BRIDGEPORT, Pa. – The UC San Diego men's water polo team was ranked eighth in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) preseason poll. The Tritons were the second highest team to be ranked in preseason poll from the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA). UC Davis placed one spot above the Tritons in seventh while Loyola Marymount placed one spot behind UC San Diego in ninth.
 
The Tritons finished the 2019 season ranked 12^th in the CWPA standings with a record of 20-8. They played in the WWPA Championship for the ninth year in a row and finished runner-up.
 
Head Coach Denny Harper is in his 41^st season at the helm for UC San Diego. During his tenure, the Tritons have won the WWPA tournament 19 times. Harper has been named the WWPA Coach of the Year 19 times and the ACWPC Coach of the Year 16 times.

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I.  The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide more than 1,300 scholar-athletes to All-America honors.  A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships.  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, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.