2018 Princeton University Men’s Water Polo Schedule
PRINCETON, N.J. — The Princeton University men’s water polo team has released its 2018 schedule.
“Our goal is to grow as a team and improve throughout the season in order to put ourselves in a good position at the end of the year,” said head coach Dustin Litvak.
“We believe we have a schedule that will challenge us in various ways as we play some of the best teams from all over the country. I am very excited to begin this journey with the guys and the rest of our coaching staff.”
Princeton gets the season started at the Navy Open (September 1-2) at the United States Naval Academy with Johns Hopkins University, Fordham University and the host Midshipmen. The contest versus Navy (September 2, 9:00 a.m.) will feature Litvak against former Tigers’ head coach Luis Nicolao.
The following week, the annual Princeton Invitational gets underway (September 7-9). The Tigers will battle Stanford University (September 7) and Santa Clara University (September 7), California Baptist University (Sept. 8), the United States Air Force Academy (September 9) and the defending national champion Bruins of the University of California-Los Angeles (September 9).
After a match at DeNunzio pool against Wagner College (September 19), Litvak’s unit opens Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) action against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (September 29), Brown University (September 29) and Harvard University (September 30). Princeton begins the road portion of conference play at St. Francis College Brooklyn (October 3), MIT (October 6), Harvard (October 6) and Brown (October 7).
The Tigers take part in the Crimson Invitational at Harvard in the middle of October against the University of Toronto (October 13), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (October 13) and Bucknell University (October 14).
Right before the California trip, the Tigers head on the road to Iona College (October 17). While in California, Princeton will take on the University of California-San Diego (October 27), Whittier College (October 27), Loyola Marymount University (October 28), Pepperdine University (October 28), Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (October 31).
The regular season concludes with two home matchups vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn and Iona on November 3. The Northeast Water Polo Conference Tournament runs from November 16-18 at Brown.
Release courtesy Princeton University Athletics Communications
