LA JOLLA, Calif. – The No. 11 UC San Diego men's water polo team heads to Riverside with one goal: a Western Water Polo Association Championship. The Tritons look to reclaim their WWPA crown from last season and claim back-to-back titles for the first time since the 2014 and 2015 season.
 
DETAILS
At Cal Baptist
November 22-24
Lancer Aquatic Center

SEASON RECAP
The Tritons enter the tournament 18-7 overall and 6-1 in the WWPA. All seven loses on the season have come at the hands of ranked opponents and five of them were by two or fewer goals. Munatones has been one of the best offensive playmakers for the Tritons and leads the team with 51 assists and 95 points.
 
TOURNAMENT PATH
The Tritons enter the tournament as the No. 2 seed and will play No. 7 seed Air Force on November 22 at 1 p.m. If UC San Diego wins, they will take on the winner of No. 3 Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara the following day at 4:30 p.m. For more info on the tournament schedule, click here.
 
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
UC San Diego is searching for its 20^th WWPA title in program history. Over the past six years, the Tritons have won four titles. UC Davis won the other two titles. Last season, the Tritons defeated UC Davis 11-10 in the championship game. Jack Turner was named the WWPA All-Tournament Team MVP.
 
WWPA ALL-CONFERENCE
Six athletes were placed on All-WWPA teams. Connor Turnbow-Lindenstadt and Jack Turner made First Team, Skyler Munatones and Calder Hilde-Jones were named to Second Team, Cooper Milton received honorable mention and Kaden Likins was named to the All-Freshman Team.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
Live video will be provided by California Baptist for all games this weekend. There will also be Fosh Stats for all games this weekend.
 
UP NEXT
If the Tritons win the championship, they will earn the conference's automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament. The Tritons will find out dates and seeding on November 24 after the conclusion of the other conference tournaments.

About UC San Diego Athletics
With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, beginning in summer 2020, will begin a full Division I and Big West Conference schedule and a 4-year reclassification period to Division I status. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent - the highest rate among NCAA Division II institutions for the second straight year. A total of 80 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 36 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. In competition, nearly 1,400 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.

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