Men's Water Polo Ready for Challenging Week
10/16/2019 3:09:00 PM | Water Polo
Colonials play five games over four days
GW men's water polo will be plenty busy this week with five games over four days, including a pair of contests vs. ranked opponents.
The 15th-ranked Colonials will start their road trip on Thursday night with a visit to Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference foe Johns Hopkins before heading to the Harvard Invitational. They'll face MIT, St. Francis Brooklyn, Brown and the host Crimson as part of the event.
LAST TIME OUT:Â GWÂ sits at 14-4 and 4-1 in MAWPC play after splitting a pair of conference contests at The St. James last weekend. The Colonials beat La Salle, 16-7, on Friday night before falling to Bucknell, 13-8, on Sunday morning.
Jordan Blosser, Chris Lee and Gabriele Simonti netted five goals apiece over the two games to lead the Buff and Blue.
LEADING LEVAI: Andras Levai has scored a team-leading 59 goals through 18 games, and the junior from Hungary also paces the Colonials with 28 assists.
With 87 points on the season, Levai has 336 for his career, which ranks sixth in program history. He's three points away from tying Daniel Tyner (2010-13) for fifth.
Levai already owns two of the program's top 10 single-season point totals after piling up 110 points as a first-year in 2017 (10th) and 139 points (fourth) last fall.
CENTURY MARK:Â After his success last weekend, Blosser enters Thursday's contests with 99 career goals.Â
The senior from California ranks third on the squad this season with 29 scores. He established his single-season career high of 35 as a sophomore in 2017.
Blosser has been a force from the center spot, racking up 20 ejections drawn to rank second among Colonials, as well.
SCOUTING JOHNS HOPKINS:Â The Blue Jays picked up a 12-11 win over La Salle last Saturday to improve to 6-15 overall and 2-5 in MAWPC play.
GW knocked off Johns Hopkins, 16-7, on Sept. 22 as part of the Bucknell Invitational, led by four goals from Andrew Mavis.
SCOUTING MIT: The Engineers (6-5) dropped a pair of Northeast Water Polo Conference contests last weekend to sink to 1-4 in conference play. GW won the most recent meeting, 11-9 in overtime, during the 2017 season.
SCOUTING HARVARD:Â The ninth-ranked Crimson remain undefeated at 14-0 after notching a pair of NWPC wins last weekend. They beat GW, 13-8, on Sept. 21 at the Bucknell Invitational.
SCOUTING ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN:Â The 20th-ranked Terriers (11-5, 3-2 NWPC) dropped a 13-5 decision at Princeton last Sunday. They scored a pair of four-goal victories over GW earlier in the fall.
SCOUTING BROWN:Â The Bears (10-8) landed a 17-12 win over MIT on Saturday to snap a three-game losing streak. Seven of the their eight losses have come against ranked opponents, including a 10-7 setback vs. GW on Sept. 15 at the Princeton Invitational.
UP NEXT:Â GW heads to Navy next Friday, Oct. 25, to continue MAWPC play in a 7 p.m. start.
WATCH THIS: Mavis and Antoni Kralj preview the challenging stretch.
The 15th-ranked Colonials will start their road trip on Thursday night with a visit to Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference foe Johns Hopkins before heading to the Harvard Invitational. They'll face MIT, St. Francis Brooklyn, Brown and the host Crimson as part of the event.
LAST TIME OUT:Â GWÂ sits at 14-4 and 4-1 in MAWPC play after splitting a pair of conference contests at The St. James last weekend. The Colonials beat La Salle, 16-7, on Friday night before falling to Bucknell, 13-8, on Sunday morning.
Jordan Blosser, Chris Lee and Gabriele Simonti netted five goals apiece over the two games to lead the Buff and Blue.
LEADING LEVAI: Andras Levai has scored a team-leading 59 goals through 18 games, and the junior from Hungary also paces the Colonials with 28 assists.
With 87 points on the season, Levai has 336 for his career, which ranks sixth in program history. He's three points away from tying Daniel Tyner (2010-13) for fifth.
Levai already owns two of the program's top 10 single-season point totals after piling up 110 points as a first-year in 2017 (10th) and 139 points (fourth) last fall.
CENTURY MARK:Â After his success last weekend, Blosser enters Thursday's contests with 99 career goals.Â
The senior from California ranks third on the squad this season with 29 scores. He established his single-season career high of 35 as a sophomore in 2017.
Blosser has been a force from the center spot, racking up 20 ejections drawn to rank second among Colonials, as well.
SCOUTING JOHNS HOPKINS:Â The Blue Jays picked up a 12-11 win over La Salle last Saturday to improve to 6-15 overall and 2-5 in MAWPC play.
GW knocked off Johns Hopkins, 16-7, on Sept. 22 as part of the Bucknell Invitational, led by four goals from Andrew Mavis.
SCOUTING MIT: The Engineers (6-5) dropped a pair of Northeast Water Polo Conference contests last weekend to sink to 1-4 in conference play. GW won the most recent meeting, 11-9 in overtime, during the 2017 season.
SCOUTING HARVARD:Â The ninth-ranked Crimson remain undefeated at 14-0 after notching a pair of NWPC wins last weekend. They beat GW, 13-8, on Sept. 21 at the Bucknell Invitational.
SCOUTING ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN:Â The 20th-ranked Terriers (11-5, 3-2 NWPC) dropped a 13-5 decision at Princeton last Sunday. They scored a pair of four-goal victories over GW earlier in the fall.
SCOUTING BROWN:Â The Bears (10-8) landed a 17-12 win over MIT on Saturday to snap a three-game losing streak. Seven of the their eight losses have come against ranked opponents, including a 10-7 setback vs. GW on Sept. 15 at the Princeton Invitational.
UP NEXT:Â GW heads to Navy next Friday, Oct. 25, to continue MAWPC play in a 7 p.m. start.
WATCH THIS: Mavis and Antoni Kralj preview the challenging stretch.
Big week ahead with an MAWPC road trip to Johns Hopkins and four games at the Harvard Invitational! Andrew Mavis and Antonin Kralj preview the action. #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/RPlAEnFxI5
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