BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Varsity Coordinator of Officials/Assignor Michael Goldenberg announced the selection of eight officials to call the 2026 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) and Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Championships at Bucknell University and Harvard University on Friday-Sunday, November 20-22.
Selected by the leagues’ Technical Committee, four officials will head to Lewisburg, Pa., for the MAWPC Championship at Bucknell with four additional referees handling the NWPC Championship at Harvard in Cambridge, Mass.
At the NWPC Championship hosted by Harvard, Val Vasilchikov will serve as head official with a crew of Mossab Omar, Stephanie Villalobos and Tony Karaman. Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Hall of Fame member/Referee Education Coordinator Ed Reed and fellow Technical Committee member/USA Water Polo Hall of Fame member Bret Bernard will serve as Technical Committee delegates for the event to handle game assignments.
Alex Stankevitch will serve as head official for the MAWPC Championship at Bucknell with Alex High, Easton Honaker and Damon Newman joining him on the pool deck. Goldenberg and Erik Farrar will serve as Technical Committee delegates for the event.
