2026 Wagner College Men’s Water Polo Schedule
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Wagner College men’s water polo head coach Josh Hower announced the full 2026 schedule for the Seahawks’ upcoming campaign.
Competing in 27 games against 21 teams this 2026 season, the Seahawks are coming off a 12-18 campaign in 2025, including a 4-8 record in Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) play, finishing fourth in the conference.
The season will commence on Friday, August 28, at the Bruno Classic on the campus of Brown University, where Wagner will take on California Baptist University and the University of California-Davis in a pair of games to kick-off the weekend. On Saturday, August 29, the Seahawks square off against the host Bears and Long Island University before wrapping up the weekend on Sunday, August 30, at Harvard University against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the host Crimson.
Wagner returns to the road for the Princeton Invitational at Princeton University on Friday-Saturday, September 11-12, with games versus San Jose University, Santa Clara University and Saint Mary’s University (Calif.).
Following the Princeton Invite, the Seahawks will compete in the Bucknell Invitational hosted by Bucknell University opening the weekend against Salem University before beginning conference play against the host Bison and Mercyhurst University on Saturday-Sunday, September 19-20.
The Seahawks head west for the Rare Air Challenge, hosted by the United States Air Force Academy. Wagner will open the weekend on Saturday, September 26, against the University of California-Santa Barbara before concluding the day against Augustana College. On Sunday, September 27, the Seahawks battle Biola University before concluding the challenge versus the host Falcons.
Wagner will open its home docket at Grymes Hill with the program’s final non-conference contest on Friday, October 2, when the Seahawks host Iona University. Returning to conference play, the Seahawks will then hit the road on Friday, October 9 to face defending MAWPC Champion Fordham University.
Back on Staten Island, Wagner commences a six-game home stretch against the United States Naval Academy and George Washington University (Sunday, October 11); Mount St. Mary’s Universtiy and Bucknell (Saturday, October 18); Mercyhurst (Sunday, October 18); and Fordham (Saturday, October 24).
The Seahawks close out the regular season on the road with three conference contests on Saturday-Sunday, November 7-8. Wagner faces George Washington and Navy on November 7 before wrapping up the regular season against Mount St. Mary’s on November 8.
The MAWPC Championship will occur on Friday-Sunday, November 20-22, at Bucknell.
In 2025, the Seahawks took a 21-13 win over No. 4 seed Bucknell in the opener before taking a pair of losses to No. 1 seed Fordham and No. 2 Navy to finish in Fourth Place at the MAWPC Championship.
