Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Men's Water Polo Opens League Slate on the Road this Weekend
9/25/2008 8:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
Sept. 25, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. – After three busy weekends and a schedule that has been littered with five ranked teams, the Bucknell men's water polo team opens its conference schedule this weekend with three road contests, two of which are against ranked foes.
The Bison (7-5) will take on No. 18 Johns Hopkins Friday at 8 p.m. They will then play at No. 14 Navy at 12 p.m. on Saturday and seven hours later will play at George Washington. It will be the third meeting this season between Bucknell and the Colonials.
Bucknell Weekend Schedule
Friday, Sept. 26
• Bucknell at No. 18 Johns Hopkins, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 27
• Bucknell at No. 14 Navy, 12 p.m.
• Bucknell at George Washington, 7 p.m.
Bucknell Men's Water Polo Notebook (7-5, 0-0 CWPA)
Bucknell Notes
• Bucknell has posted a 7-5 record this season. Four of those five losses have come to ranked teams, while the Bison are 1-4 against ranked foes.
• Sophomore Sean Coghlan was named the CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week. He totaled eight goals and four assists in four games last weekend.
• Bucknell enters league play coming off a third-place finish at the ECAC Championship. It was the fifth straight year the Bison finished in the top four of the event. Bucknell defeated George Washington 9-8 in the third-place game.
• Bucknell posted a 5-3 record in CWPA Southern Division league play last year.
• Sophomore Richie Hyden ranks third in the nation in goals with a team-high 32 this year. He has scored multiple goals in nine of the 11 games he has appeared in, while his 52 points are only 19 shy of his freshman-year total.
• Junior Johnny Stupp, who is the only Bison player to start all 12 games, has already eclipsed his point total from his first two seasons. He totaled 27 points (18 goals, 9 assists) as a freshman and sophomore and already has 33 points (13 goals, 20 assists) this year. The 33 points place him second on the team to Hyden.
• Senior co-captain Gabriel Heiber led Bucknell with 38 ejections drawn last year. This season he has already drawn 31 and has upped his career total to 150, the highest in program history.
• Bucknell has been without senior co-captain Alex Lampley for five games this season. He suffered a head injury at the Princeton Invitational, but made his return in the ECAC Championship third-place game against George Washington.
• Bucknell will face George Washington for a third time this season this weekend. The Bison and Colonials are scheduled to meet one more time during the regular season and could meet at both the Southern Championships and the Eastern Championship for a possible six meetings in one season.
Bucknell vs. Weekend Opponents
• Bucknell vs. Johns Hopkins: 29-13 (Bucknell has won six straight; last Johns Hopkins win was in 2005)
• Bucknell vs. Navy: 14-66 (Navy has won 13 straight games; Bucknell has one win since 2000)
• Bucknell vs. George Washington: 32-10 (Teams have split first two meetings in 2008)
Up Next
• Bucknell will be idle next weekend before making its annual trip to the West Coast for the SoCal Tournament. The schedule for the SoCal Tournament, which will be hosted by Pepperdine Oct. 11-12, is still being finalized.
