Saturday, September 21
Lewisburg, Pa.
1 p.m.
Bucknell University
vs
Fordham
Photo by: Marc Hagemeier
No. 13 Men's Water Polo Set to Host Bucknell Invite
9/18/2019 12:02:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
Team Will Play Three MAWPC Contests
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The No. 13 Bucknell University men's water polo team will look to keep its solid run of form going when it hosts the Bucknell Invitational on Saturday and Sunday
SETTING THE SCENE
What: Bucknell Invitiational
When: Saturday, Sept. 21- Sunday, Sept. 22
Where: Kinney Natatorium, Lewisburg, Pa.
Watch: Patriot League Network (Fordham, Mercyhurst, and Wagner games)
Tournament Central
Game One: No. 13 Bucknell (6-1, 0-0 MAWPC) vs. Fordham (5-2, 0-0 MAWPC East)
When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 1 p.m.
Watch: Patriot League Network
Game Two: No. 13 Bucknell (6-1, 0-0 MAWPC) vs. Mercyhurst (2-5, 0-0 MAWPC West)
When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 4:45 p.m.
Watch: Patriot League Network
Game Three: No. 13 Bucknell (6-1, 0-0 MAWPC) vs. Wagner (1-6, 0-0 MAWPC East)
When: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2:15 p.m.
Watch: Patriot League Network
Game Four: No. 13 Bucknell (6-1, 0-0 MAWPC) vs. La Salle (3-5, 0-0 MAWPC East)
When: Sunday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m.
About the Bison
About La Salle/Series History
SETTING THE SCENE
What: Bucknell Invitiational
When: Saturday, Sept. 21- Sunday, Sept. 22
Where: Kinney Natatorium, Lewisburg, Pa.
Watch: Patriot League Network (Fordham, Mercyhurst, and Wagner games)
Tournament Central
Game One: No. 13 Bucknell (6-1, 0-0 MAWPC) vs. Fordham (5-2, 0-0 MAWPC East)
When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 1 p.m.
Watch: Patriot League Network
Game Two: No. 13 Bucknell (6-1, 0-0 MAWPC) vs. Mercyhurst (2-5, 0-0 MAWPC West)
When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 4:45 p.m.
Watch: Patriot League Network
Game Three: No. 13 Bucknell (6-1, 0-0 MAWPC) vs. Wagner (1-6, 0-0 MAWPC East)
When: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2:15 p.m.
Watch: Patriot League Network
Game Four: No. 13 Bucknell (6-1, 0-0 MAWPC) vs. La Salle (3-5, 0-0 MAWPC East)
When: Sunday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m.
About the Bison
- Bucknell is off to another fast start, going 6-1 through its first seven games, moving up one spot to No. 13 in the latest CWPA poll.
- The Bison have had a recent trend of fast starts to seasons, as Bucknell started 8-1 last year, and 11-1 in 2016.
- In Saturday's game against UC San Diego, senior Rade Joksimovic added another milestone to his growing list of accomplishments.
- The senior from Novi Sad, Serbia became the all-time steals leader at Bucknell against the Tritons, breaking the 14-year record previously held by Jay Danforth (253, 2001-04)
- Joksimovic is now up to 256 career steals, and has moved up the Bison record books in several other categories. He ranks second in all-time goals with 419, and is now up to seventh on the all-time assists list with 155 career helpers. Joksimovic also needs 18 more ejections drawn to move into the top ten.
- Logan Schofield moved into the top three in Bucknell history in ejections drawn, and now has 211 to his name. The senior broke the single-season record for ejections drawn last season with 235, and is 101 away from reaching the record set by Jack Else from 2010-13.
- Bucknell is outscoring its opponents 65-44 this season, with the biggest difference coming in the fourth quarter. Bucknell has outscored its opponents 25-14 in the final frame this season.
- Jack Otto has accumulated two games with 14 saves or more this season, most recently against No. 19 Brown in Bucknell's second win over the Bears in as many weekends.
- Bucknell has now defeated five opponents either ranked or receiving votes this season.
- Cooper Dolan passed 100 career goals over the weekend, topped off with a solid two goal and three assist performance in the win over Brown.
- Logan Schofield needs just seven goals to reach 100 for his career.
- Andu Vlasceanu continued his strong freshman season at the Princeton Invite, and is up to 19 goals and nine assists in 2018, both second on the team behind Joksimovic.
- Bucknell is 47-3 all time against the Rams, including winning all three matchups last season.
- Two of those games were decided by two goals or less, including a 9-7 win at home on Sept. 16, and a 12-11 win in the MAWPC semifinal at Fordham's home pool. The Bison jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the latter, but Fordham pulled within one goal with ten seconds left in the defeat.
- Dolan tallied a season-high five assists in the win, while Jack Otto made eight saves. Matt Blackwell also scored twice in the win.
- Bucknell is 15-1 all time against the Lakers, with Bucknell taking both matchups in the last meetings between the two teams in 2017.
- The two teams last met in the first round the MAWPC Tournament in 2017, a 15-4 Bison win. Joksimovic scored nine goals, the sixth-most in a single game in Bucknell history. Joksimovic owns the single-game record for goals with 14 against Connecticut College on Nov. 18, 2016.
- Kyle Poland also managed two steals in that game.
- Bucknell is 6-1 all time against Wagner, including two wins in 2018. In the last matchup on Oct. 13, 2018 at the Harvard Invite, Bucknell took a close one, 10-8 against the then-20th ranked Seahawks.
- Jack Lewis posted two goals and an assist, while Schofield drew six ejections in the win. Lewis also went 2-2 on sprints.
About La Salle/Series History
- Bucknell is 4-0 all time against La Salle, with the two teams last meeting in the first round of the 2018 MAWPC Tournament, a 21-6 Bucknell win.
- Joksimovic scored six times in the win in a game that featured 11 different Bucknell goal scorers. Bucknell also had nine different players register an assist.
- Bucknell will have a week off before traveling to Johns Hopkins on Saturday, Oct. 12.
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