STOCKTON, Calif. – The No. 6 Pacific men's water polo team will face No. 14 UC Irvine at the Anteater Aquatics Center on Saturday at 1 p.m.
at UC Irvine
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• Last Meeting: The last meeting between the Tigers and the Anteaters saw Pacific come away with a 19-9 win on Nov. 9, 2019.
• Series History: Pacific is in the midst of a 10-match winning streak against UC Irvine with a 16-11 advantage in the all-time series.
Poll Talk: This is the third-straight week that the Tigers find themselves at the No. 6 in the national poll.
Poll Chatter: Sitting at the No. 6 spot in the rankings, the Tigers have faced all five teams ahead of them in the poll – No. 1 UCLA; co-No. 2 California; co-No. 2 USC; No. 4 Stanford and No. 5 Long Beach State.
Scoring Machine:
Jeremie Cote leads Pacific with 43 goals on 105 shots. He is one of six Tigers with at least 15 goals on the season including
Bogdan Djerkovic (41),
Djorde Stanic (23),
Mihailo Vukacic (22),
Matthew Hosmer (19) and
Reuel D'Souza (21).
Sprint to Success: Matthew Hosmer is third in the GCC with 28 victories in sprints.
Trick or Treat: The Tigers have 100 assists on the season wtih
Reuel D'Souza leading the Pacific team with 25 assists, just two more than teammate Djorde Stanic with 23.
Stealing the Fun: Mihailo Vukacic and John Hodges share lead with a team-high 14 saves to go along with 12 from
Matthew Hosmer.
Last Line of Defense: Goalkeeper John Hodges has made 175 saves on the season with a season-high 21 against UCSB on Sept. 26, 2021.
Pre-Season Polls: The Pacific men's water polo team was selected seventh in the National Top-20 poll released by the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA). In addition, the Tigers were picked second in the preseason Golden Coast Conference (GCC) preseason poll. UC Santa Barbara (25 points, 4 first place votes) earned the top spot in the GCC preseason poll, followed by Pacific (21, 1 first place vote) second with Long Beach State (14) and Pepperdine (13) rounding out the top four.
