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2019 Water Polo Roster

11 Nate Reiff

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 165
  • Hometown Wheeling, Ill.
  • High School Wheeling

Biography

CAREER: 78 goals, 48 assists, 126 points (99 games)
 
2019 (Senior): Only player on the team to play in all 29 games on the season … Finished the year with 30 points on 16 goals and 14 assists … Scored goals in nine games with multiple goals in six contests … Recorded a season-best three goals on the road against No. 14 Bucknell for a hat trick … Also netted multiple goals against Austin College, Johns Hopkins, Fordham, and Wagner (2x) … Registered assists in nine games with multiple helpers in four games … Credited with a season-high three assists at No. 16 Fordham, while adding a pair of helpers against Austin College, Chapman (Gary Troyer Tournament), and Redlands (Gary Troyer Tournament) … Had a season-best five points against Fordham (2g 3a), while adding a four-point performance against Austin College (2g 2a) … Defensively, finished the year with eight steals and seven ejections drawn.
 
2018 (Junior): Played in all 29 games on the season … Scored 52 points with 31 goals and 21 assists … Ranked second on the squad in helpers on the year … Netted goals in 18 games on the year with eight multi-goal performances, including four hat tricks … Notched a pair of hat tricks at the Bucknell Invitational against La Salle (3g) and Salem (3g 4a), while also adding hat tricks in back-to-back games at the Gary Troyer Invitational at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (4g) and at Pomona-Pitzer (3g 1a) … Posted a season-high four assists vs. Salem in a season-best seven-point effort, while adding in three helpers in a five-point performance at Loyola Marymount … Defensively, registered 22 ejections drawn, while recording 12 steals.
 
2017 (Sophomore): Registered 34 points on the year, scoring 26 goals and adding eight assists … Scored goals in 14 of 24 games played with multiple goals in nine games … Recorded three hat tricks on the season, scoring three goals against La Verne, Chapman, and George Washington … Also had multiple goals against Salem International, Princeton, Gannon, Wagner, Fordham, and Mercyhurst … Defensively, registered 20 steals to go along with seven exclusions drawn.
 
2016 (Freshman): Played in 17 games, scoring five goals and adding five assists for 10 points … Credited with five steals on the defensive side of the pool … Made collegiate debut in the Navy Open against Iona in the season opener … Scored first collegiate goal and notched first collegiate assist in the Midsshipmen’s victory over Gannon in the Navy Open … Recorded a season-high two goals against William & Jefferson … Also had goals against LaSalle and Bucknell … Also had assists against LaSalle, Toronto, Bucknell, and at Wagner.
 
High School / Personal: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Wheeling High School in both water polo and swimming … Named water polo team MVP twice and recognized on the Illinois All-State Third Team … As a swimmer, won the 2016 Illinois Boys Sectional Championship – Glenbrook South for the 100-yard butterfly and breaststroke … Honored as the MSL East Swimmer of the Year in 2016 … Augmented interscholastic water polo play at Wheeling with club action as part of the Northern Illinois Polo Club … Interned at an animal hospital for two years … Son of Paul and Cathy.
 
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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

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    6'1" 170 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2017Sophomore

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    6'1" 170 lbs
    18
  • 11

    2018Junior

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    6'1" 165 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2019Senior

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    6'1" 165 lbs
    11