Saturday, October 26
San Jose, Calif.
12 p.m. (ET)
Bucknell University
vs
No. 11 Loyola Marymount
Photo by: Marc Hagemeier
No. 15 Men's Water Polo Heads to Julian Fraser Memorial for Four Games
10/24/2019 10:10:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The No. 14 ranked Bucknell University men's water polo team will travel to California for four games in the Bay Area as part of the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament. The Bison will play four teams all hailing from the Golden State in its last nonconference action of the regular season.
Note: All Times listed are Eastern Standard Time
Game One: No. 15 Bucknell (14-4, 6-1 MAWPC) vs. No. 11 Loyola Marymount (8-8, 3-1 WWPA)
Where: San Jose, Calif.
When: 12 p.m.
Game Two: No. 15 Bucknell (14-4, 6-1 MAWPC) vs. RV California Baptist (9-12, 1-2 WWPA)
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
When: 4 p.m.
Game Three: No. 15 Bucknell (14-4, 6-1 MAWPC) vs. Fresno Pacific (5-16, 0-5 WWPA)
Where: San Jose, Calif.
When: 12:20 p.m.
Game Four: No. 15 Bucknell (14-4, 6-1 MAWPC) vs. No. 13 San Jose State (4-12, 1-1 GCC)
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
When: 5:40 p.m.
About the Bison
Note: All Times listed are Eastern Standard Time
Game One: No. 15 Bucknell (14-4, 6-1 MAWPC) vs. No. 11 Loyola Marymount (8-8, 3-1 WWPA)
Where: San Jose, Calif.
When: 12 p.m.
Game Two: No. 15 Bucknell (14-4, 6-1 MAWPC) vs. RV California Baptist (9-12, 1-2 WWPA)
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
When: 4 p.m.
Game Three: No. 15 Bucknell (14-4, 6-1 MAWPC) vs. Fresno Pacific (5-16, 0-5 WWPA)
Where: San Jose, Calif.
When: 12:20 p.m.
Game Four: No. 15 Bucknell (14-4, 6-1 MAWPC) vs. No. 13 San Jose State (4-12, 1-1 GCC)
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
When: 5:40 p.m.
About the Bison
- Bucknell went 2-2 at the Harvard Invite this past weekend, defeating MIT and Wagner before dropping games against No. 20 St. Francis (Brooklyn) and No. 9 Harvard by a combined three goals.
- Three of Bucknell's four defeats have come against ranked opponents, while Fordham, unranked when the two teams played on Sept. 21, has also climbed into the rankings in recent weeks thanks to a 16-5 start to the season. Bucknell's four losses this season have come from opponents with a combined winning percentage of .802 (65-16).
- Bucknell will face three more ranked opponents in Loyola Marymount, California Baptist, and San Jose State in this year's edition of the Julian Fraser Memorial Tournament in games hosted on campus by San Jose State and Santa Clara.
- The trip will be somewhat of a homecoming for several Bison players. Scott Little (Atherton) and Jared Stanley (Palo Alto) both hail from nearby cities in the Bay Area.
- Bucknell last posted a winning record at the Julian Fraser Memorial in 2016, going 3-1 in games against Loyola Marymount, Fresno Pacific, and Air Force. Bucknell last went unbeaten at the annual tournament back in 2014, when it went 5-0. Overall, Bucknell is 13-7 at the Julian Fraser Memorial/Santa Clara Rodeo since the 2014 season. Bucknell went 1-3 last season, dropping games to California Baptist, San Jose State, and Santa Clara before ending the Tournament on a positive note with a win over Air Force.
- After the win over MIT on Sunday, Head Coach John McBride has now reached the 14-win mark in each of his nine seasons at the helm of the Bucknell program, with the team at least three games above .500 in each of those seasons.
- Bucknell is also 6-1 in conference games so far in 2019 after the win over Wagner, improving to 36-3 in MAWPC matches since the 2016 season.
- Bucknell continues to start games well, shutting out an opponent in the first period twice over the weekend (MIT, Harvard), while scoring its most goals of the season in any one period with 75 to date.
- Overall, Bucknell has outscored its opponents by 39 goals (75-36) in the first period this season.
- Rade Joksimovic needs just 56 goals to reach 500 career tallies, and is 28 assists away from the 200 career assists milestone.
- Jared Stanley is just eight goals away from reaching 100 career goals for the Orange and Blue. The junior from Palo Alto, Calif. Has scored multiple goals in six of his last seven games, including a season-best four against No. 14 George Washington.
- Senior Logan Schofield needs just 64 more ejections drawn this season to tie Jack Else for the most in Bucknell history.
- Freshmen Andu Vlasceanu and Adrien Touzot have both made big impacts for the Bison this season, with the former netting 41 times while adding 28 assists, and the latter starting nine games in the cage while making 114 saves so far this season.
- Vlasceanu drew a career-high four ejections in the win over Wagner, and led the team with four assists against No. 9 Harvard. The native of Bucharest, Romania leads the team with 28 total assists this season.
- Bucknell has defeated five ranked teams this season, marking the second consecutive season in which the Bison have defeated five or more ranked foes. The Orange and Blue are currently 5-3 against ranked opponents this season.
- Bucknell is 5-2 all-time against Loyola Marymount, with the two teams last meeting in 2017, a 13-8 Bison victory.
- Bucknell will be looking for its third straight win over Loyola Marymount.
- Joksimovic scored four times in the win over the Lions in 2017, with Stanley adding three assists. Matt Blackwell, Cooper Dolan, and Cullen Jacuzzi also added points in that game.
- The Bison battled California Baptist, ranked 16th at the time, in the second game of the season at the Bruno Classic on Sept. 7 in a thrilling 20-19 win, just its fourth win in 14 games against the Lancers.
- The game came down to the final second, with a potential tying goal at the buzzer by the Lancers waved off as Bucknell held on for the one-goal win.
- Joksimovic scored a still season-best eight goals in that game, while adding five assists.
- Bucknell is 4-0 all-time against Fresno Pacific, with the two teams last meeting in 2016, a 14-4 Bucknell win. The two schools played four consecutive seasons from 2013-16 before a two-year hiatus.
- Joksimovic scored four goals, added two assists and have four steals in the 14-4 win in 2016. Schofield also added a goal for Bucknell in the win.
- Bucknell met San Jose State for the first time in school history in 2018, falling 10-9 to the 19th ranked Spartans.
- Joksimovic, Jack Lewis, and Cooper Dolan each had two goals, while Jared Stanley chipped in three assists.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Jack Otto made 12 saves in the narrow defeat.
- Bucknell will wrap up the regular season with five MAWPC contests, beginning with a home game against La Salle on Saturday, Nov. 2 before hosting Johns Hopkins on Sunday, Nov. 3.
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