The Princeton goalie was very impressive against UCLA. He’s undersized but anticipates incredibly well and plays much bigger than he’s listed. While I haven’t seen Stanford’s goalie play this season, I would take Princeton’s over Cal’s or UCLA’s.
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is the overnght stream working for you guys? it was fine through the Cal game but no bueno right now
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Same. It also says that the Stanford vs LBSU game was 3pm not 2pm.
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ok. at least i know it’s not a work firewall on to me 
Is Price or Tempkin in the cage for Stanford?
Price. You can follow the stats on 6-8sports
Sorry Temkin in now.
I think it was Temkin who started but 6-8 showed Price earlier in play by play. I see stats for Temkin only.
The stream is working now. Temkin is in goal and started. 9-7 Stanford right now
I missed the Princeton Cal game this morning unfortunately. For those who went, how did the two teams look?
Cal won 15-10. Result posted on Princeton site.
Princeton didn’t look the best. They looked sluggish. Could be due to the wear and tear caused from the UCLA double OT loss. Clansen had one of his best games of the season for Cal.
I wasn’t there but got a report from one who watched. “Down 0-2…from there we [Cal] dominated. Not close” He is a Cal polo alum so take that for what it’s worth
USC had to go into OT to beat Long Beach after beating them bad 2 weeks ago. Long Beach is better than expected this year
Center Gabi Acosta didn’t play for LBSU in their first game against USC. Acosta played for Spain in the U20 European Championships in August. He scored 3 goals against USC today.
It didn’t look like Valera for Cal and Jack Larsen for UCLA played in the tournament. Anyone know if they are hurt?
The early Cutino leaderboard looks like Ryder Dodd, Duarte Lopez, Mo Kenney, Pittman, Cassabella and Puzaric
It was mentioned during the telecast that Larsen was sick and would miss this weekend’s games.
I would add : Mihailo Vukazic to the list.
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Even with Valera, Cal is getting destroyed by Stanford. This has to be the weakest defensive team Cal has had in years!
The Overnght x MPSF Invitational was a great tournament. It was awesome to see such high level games this early in the college season. I was skeptical about Overnght, but the reduction in price this year drove me to purchase it and I did not regret it. The stream quality was way above most others I have seen. The video was clearer than even the NCAA Championship feeds. The commentary on the MPSF match-ups on Saturday and the entire slate on Sunday was well done. Greg Mescall always does a good job, but Wes Kading was great by himself on Saturday as well.
My takeaways from the weekend:
- UCLA is the clear #1 and, outside of a surprise upset, will likely coast to the title this year. Too much depth and incredibly disciplined under Adam Wright
- USC, Cal, and Stanford are all very closely matched. If I had to guess who the odd man out is for the tournament at this point, I’d say Cal. I know they have injury issues, but they look the most vulnerable of the three. I expected more from Casabella in an offense that should feature him without Papanikolau. George Avakian was very impressive on the weekend.
- Princeton is probably a piece or two away from being a genuine competitor of the Big 4. Their offense looked great for spells, but they took so many exclusions defensively.
- No one talked much about LBSU going into the season, but they are quietly a threat to knock someone out of the tournament. Imagine if this team still had Robert Lopez Duart…
- I know the COVID eligibility year is problematic, but man has it created a season with a ton of talent across college water polo. There are probably 7-8 coaches expecting to make a run in the tournament, and half of them will be disappointed at the end.
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