ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy water polo team travels for the first time this season as the Midshipmen head north for the annual Princeton Invitational at DuNuzio Pool in Princeton, N.J. The Midshipmen will play Brown, No. 3 Stanford, and Iona during the tournament.
The Mids open the tournament at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday against Brown, before concluding the day (8:30 p.m.) against No. 3 Stanford. Navy closes out competition in the Princeton Invite on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. against Iona.
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Following the Midshipmen
For live in-game updates and any information about the Navy Water Polo team, follow the Midshipmen on social media on Twitter (
@NavyWaterPolo) or Instagram (
@navywaterpolo).
Scouting the Midshipmen
The Midshipmen began competition for the 2021 season, going 2-2 at the annual Navy Open. The Mids dropped a pair of games to No. 3 Cal (L, 18-7) and No. 9 UC Davis (L, 19-8), but posted solid victories over Salem (W, 16-6) and Iona (W, 16-4).
Offensively, Navy had 22 different players register points at the Navy Open, including 19 who scored at least one goal. The Mids were led by
Jake Altmayer (Pasadena, Calif.),
Isaac Salinas (Spring City, Pa.), and
Ivan Pang (El Monte, Calif.). Altmayer paced all Midshipmen with 10 points during the opening weekend, tallying a team-high five goals and five assists. Salinas joined Altmayer with five goals of his own, while notching three helpers for eight total points. Pang finished the weekend with seven points on four goals and three assists.
Defensively, all four goalies saw action at the Navy Open.
Caden Capobianco (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and
Max Sandberg (Newport Beach, Calif.) saw a majority of the action. Capobianco finished the weekend with a team-high 22 saves, while Sandberg followed with 17 stops.
Scouting the Opposition
Brown enters the weekend 5-1 overall. After dropping a game to Santa Clara, the Bears closed out the Bruno Classic with wins against Austin College, Wagner, Mercyhurst, Florida, and Gannon.
Stanford, who heads to the tournament ranked third in the country, opened the year 3-0, including a pair of wins at the Pacific Invite. The Cardinal defeated No. 12 San Jose State and No. 7 Pacific at the Pacific Invite before defeating No. 15 Santa Clara during a midweek game. Stanford takes on St. Francis Brooklyn and No. 12 Princeton before taking on Navy.
Iona took part in the Navy Open to start the 2021 campaign. The Gaels finished the weekend 1-3, defeating Mount St. Mary's and dropping contests to George Washington, Bucknell, and Navy. Iona squares off against Johns Hopkins and Wanger before closing out the Princeton Invitational against the Midshipmen.
