ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The No. 18 Navy water polo team (19-5, 9-3) is set to compete in the 2023 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Tournament this weekend at Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg, Pa. The second-seeded Midshipmen open the tournament on Friday, Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. against seventh-seeded Johns Hopkins (5-17, 1-11). The tournament continues through Sunday, Nov. 19, with the championship game slated for 12:00 p.m.
 
Tournament Information
The road to the 2023 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship will run through Lewisburg, Pa., as Bucknell, Fordham, George Washington, Johns Hopkins, Mount St. Mary's, Navy, and Wagner will compete in the 2023 MAWPC Championship on Friday-Sunday, November 17-18, at Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg, Pa. on the campus of Bucknell.
 
The seven teams will take to the water to decide which program is the best-of the-best and qualifies for the NCAA Championship via an automatic bid.
 
For fans attending the MAWPC Championship, ticket prices are $25 for a three-day tournament pass or $10 for a one-day pass. Bucknell students, faculty and staff with a valid college ID, and senior citizens 65 and older, will be admitted at discounted prices of $10 (tournament pass) and $5 (one-day pass). All children 12 and under are free of charge. All tickets are exclusively available at the door as there will be no presale in advance of the championship.
 
For fans unable to make the trip to Lewisburg, the League will stream the entirety of the tournament at CWPATV.com at a cost of $10 per game or $25 for a weekend tournament package that includes all contested games.
 
For additional in-game action and information on the Mids water polo team, follow the Midshipmen on X (@NavyWaterPolo), Instagram (@NavyWaterPolo), and Facebook (@NavyWaterPolo).
 
Tournament Field
(1) Fordham (22-7, 12-0)
(2) Navy (19-5, 9-3)
(3) Bucknell (10-15, 7-5) *
(4) Wagner (16-13, 7-5) *
(5) George Washington (11-13, 5-7)
(6) Mount St. Mary's (7-20, 1-11) **
(7) Johns Hopkins (5-17, 1-11) **
 
* – Bucknell claims the No. 3 seed due to goal differential versus Wagner as the Bison defeated the Seahawks 13-10 and lost 15-13 for a +1-goal differential
** – Due to Mount St. Mary's and Johns Hopkins both defeating each other by a goal, the tie for the No. 6 position is broken by goal differential versus all opponents seeded higher. Mount St. Mary's wins the tiebreaker with a -69-differential compared to JHU's -85.
 
Tournament Schedule
Friday, Nov. 17
Game 1 – 4:30 p.m. – (2) Navy vs. (7) Johns Hopkins
Game 2 – 6:00 p.m. – (3) Bucknell vs. (6) Mount St. Mary's
Game 3 – 7:30 p.m. – (4) Wagner vs. (5) George Washington
 
Saturday, Nov. 18
Game 4 – 1:00 p.m. – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 1
Game 5 – 2:30 p.m. – (1) Fordham vs. Winner Game 3
Game 6 – 4:00 p.m. – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
Game 7 – 5:30 p.m. – Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 1
 
Sunday, Nov. 19
Game 8 – 9:00 a.m. – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 9 – 10:30 a.m. – Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 5 (Third Place Game)
Game 10 – 12:00 p.m. – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (Championship Game)
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
The Mids finished the regular season with a 19-5 overall record with a 9-3 mark in the MAWPC.
 
Offensively, the Midshipmen have tallied 332 goals in 24 games (13.8 gpg) with 23 different student-athletes finding the back of the net. Navy is led by freshmen Kiefer Black, Aiden Day, and Sam Collingwood, who have 107, 49, and 44 points, respectively. Black leads the team with 58 goals and a team-high 49 assists, while Day is second on the squad with 37 goals. Collingwood and Hayden Kahn follow with 33 goals apiece, while Nathan Duchez rounds out Navy's top five with 21 goals. Tommy McKnew (19), Michael Heller (17), Billy Zech (15), Rory Begin (13), Ivan Pang (13), Connor Cashman (11), and Luka Sekulic (10) close out the double-digit scoring for the Midshipmen.
 
In addition to Black's 49 assists, Begin (21), Pang (18), Day (12), Collingwood (11), and Henry Williams (10) each have double-digit helpers.
 
Defensively, goalkeeper Caden Capobianco has seen a majority of time between the posts. The senior team captain has appeared in 20 games, notching 201 saves and a 56.0 save percentage.
 
In addition, Capobianco leads the team with 49 steals. Black is the team's leading position player with 33 steals, while Holden Seybold (21), Jack Hightower (17), Begin (15), Sekulic (14), Collingwood (12), Day (11), Kahn (11), Duchez (10), and Heller (10) follow with double-digit takeaways.
 
McKnew (39), Kahn (36), and Black (22) pace the squad in ejections drawn, while Zech (14), Heller (13), Seybold (13), Duchez (11), and Alejandro Schmidt-Corujo (10) follow with double-digit kickouts drawn.