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2022 NCAA Women's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 2 (1/16/2022 -
1/22/2022)
Summary:
- Jill Schultz had a strong showing with 4 goals, 3 steals and 13 KOs in 4
games for #8 Fresno State
- Emma Stec had 1 goal in 5 games for #15 Wagner
- Nicole Bacoyanis had 2 assists and 1 block as #22 Cal State Northridge
went 2-0
- Lauren Valentin had 3 goals and 1 assist in 4 games for DIII #1
Pomona-Pitzer
- Bella McGowan chipped in with 2 goals and 1 steal as well for DIII #1
Pomona-Pitzer
2022 NCAA Women's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 1 (1/9/2022 -
1/15/2022)
Summary:
- Olivia Traxler had 1 goal as #10 Arizona State went 3-1
- Alexa Knutson was stellar in goal with 24 saves and 2 steals for #10
Arizona State
- Anna Tarantino had 2 goals in 3 games for #20 Loyola Marymount
- Maddie Schultz was an offensive force for Azusa Pacific with 7 goals in
3 games
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2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 14 (11/28/2022
- 12/4/2022)
Summary:
- #6 Pacific with Noah Schor and Eli Sternweiler on the roster lost to
#2 California 16-9 in the semi finals of the NCAA Championships.
Earlier, the Tigers beat #5 UC Davis 11-7 in the quarter finals
- DIII #1 Cal Lutheran with Aidan Allamian and Jack Bradbury on the
roster lost to DIII #2 Redlands 11-6 to finish 2nd in the NCAA DIII
Championships. Earlier in the semi finals, Cal Lutheran beat DIII #8 MIT
17-7
- DIII #2 Redlands with Dan Bajda on the roster beat DIII #1 Cal
Lutheran 11-6 to win the NCAA DIII Championships. Earlier in the semi
finals, Redlands beat DIII #5 Johns Hopkins 18-6
Senior tribute:
The following seniors or graduate students 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:
Zach Griffith (Hinsdale Central) - Austin College (DIII)
Cade Griffith (Hinsdale Central) - Austin College (DIII)
Dan Lynch (Fenwick) - Fordham (DI)
Bender Russo (Naperville Central) - George Washington (DI)
Justin Ginsberg (Stevenson) - Iona (DI) (graduate student)
Josh Carlson (Lincoln-Way West) - McKendree (DII) (graduate student)
Connor Pulido (Richards) - McKendree (DII)
Payton Comstock (Fenwick) - Navy (DI)
Noah Schor (Lincoln Way East) - The Pacific (DI)
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MENS' SEASON UPDATES
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 1 (8/29/22 -
9/4/22)
Summary:
- Dima Kobets had 1 assist and 1 steal in #15 Loyola Marymount's
20-13 win over DIII Occidental
- Cam Dougherty had 2 goals and 5 drawn exclusions as #16 Harvard went
3-1
- Dan Lynch had 1 goal and 2 assists in 4 games for #17 Fordham
- Jacob Whiting had 2 goals as #18 (DIII #1) Pomona-Pitzer went 3-1
- Patrick Hughes chipped in with 1 goal while Sam Szkowny contributed 1 assist and 1 steal
for P-P
- Bender Russo had 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 block as George Washington
went 3-1
- Justin Ginsberg had 2 goals in 4 games for Iona. Ed Howaniec
contributed 3 assists and 1 block
- Zach Fischer had 4 goals in 3 games for Mount St. Mary's
- Payton Comstock had 1 goal in 4 games for Navy
- Cale Koester had a great debut game with 4 goals as DII McKendree beat
DIII Augustana 12-7
- Jack Bradbury had 4 steals in 4 games for DIII #4 Cal Lutheran
- Dan Bajda was consistent with 3 goals in 4 games for DIII #7 Redlands
- Cade Griffith was outstanding with 8 goals in 5 games for DIII #10
Austin College
- Alan Rosenberg was excellent with 19 saves, 1 assist and 2 steals in
goal for Austin College in 2 games
- Angelos Koutsogeorgas scored once in Long Island's first-ever contest,
a 12-10 loss to Wash & Jeff.
- Koutsogeorgas also
scored once in a pair of losses to Brown and MIT.
- Stevan Basic had 1 goal in his collegiate debut as DIII Augustana lost
to DII McKendree 12-7
- Nate Fisher had 1 goal and 1 steal as DIII Occidental lost to #15
Loyola Marymount 20-13
- Aiden Cawley contributed 1 goals as well in the Occidental loss
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 2 (9/5/22 -
9/11/22)
Summary:
- Dima Kobets had 3 goals as #15 Loyola Marymount went 3-0
- Dan Lynch had 1 goal in 3 games for #17 Fordham
- Payton Comstock had 1 goal and 2 steals in 3 games for #20 Navy
- Nikita Kravstov had 1 assist in 5 games for Fresno Pacific
- Bender Russo had 1 assist as George Washington went 3-0
- Justin Ginsberg was excellent with 4 goals, 4 assists and 2 steals in
4 games for Iona.
- Ed Howaniec chipped in with 2 goals and 2 assists for Iona
- Jacob Whiting was consistent with 4 goals and 2 assists in 4 games for
DIII #1 Pomona Pitzer
- Jack Bradbury contributed 2 goals in 4 games for DIII #3 Cal Lutheran.
- Aidan Allamian had 2 assists as well for #3 Cal Lutheran
- Dan Bajda had 1 assist and 1 steal in 3 games for DIII #8 Redlands
- Kenan Kalabic had 1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games for DIII #9 Chapman
- Nate Fisher totaled 4 goals, 4 assists and 5 steals in 4 games for
Occidental
- Aiden Cawley also played an important role with 2 goals, 2 assists, 5
steals and 3 drawn exclusions
- Stevan Basic had 4 goals in 4 games for DIII Augustana
- Jake Fisher had 1 goal and 2 assists for Augustana
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 3 (9/12/22 -
9/18/22)
Summary:
- Cam Daugherty had 1 assist in 4 games for #14 Harvard
- Dima Kobets had 2 goals in 4 games for #15 Loyola Marymount
- Dan Lynch had 1 goal in 4 games for #17 Fordham
-
Jimmy Cronin earned MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week for McKendree
with 50 saves/5 steals
- Justin Ginsberg was excellent with 3 goals, 3 assists and 4 steals in
5 games for Iona
- Ed Howaniec with 3 goals, 1 assist and 2 drawn exclusions. Jack Folan
chipped in with 1 steal
- Jaden McNeal-Villafana had 2 goals in 4 games for Mount St. Mary's
- Cale Koester had an excellent offensive week with 7 goals in 4 games
for DII McKendree
- Dan Bajda totaled with 2 goals, 1 assist and 4 drawn KOs in 4 games
for DIII #8 Redlands
- Nate Fisher was consistent with 3 goals, 2 assists and 1 steal in 4
games for DIII #10 Occidental
- Aiden Cawley chipped in with 1 goal and 1 assist
- Cade Griffith had a monster week with 19 goals in 4 games for DIII
Austin College
- Alan Rosenberg was tremendous in goal with 31 saves in 3 games
- Stevan Basic had 2 goals against Washington & Jefferson as DIII
Augustana went 4-0
- Lazar Marsenic had 2 goals in DIII Washington & Jefferson's 16-9 win
over Connecticut College
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 4 (9/19/2022 -
9/25/2022)
Summary:
- Bender Russo had 2 goals and 1 steal in 4 games for #20 George
Washington
- Angelos Koutsogeorgas exploded for 7 goals in 4 games for Long Island
against Biola & Ottawa.
- Jaden McNeal-Villafana had 1 goal and 4 assists in 4 games for Mount
St. Mary'
- Zach Fischer contributed 1 goal as well for Mount St. Mary's
- Josh Carlson had 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 sprints won in 4
games for DII McKendree
- Cale Koester had 1 goal and 1 drawn exclusion
- Connor Pulido chipped in with 1 assist and 1 steal
- Jimmy Cronin was solid in goal with 28 saves, 1 assist and 1 steal in
4 games
- Jacob Whiting had 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 steal in 4 games for DIII #1
Pomona-Pitzer
- Jacob Shimon played parts of all 4 games in goal and had 2 saves
for DIII #1 Pomona-Pitzer
- Tyler Leslie had a big week with 6 goals, 1 steal and 2 KO's in 4
games for DIII #10 Augustana
- Stevan Basic was equally impressive with 6 goals, 1 assist and 1 steal
for Augustana
- Jake Fisher played an integral role with 7 assists and 2 steals
for Augustana
- Nate Fisher had a big game game with 3 goals and 2 assists in
Occidental's 16-12 win over Mt SAC
- Aiden Cawley made a contribution with 1 goals, 3 assists, 1 steal and
1 drawn KO for Occidental
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 5 (9/26/2022 -
10/2/2022)
Summary:
- Dima Kobets had 1 goal in 2 games for #10 Loyola Marymount
- Cam Dougherty had 2 goals in 3 games for #11 Harvard
- Justin Ginsberg had an excellent performance with 3 goals, 6
assists, 7 steals and 1 drawn KO for Iona
- Ed Howaniec
chipped in with 1 goal, 4 steals and1 drawn exclusion
- Jack Folan
had 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 drawn exclusion
- Angelos Koutsogeorgas was superb for Long island with 10 goals and 2
assists in 5 games
- Zach Fischer was good for Mount St. Mary's with 5 goals, 2 steals
and 1 drawn exclusion in 5 games
- Jaden McNeal-Villafana had 1 steal
- Josh Carlson had a monster week for DII McKendree with 10 goals, 2
assists, 3 steals and 4 sprints W's
- Cale Koester was
consistent with 4 goals, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 drawn exclusion.
- Jimmy
Cronin was magnificent in goal with 36 saves and 6 steals
- Jacob Whiting had 1 steal in 5 games for DIII #1 Pomona-Pitzer
- Aidan Allamian totaled 2 goals, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 drawn
exclusions
for DIII #3 Cal Lutheran
- Jack Bradbury
with 2 goals, 1 assist and 1 drawn exclusion
- Dan Bajda had 1 steal in 3 games for DIII #8 Redlands
- Nate Fisher was excellent for DIII #10 Occidental with 6 goals, 2
assists, 2 steals and 3 drawn KO's
- Aiden Cawley was
very good with 4 goals, 1 assist. 2 steals and 1 drawn exclusion
- Will Aikens had 1 drawn exclusion in 4 games for DIII Penn State
Behrend
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 6 (10/3/2022 -
10/9/2022)
Summary:
- Cam Dougherty had an excellent week with 6 goals as #13 Harvard went
3-0
- Justin Ginsberg had 1 goal and 1 drawn exclusion in Iona's 10-7 loss
to #11 Princeton
- Zach Fischer had 2 goals in 3 games for Mount St. Mary's
- Cale Koester had 3 goals in 3 games for DII McKendree
- Connor Pulido had 2 goals as well for McKendree
- Josh Carlson chipped in with 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 steals
- Jimmy Cronin was stellar in goal with 24 saves and 1 steal in 2 games
- Patrick Hughes had a good week with 4 goals and 5 assists in 3 games
for DIII #1 Pomona-Pitzer
- Jacob Whiting contributed 2 assists and 2 steals
for Pomona-Pitzer
- Sam Szkowny had 1 steal and 1 drawn exclusion
for Pomona-Pitzer
- Jacob Shimon played parts of 2 games in goal and had 4 saves
for Pomona-Pitzer
- Aidan Allamian had 2 goals and 1 drawn exclusion in 4 games for DIII
#2 Cal Lutheran
- Jack Bradbury had 1 assist as well for #2 Cal Lutheran
- Nate Fisher had 1 goal, 2 assists and 3 steals as DIII #9 Occidental
went 2-0
- Aiden Cawley contributed 2 goals and 1 assist to the cause for #9
Occidental
- Cade Griffith had a big week with 15 goals, 2 steals and 1 drawn
exclusion for DIII Austin College
- Alan Rosenberg was tremendous in goal for Austin College with 36
saves, 2 assists and 5 steals
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 7 (10/10/2022 -
10/16/2022)
Summary:
- Dima Kobets had 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 sprint won in #11 Loyola
Marymount's 19-6 win over Air Force
- Cam Dougherty had an excellent week with 6 goals and 1 assist as #14
Harvard went 3-1
- Angelos Koutsogeorgas had a big week with 5 goals, 1 steal and 1 drawn
exclusion in 2 games for LI
- Sam Szkowny had 2 steals in 5 games for DIII #1 Pomona-Pitzer. Jacob
Whiting had 1 steal
- Aidan Allamian totaled 1 goal, 5 assists and 1 steal in 2 games for
DIII #2 Cal Lutheran
- Jack Bradbury also added 2 goals and 1 drawn exclusion for Cal
Lutheran
- Nate Fisher had 1 goal in DIII #2 Occidental's 13-12 win over DIII #6
Chapman
- Aiden Cawley chipped in with 2 assists as well for Occidental
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 8 (10/17/2022 -
10/23/2022)
Summary:
- Cam Dougherty had 3 goals in 4 games for #14 Harvard
- Bender Russo had 1 assist and 2 steals in 4 games for #19 George
Washington
- Justin Ginsberg had a week with 3 goals, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3
drawn exclusions in 2 games for Iona
- Ed Howaniec chipped in with 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 drawn
exclusion
- Angelos Koutsogeorgas had another monster offensive week with 7 goals
in 2 games for Long Island
- Payton Comstock had 1 goal in 2 games for Navy
- Josh Carlson had a big week with 9 goals,1 assist and 3 sprints won in
3 games for DII McKendree
- Cale Koester was also impressive with 5 goals. Jimmy Cronin was a rock
in goal with 32 saves
- Patrick Hughes had 1 drawn exclusion in DIII #1 Pomona-Pitzer's 14-6
win over DIII #2 Occidental
- Nate Fisher was consistent with 3 goals, 3 assists and 1 steal in 2
games for DIII #2 Occidental
- Aiden Cawley contributed 1 assist and 1 drawn exclusions
- Aidan Allamian and Jack Bradbury had a steal each as DIII #6 Cal
Lutheran went 2-0
- Stevan Basic had an excellent week with 6 goals, 1 steal and 2 drawn
exclusions for DIII Augustana
- Tyler Leslie was consistent with 2 goals, 2 assists and 1 steal for
DIII Augustana
- Jeremy Sherpa had 2 goals and 1 assist for Augustana (3rd in the CWPA
DIII Eastern Division)
- Cade Griffith was a major contributor with 7 goals in 3 games for DIII
Austin College
- Will Aikens had 1 goal in 3 games for DIII Penn State Behrend
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 9 (10/24/2022 -
10/30/2022)
Summary:
- Bender Russo had 1 goal as #19 George Washington went 3-0
- Justin Ginsberg had 1 goal, 1 assist and 2 steals in 2 games for Iona
- Angelos Koutsogeorgas had 1 goal in Long island's 9-8 loss to DIII
Connecticut College
- Zach Fischer had 1 goal and 1 drawn exclusion in 3 games for Mount St.
Mary's
- Payton Comstock had 2 goals in 2 games for Navy
- Jacob Whiting had 1 goal as DIII #1 Pomona-Pitzer went 2-0
- Nate Fisher had a big week with 5 goals, 5 assists and 4 steals in 3
games for
DIII #4 Occidental
- Aiden Cawley chipped in with 1 goal as well for
for DIII #4 Occidental
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 10 (10/31/2022
- 11/6/2022)
Summary:
- Justin Ginsberg had an excellent week with 6 goals, 3 assists and 3
steals in 5 games for Iona
- Ed Howaniec contributed 3 goals and 1 drawn exclusion, while Jack
Folan chipped in with 2 assists.
- Payton Comstock had 1 goal in 3 games for Navy
- Josh Carlson had a fantastic week with 8 goals, 3 assists and 1 sprint
won as DII McKendree went 3-0
- Cale Koester was equally as impressive with 9 goals and 1 drawn
exclusion
- Connor Pulido chipped in with 3 goals
- Jimmy Cronin was impressive in goal with 27 saves and 1 steal
- Nate Fisher had a big game with 3 goals as DIII #2 Occidental beat
DIII #8 Whittier 14-11
- Aiden Cawley scored 1 goal as well for
DIII #2 Occidental
- Aidan Allamian had 1 assist as DIII #4 Cal Lutheran went 2-0 for the
week
- Cade Griffith had a big week with 9 goals, 4 steals and 1 drawn KO in
2 games for DIII Austin College
- Alan Rosenberg was very good in goal with 15 saves and 1 steal
for DIII Austin College
- Jacob Whiting totaled 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 steal in DIII #1
Pomona-Pitzer's 20-9 win over Austin
- Patrick Hughes had 1 goal while Jacob Shimon was solid in goal with 9
saves for Pomona-Pitzer
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 11 (11/07/2022
- 11/13/2022)
Summary:
- Josh Carlson had a solid game with 2 goals and 5 assists as DII
McKendree lost to Augustana 17-16
- Cale Koester also contributed with 1 goal, 2 steals and 2 drawn
exclusions for McKendree
- Connor Pulido had 1 drawn exclusion for McKendree
- Jimmy Cronin was solid in goal with 8 saves, 3 assists and 2 steals
for McKendree
- Jacob Whiting had 3 assists and 1 steal in 2 games for DIII #1
Pomona-Pitzer
- Sam Szkowny chipped in with 1 steal for Pomona-Pitzer
- Jacob Shimon played one game in goal and had 7 saves and 2 steals for
Pomona-Pitzer
- Nate Fisher totaled 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 drawn exclusion
in 2 games for DIII #3 Occidental
- Aiden Cawley contributed 1 assist and 1 drawn exclusion
- Stevan Basic totaled with 2 goals, 1 assist and 1 block in DIII
Augustana's 17-16 win over McKendree
- Tyler Leslie also totaled 1 goal, 2 assists, 1 drawn exclusion and 2
blocks for Augustana
- Jake Fisher contributed 1 goal and 1 drawn exclusion for Augustana
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 12 (11/14/2022
- 11/20/2022)
Summary:
- #7 Pacific with Noah Schor and Eli Sternweiler on the roster went 2-0
to win the GCC Championships and qualify for the NCAA tournament
- Dima Kobets had 2 goals and 1 steal as #12 Loyola Marymount went 2-1
and finished 3rd in the WWPA Championships
- #15 Harvard with Cam Dougherty on the roster went 2-1 and finished 3rd
in the NEWPC Championships
- #19 Fordham with Dan Lynch on the roster went 3-0 to win the MAWPC
Championships and qualify for the NCAA tournament
- #19 George Washington with Bender Russo on the roster went 2-1 to
finish 3rd in the MAWPC Championships
- Fresno Pacific with Nikita Kravstov on the roster went 1-2 in the WWPA
Championships
- Justin Ginsberg had a fantastic tournament with 8 goals, 4 assists, 1
steal, 2 blocks and 3 drawn exclusions as Iona went 2-1 in the NEWPC
Championships. Ed Howaniec had 1 assist, 4 steals and 2 drawn
exclusions, while Jack Folan chipped in with 1 goal, 2 assists and 2
steals
- Zach Fischer had 2 goals as Mount St. Mary's went 2-1 to finish 9th in
the MAWPC Championships. Jaden McNeal-Villafana was also on the roster
- Navy with Payton Comstock on the roster went 3-1 to finish 5th in the
MAWPC Championships
- Josh Carlson had a fantastic tournament with 9 goals, 2 assists, 2
steals, 1 drawn exclusion and 2 sprints won as DII McKendree went 2-2
and finished 7th in the MAWPC Championships. Cale Koester contributed 2
goals, while Connor Pulido had 3. Goalie Jimmy Cronin was phenomenal
with 41 saves, 1 assist and 2 steals
- DIII #1 Pomona Pitzer with Jacob Whiting, Patrick Hughes, Sam Szkowny
and Jacob Shimon on the roster lost to DIII #6 Redlands 9-8 in the semis
of the SCIAC Championships
- DIII #3 Cal Lutheran with Aidan Allamian and Jack Bradbury on the
roster went 3-0 to win the SCIAC Championships and qualify for the NCAA
DIII tournament
- Nate Fisher had an excellent game with 2 goals, 2 assists, 2 steals
and 1 drawn exclusion as DIII #4 Occidental lost to DIII #3 Cal Lutheran
16-15 in sudden death overtime in the SCIAC Championships semis. Aiden
Cawley also played for Occidental
- DIII #5 Chapman with Kenan Kalabic on the roster lost to DIII #3 Cal
Lutheran 17-14 in the SCIAC Championships quarter finals
- DIII #6 Redlands with Dan Bajda on the roster went 2-1 to finish 2nd
in the SCIAC Championships and qualify for the NCAA DIII tournament
- DIII Augustana went 2-1 in the MPSF Championships to finish 1st in the
MPSF East. Jake Fisher was excellent with 3 goals, 3 assists, 4 steals,
1 block and 1 drawn exclusion. Stevan Basic was consistent with 3 goals,
1 steal and 2 drawn exclusions. Tyler Leslie had 2 goals, 4 steals and 1
drawn exclusion
- DIII Austin College went 1-2 in the MPSF Championships to finish 2nd
in the MPSF East. Cade Griffith had an excellent tournament with 4
goals, 4 steals and 5 drawn exclusions. Alan Rosenberg was good in goal
with 13 saves and 6 steals
- DIII Penn State Behrend with Will Aikens and Hunter Maheu on the
roster went 0-3 in the MPSF Championships and finish 4th in the MPSF
East
- DIII Washington & Jefferson with Lazar Marsenic on the roster went 1-2
in the MPSF Championships and finish 3rd in the MPSF East
2022 NCAA Men's Water Polo - IL players update - Week 14 (11/28/2022
- 12/4/2022)
Summary:
- #6 Pacific with Noah Schor and Eli Sternweiler on the roster lost to
#2 California 16-9 in the semi finals of the NCAA Championships.
Earlier, the Tigers beat #5 UC Davis 11-7 in the quarter finals
- DIII #1 Cal Lutheran with Aidan Allamian and Jack Bradbury on the
roster lost to DIII #2 Redlands 11-6 to finish 2nd in the NCAA DIII
Championships. Earlier in the semi finals, Cal Lutheran beat DIII #8 MIT
17-7
- DIII #2 Redlands with Dan Bajda on the roster beat DIII #1 Cal
Lutheran 11-6 to win the NCAA DIII Championships. Earlier in the semi
finals, Redlands beat DIII #5 Johns Hopkins 18-6
Senior tribute:
The following seniors or graduate students 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:
Zach Griffith (Hinsdale Central) - Austin College (DIII)
Cade Griffith (Hinsdale Central) - Austin College (DIII)
Dan Lynch (Fenwick) - Fordham (DI)
Bender Russo (Naperville Central) - George Washington (DI)
Justin Ginsberg (Stevenson) - Iona (DI) (graduate student)
Josh Carlson (Lincoln-Way West) - McKendree (DII) (graduate student)
Connor Pulido (Richards) - McKendree (DII)
Payton Comstock (Fenwick) - Navy (DI)
Noah Schor (Lincoln Way East) - The Pacific (DI)
