STOCKTON, Calif. – Going for season sweeps at home, the fourth-ranked Pacific men's water polo program will host seventh-ranked Princeton at 7 p.m. Friday and No. 18 LMU at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Eberhardt Aquatics Center.
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The Tigers (11-0, 1-0 WCC), who are one of just two undefeated teams in the country along with No. 5 Fordham, flew across the country to beat Princeton (15-6, 4-1 IVY) on the road 12-11 on Sept. 15. Freshman
Ori Buzaglo netted the game-winner with 1:35 left in the fourth quarter.
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In its very next match, Pacific traveled to LMU and won 13-11 in a non-conference match. Friday's contest will count towards conference records.
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Senior
Mihailo Vukazic is the reigning WCC Player of the Week winner. He averaged a hat trick per game in victories over No. 12 San Jose State and No. 9 Long Beach State. On the season, Vukazic has tallied 38 goals and averages 3.45 goals per game.
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Six different Tigers have scored at least 10 goals on the season including graduate
Matthew Hosmer (24), graduate Oliver Fodor (20), senior
Reuel D'Souza (19), senior
Jeremie Cote (17), and graduate
Stefan Vavic (12).
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Graduate
Bae Fountain has stood out in net, holding teams to under 10 goals in four straight matches.
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Pacific is 7-3 all-time against Princeton and 11-6 against LMU. Both matches will be streamed live on ESPN+.
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