2024 George Washington University Men’s Water Polo Schedule
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Head coach Barry King and the George Washington University water polo team announced the program’s 2024 schedule. The schedule features 23 regular season games, which includes six home games and 14 matchups versus Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) foes.
The season kicks off on September 7-8 with four games in Annapolis, Md. at the United States Naval Academy. GW opens the season with a conference battle, facing MAWPC returning program Mercyhurst University (September 7, 9:15 a.m.), before also facing McKendree University (September 7, 3:30 p.m.), Princeton University (September 8, 10:30 a.m.) and Salem University (September 8, 4:45 p.m.) in non-conference action on the Revolutionaries’ opening weekend.
GW then heads up to Princeton, N.J., for a pair of games at Princeton on September 14 against the University of the Pacific (12:30 p.m.) and Harvard University (6:30 p.m.), which will act as a tune-up for the program’s West Coast trip the following week.
The Revs hit the road to California to close out the non-conference schedule for a four-game trip from September 19-21, which begins with a showdown at San Jose State University (2:00 p.m. ET). The trip continues as GW makes stops in Fresno and Merced, Calif., on September 20 for games at Fresno Pacific University (4:00 p.m. ET) and the University of California-Merced (10:00 p.m. ET), before the Revolutionaries finish the trip on September 21 with a battle at Santa Clara University (3:00 p.m. ET).
In conference, GW is set for two games against each MAWPC opponent. The Revolutionaries will play home and away games against Fordham University (September 28, 4:00 p.m., away; November 2, Noon, home), Bucknell University (October 12, 11:00 a.m., away; October 26, Noon, home), Johns Hopkins University (October 20, Noon, away; November 8, 7:30 p.m., home at Long Bridge Park), Navy (October 25, 7:00 p.m., home at Long Bridge Park; November 9, 2:00 p.m., away), Wagner College (September 28, 10:00 a.m., away; November 2, 6:00 p.m., home) and Mount St. Mary’s University (October 13, 11:30 a.m., away; October 27, 2:00 p.m. home). GW will match up against Mercyhurst for a second time at Mount St. Mary’s for a neutral site game in Emmitsburg, Md., on October 12 (6:00 p.m.).
GW returns key pieces from its 2023 roster, including graduate goalkeeper Luca Castorina, senior utility Andrija Sekulic and senior center Leo Lueddemann. Castorina, a three-time All-MAWPC recipient, returns for his fifth season in the Buff & Blue and is looking to add onto his program-record 1,059 career saves. Sekulic, who was named to the MAWPC All-Tournament Second Team in 2023, returns for his fourth season at GW and will look to lead the Revolutionaries’ attack once more after finishing last season first on the team in assists (47) and second in goals (69). Lueddemann, an all-around center, is coming off a career season in which he finished fourth on the team in goals (38), fourth in exclusions drawn (23) and sixth in steals (14).
The MAWPC Championship will be held on November 22-24 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where GW will look to capture its first MAWPC Tournament Championship since 2018.
Information courtesy George Washington University Athletics Communications
