PRINCETON, N.J. — Behind strong performances from its sophomore duo of Andras Toth and Luca Provenziani, the No. 4-ranked Fordham University water polo team defeated Santa Clara University, 20-15, to cap the 2025 Princeton Invitational hosted by Princeton University.
The defending Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Champion Rams – which improve to 5-1 on the season with a loss to No. 1/defending National Champion the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) the lone blemish – opened the game with a 7-3 lead after the first quarter. Fordham received back-to-back goals from Alessandro Salipante in the final two minutes to go up by four scores..
Santa Clara closed to within 10-8 by halftime before Fordham put seven goals on the board in the third quarter to take control of the game at 17-10. Toth netted four of the seven goals in the quarter for the Rams to help break the Broncos’ spirit.
Toth scored a game-high six goals in the contest, while Luca Silvestri had four goals, two assists and four steals.
Provenziani dished out a career-high nine assists to go with a pair of goals, while Alessandro Salipante also added a hat trick and Barnabas Eppel notched a pair of tallies.
Mark Dyck, Marco Napolitano and Diego Tresa had the remaining goals for Fordham to support a combined winning effort by goalkeepers Matthew Bonello DuPuis and Kristof Magony.
Information courtesy Fordham University Athletics Communications
