Lucas Verrilli had 2 goals in 4 games for Connecticut College
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 8 (10/18/21 -
10/24/21)
Summary:
- Mason McQuet had 1 goal as #7 UC Santa Barbara went 3-0 for the week
- Patrick Hughes had 1 steal in 2 games for #16 (DIII #1) Pomona-Pitzer
- Henry Yavitt had 2 goals in #19 Air Force's 22-9 win over Iona
- Payton Comstock had 1 goal in #20 Navy's 18-6 win over Mount St.
Mary's
- Nikita Kravstov had 1 steal and 1 drawn exclusion in Fresno Pacific's
22-8 loss to #18 Cal Baptist
- Justin Ginsberg totaled 10 goals, 3 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks for
Iona in 5 games
- Michael Feeley also came up big for Iona with 5 goals, 1 steal and 5
drawn exclusions
- Jack Folan chipped in with 1 goal for Iona
- Zach Fischer had 1 goal in Mount St. Mary's 18-6 loss to #20 Navy
- Ethan Hamp had 4 goals, 2 assists and 2 steals as Gannon went 3-0 to
win the CWPA DII championship
- Josh Carlson had 5 goals & Jimmy Cronin had 21 saves as McKendree
finished 3rd (CWPA DII Finals)
- Nate Fisher had 4 goals, 1 steal and 4 drawn exclusions in 3 games for
DIII #6 Occidental
- Aiden Cawley chipped in with 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 drawn exclusions
- Pete Buinauskas had 1 steal
- Cade Griffith had 2 goals as Austin College went 2-1 to finish 3rd in
the CWPA DIII Championships
- Zachary Griffith earned 2 wins and made 22 saves for Austin College at
the DIII Championships
- Alan Rosenberg also made 8 saves for Austin College in their 2-1
showing
- Lucas Verrilli recorded with 8 goals as Conn College finished 6th
(CWPA DIII Finals)
- Jacob Fisher had 2 goals, Jeremy Sherpa had 1 goal and Harris Dibek
had 4 saves as Augustana
finished 5th (CWPA DIII Finals). Stats were only available for 2 of the
4 games
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 9 (10/25/21 -
10/31/21)
Summary:
- Mason McQuet had 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 steals in 2 games for #7 UC
Santa Barbara
- Cam Dougherty had 2 goals in #11 Harvard's 20-8 win over Iona
- Patrick Hughes had 2 goals in 3 games for #16 (DIII #1) Pomona-Pitzer
- Nikita Kravstov had 1 goal in 2 games for Fresno Pacific
- Justin Ginsberg had another big weekend for Iona with 7 goals and 3
steals in 4 games
- Michael Feeley contributed 1 goal and 5 drawn exclusions; Jack Folan
chipped in with 1 goal
- Zach Fischer had 3 goals in 2 games for Mount St. Mary's
- Ethan Hamp contributed 1 goal and 1 assist in Gannon's 21-14 win over
DIII Penn State Behrend
- Nate Fisher totaled 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 steals and 3 drawn exclusions
in 3 games for DIII #5 Occidental
- Aiden Cawley contributed 2 goals and 2 assists while Pete Buinauskas
chipped in with 1 assist
- Lucas Verrilli had 3 goals in 2 games for Connecticut College
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 10 (11/1/21 -
11/7/21)
Summary:
- Cam Dougherty had 2 goals as #13 Harvard went 3-0 for the week
- Patrick Hughes had 1 goal and 1 assist in #17 (DIII #1)
Pomona-Pitzer's 20-9 win over Caltech
- Jack Otto played the 2nd half in goal and had 4 saves in Bucknell's
16-8 win over DIII #7 Johns Hopkins
- Bender Russo had 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 drawn exclusion in 3 games for
George Washington
- Jack Folan and Nathan Mendes had 2 goals each, while Justin Ginsberg
chipped in with 1 goal in Iona's 20-10 loss to #11 Princeton
- Zach Fischer had 1 goal in 2 games for Mount St. Mary's
- Payton Comstock had 1 goal in Navy's 8-7 win over Bucknell
- Ethan Hamp had a wonderful all round show with 4 goals, 3 assists, 3
steals and 2 drawn exclusions as Gannon went 2-0 to win the MAWPC West
Region
- Josh Carlson had an impressive offensive showing with 5 goals, 1
assist and 1 drawn exclusion as McKendree went 1-1 to finish 2nd in the
MAWPC West Region. Jimmy Cronin had 2 saves in goal
- Carson Hicks had 2 goals and 2 steals as Salem went 2-1 and finished
3rd in the MAWPC West Region
- Nate Fisher had 2 assists and 1 steal in DIII #5 Occidentals's 12-10
loss to DIII #2 Cal Lutheran
- Lucas Verrilli had 2 goals in 2 games for Connecticut College
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 11 (11/8/21 -
11/14/21)
Summary:
- Mason McQuet had 1 goal and 2 steals in #6 UC Santa Barbara's 16-13
win over #10 Pepperdine
- Payton Comstock had 2 goals in 3 games for #19 Navy
- Bender Russo and 1 goal and 1 assist in 2 games for George Washington
- Zach Fischer and Jaden McNeal-Villafana each had 2 goals in 4 games
for Mount St. Mary's
- Josh Carlson had 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 steal in McKendree's 24-11 win
over Augustana.
- Jimmy Cronin chipped in with 3 saves for McKendree
- Aiden Cawley had 1 goal in 2 games for DIII #7 Occidental
- Jack Fisher had 2 goals, 1 assist and 2 steals in Augustana's 24-11
loss to DII McKendree
- Jeremy Sherpa had 1 steal, Jack Blumenfeld chipped in with 1 assist
while Harris Dibek made 4 saves
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 12 (11/15/21 -
11/21/21)
Summary:
- Mason McQuet had 1 goal & 2 steals in 2 games as #6 UCSB lost in the
semifinals of the GCC Tourney
- Cam Dougherty had 2 goals in 3 games as #12 Harvard finished 4th in the
NWPC tournament
- Dan Lynch had 1 goal as #18 Fordham won the MAWPC tournament & qualified
for the NCAA Tourney
- Henry Yavitt (Air Force) had 1 goal, 4 steals and 1 drawn exclusion in 2
games in the WWPA tournament
- Jack Otto had 3 saves in Bucknell's 17-11 win over Mount St. Mary's in
the MAWPC tournament.
- Nikita Kravstov had 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 steals in 2 games for Fresno
Pacific
- Bender Russo had 1 goal, 2 steals and 2 drawn exclusions in 3 games as
GW finished 3rd in the MAWPC
- Justin Ginsberg had 4 goals, 2 assists and 1 block in 3 games in the
NWPC tournament (Iona - 5th)
- Michael Feeley ahad a strong showing with 4 goals and 3 drawn exclusions
for the Gaels
- Nathan Mendes contributed 3 goals and 2 steals while Jack Folan chipped
in with 1 goal as well for Iona
- Zach Fischer had 2 goals & Jaden McNeal-Villafana had 1 in 3 games as
MSM finished 8th (MAWPC)
- Ethan Hamp poured in 4 goals in 3 games as DII Gannon finished 6th in
the MAWPC tournament
- Cade Griffith had 4 goals and 3 steals as DIII Austin College played in
the MPSF Tourney
- Alan Rosenberg
(10 saves, 2 assists)
and Zach Griffith
(7 saves, 2 assists and 3 steals)
split time in goal
- Lucas Verrilli contributed 5 goals in the 3 games that DIII Conn College
played in the NWPC tournament
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 13 (11/22/21 -
11/28/21)
Summary:
- #10 Princeton (with Ned Bless) beat #16 Fordham (with Dan Lynch) 17-8 in
the preliminary round of the NCAA tournament. Princeton will now face #1
UCLA in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (12/2)
2021 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 14 (11/29/21 -
12/5/21)
Summary:
- Patrick Hughes had 1 assist in 2 games as #16 (DIII #1) Pomona-Pitzer
won the DIII NCAA championship. The Sage Hens beat DIII #8 MIT 13-7 in the
semis & DIII #2 CMS 13-12 (OT) in the final
- #11 Princeton, with Ned Bless, lost to #1 UCLA 12-6 in the quarter
finals of the NCAA tournament
2021 Senior Tribute:
The following seniors from high schools in Illinois completed 4 years of
NCAA water polo competition. Congratulations to all of them for
successfully balancing athletics and academics, and for representing
Illinois water polo with distinction:
Harris Dibek (Conant) - Augustana College - DIII
Jack Otto (Libertyville) - Bucknell - DI
Lucas Verrilli (Evanston) - Connecticut College - DIII
Ethan Hamp (Von Steuben) - Gannon - DII
Justin Ginsberg (Stevenson) - Iona - DI
Michael Feeley (Tinley Park) - Iona - DI
Josh Carlson (Lincoln-Way West) - McKendree - DII
Ned Bless (Latin) - Princeton - DI
Henry Yavitt (New Trier) - US Air Force Academy - DI
Mason McQuet (New Trier) - University of California, Santa Barbara - DI
