No. 17 Men's Water Polo Resumes MAWPC Play at Fordham on Saturday

LEWISBURG, Pa.—The No. 17 ranked Bucknell University men's water polo team will get back into the swing of MAWPC Conference play when it travels to New York City to take on Fordham on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Bucknell sits at 17-6 after a 1-3 weekend in California. The Bison dropped matches to Santa Clara (OT), Cal Baptist, and San Jose State, and defeated Air Force.

Setting the Scene
No. 17 Bucknell (17-6, 8-1 MAWPC East) vs. Fordham (10-12, 2-4 MAWPC East)
When: Saturday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

Bison Notes

The consecutive defeats to #15 Cal Baptist and #19 San Jose State were Bucknell's first consecutive losses since Oct. 20-21 of last season.
In Bucknell's win over Air Force, Rade Joksimovic notched six goals and five assists in a 16-13 win over the Falcons.
Logan Schofield and Marko Djordjevic each tallied four times in the Bison win.
Bucknell encountered its first overtime action of the season in a 15-14 loss to host Santa Clara.
The last time Bucknell played an overtime game was also against Santa Clara, a 10-9 Bucknell win on Oct. 22, 2017. Joksimovic netted five goals in that match, including the game-winning goal in overtime with 50 seconds remaining.
Djordjevic tallied seven assists against San Jose State, the most by a Bison player this season since Joksimovic recorded eight assists against Salem International on Sept. 16.

Milestone Watch

Joksimovic is 12 points away from reaching 500 points for his career.
Cooper Dolan reached the 150-career point mark in his career after scoring a goal and tallying an assist against Air Force.
Marko Djordjevic is 17 points shy of 300 for his career.
Djordjevic needs just two more points to reach 100 points in a season for the first time in his career.
Jack Lewis is two points short of reaching 50 for the season in his freshman campaign.

About Fordham/Series History

The Bison will take on MAWPC rival Fordham for the second time this season on Saturday looking to improve to 9-1 in conference play.
Bucknell edged out a narrow 9-7 victory at Kinney Natatorium on Sept. 16
The Bison were led that day by Dolan who netted four times, including a goal with about a minute to play that helped to hold off a late Fordham comeback attempt.
The game still went down to the wire, as Fordham's Jake Miller-Tolt, the reigning MAWPC Player of the Week, had his penalty shot saved by Jack Otto with 13 seconds left that would have brought the Rams within one goal.
Otto finished with 11 saves on the day, one of ten times he has recorded double-digit saves for the Orange and Blue this season.
Marko Djordjevic dished out four assists for the Bison on the day.
Bucknell's most recent matchups with the Rams have been low-scoring affairs, with neither team managing to score over 10 goals in the past four meetings, all Bison wins.
However, the Rams have played Bucknell close each of the last four meetings, with each game being decided by two goals or less.
Bucknell leads the all-time series between the two teams 44-3.
The Rams have won four straight matches, defeating La Salle, Wagner, Connecticut College, and Salem International.

A Look Ahead
The Bison will conclude MAWPC regular season play at Kinney Natatorium on Nov. 4 when they host Navy and Johns Hopkins for a doubleheader at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

No. 17 Men's Water Polo Resumes MAWPC Play at Fordham on Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Marko Djordjevic

Cooper Dolan

Rade Joksimovic

Jack Lewis

Jack Otto

Logan Schofield

No. 17 Men's Water Polo Resumes MAWPC Play at Fordham on Saturday

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Marko Djordjevic

Cooper Dolan

Rade Joksimovic

Jack Lewis

Jack Otto

Logan Schofield

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