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Water Polo Begins MAWPC Championship Chase on Friday vs. Mount St. Mary’s
11/19/2025 9:51:00 AM | Water Polo
WASHINGTON – GW water polo enters the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Championship this weekend in the Bronx, N.Y., as the third-seed Revolutionaries are set to face off against the six-seed, Mount St. Mary's, in the first round of the Championship on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. The Championship will be streamed at www.CWPATV.com (subscription required) at a cost of $15 per game or $35 for a weekend pass.
TICKETS
For fans attending the MAWPC Championship, ticket prices are $35 for a three-day tournament pass or $15 for a one-day pass. Senior citizens 65 and older will be admitted at discounted prices of $10 (tournament pass) and $5 (one-day pass). All children 12 and under are free of charge. All tickets are exclusively available at the door as there will be no presale in advance of the championship.
REGULAR SEASON RECAP
GW prepares for the MAWPC Championship after finishing the regular season at 14-15 overall, which included a 7-5 record in the MAWPC. The road that brought the Buff & Blue to the MAWPC Championships started in California, where GW knocked off then-No. 15 ranked Santa Clara in a gauntlet opening weekend which included matchups vs. the No. 2, 6, 12, 14 and 15th ranked teams in the nation. In all, GW went through 11 matchups against teams ranked in the top 20.
Leading the Revolutionaries at a historic pace has been senior utility Adonis Vlassis, who is approaching GW single-season records with 103 goals (5th in a single-season) and 149 points (4th in a single-season). A well-rounded cast has supported Vlassis offensively, led by sophomore attackers Yam Kabakov (47 goals, 34 assists) and Antonio Florena (57 goals, 19 assists), and first-year center Andrea Forno (59 goals, 9 assists). In net, Vasilije Marinkovic has received the bulk of the work, finishing the regular season with 255 saves and a .432 save percentage.
2-0 IN 2025 VS. THE MOUNT
GW will face off against Mount St. Mary's on Friday for the third time in 2025, after winning both meetings against The Mount in the regular season. The first matchup resulted in a 19-13 win on Sept. 28 as GW closed a three-game home stand at the Smith Center, in a matchup that saw Vlassis erupt with eight points (four goals, four assists) and Florena cash in four goals. The second meeting required an extra period to decide a winner as the teams were tied at 14 all at the end of regulation, but GW got the job done with a 3-1 edge in overtime to seal the regular-season sweep, 17-15. GW was again led offensively by Vlassis (five goals) and Florena (four goals).
TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS
The winner of No. 3 GW vs. No. 6 Mount St. Mary's will advance to the MAWPC semifinal round, where they will face the winner of No. 2 Navy vs. No. 7 Mercyhurst at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, while the loser of GW's first matchup will continue play in the consolation bracket, facing the loser of the Navy-Mercyhurst matchup at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
