George Washington University Athletics
Water Polo Announces Schedule for 40th Season
7/25/2023 3:00:00 PM | Water Polo
WASHINGTON - GW water polo is entering its 40th season and it announced the official 2023 schedule on Tuesday.
The 25-game regular-season schedule includes 13 non-conference matches and 12 MAWPC matches. GW will host six matches at home in 2023.
The regular season begins with a trip up to the tri-state area to play in the Princeton Mini, where GW will meet with LIU and Princeton on Sept. 2 to open the 2023 campaign. The Buff and Blue will look to avenge last season's opening-day loss to Princeton - the 2022 squad's only setback before its historic program-best 15-game win streak.
On Sept. 9 and 10, GW will return to Princeton for the Princeton Invitational, where it will face off against Cal Baptist, Chapman and Harvard.
Non-conference play continues on Sept. 15 and 16 with a trip to the West Coast. GW will play true road contests against Loyola Marymount and La Verne, along with a neutral-site bout against Concordia.
MAWPC play begins in late September, with four of GW's first five matches scheduled at home. MAWPC play will consist of home and away games against Bucknell, Fordham, Johns Hopkins, Mount St. Mary's, Navy and Wagner.
Returning Second Team All-MAWPC goalkeeper, Luca Castorina, will lead the club into action, having logged every minute in goal last season and notching 287 saves with a 49.6 save percentage in 2022.
The Revolutionaries will break from MAWPC action in mid-October for the Harvard Invitational, where they will go up against Brown, Iona, Harvard and UC Merced with two games apiece in Providence, R.I., and Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 14 and 15.
GW will close the regular season following the Harvard Invitational with five remaining MAWPC contests. Following the conclusion of the regular season, GW will travel to Lewisburg, Pa., to play in the 2023 MAWPC Championship, hosted by Bucknell. From Nov. 17-19, the Buff and Blue will be looking to win its first MAWPC Championship since 2018 and punch its ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
The full 2023 water polo schedule can be found here.
