SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a week of tight, top ten match-ups, the No. 5-ranked Fordham University water polo team found itself in another one on the last day of the 2025 Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament to wrap up its West Coast swing. In the end, Andras Toth scored his third goal of the game with 1:22 left in the fourth quarter as the Rams picked up a 10-9 win at host/No. 8 San Jose State University.
With the win, Fordham improve to 15-3 on the year, while San Jose State drops to 9-6.
The Spartans opened with a 3-2 lead after the first quarter with two of those goals from Sam Keightley.
San Jose State increased the lead to 5-3 by halftime, as they limited the Rams to just one goal in the second quarter by Toth.
The Rams rallied in the third quarter, tying the game at five-all via markers by Barnabas Eppel and Balazs Berenyi. Berenyi scored his second goal of the quarter later in the frame with Luca Silvestri also finding the cage to set the scoreboard at seven-all heading into the final frame.
Silvestri netted the first two goals of the fourth for a 9-7 lead, but the Spartans tallied goals on a power play and a penalty shot to tie the game at nine-all with 1:49 left remaining in regulation.
Toth broke the tie with a goal at the 1:22 mark for the deciding factor in the Rams’ one-score win.
Fordham killed off a pair of man-advantage chances by San Jose State in the closing 80 seconds to secure the win.
Toth and Silvestri each had hat-tricks with trios of goals for Fordham.
Toth added three steals and three blocks, while Berenyi tacked on a pair of goals to accompany solo scores by Eppel and Alessandro Salipante. Salipante and Luca Provenziani both handed out three assists.
Matthew Bonello DuPuis finished with nine saves in the victory.
Information courtesy Fordham University Athletics Communications
