Beach Cruise Past Stags and Sagehens

Saturday, October 10

Claremont, Calif.

2 p.m.

Long Beach State University

12-5

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

7-12

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Long Beach State	7	4	5	5	21
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	0	3	3	1	7

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Long Beach State	4	2	3	6	15
Pomona-Pitzer	1	0	2	5	8

10/10/2026 7:26:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Long Beach State dominated two of the top three Division III teams en route to a 2-0 Saturday.

By: James Hanson, Assistant Director, Athletic Communications

CLAREMONT, Calif. – The No. 7 Beach men's water polo team cruised to two road wins on Saturday.

The Beach first dominated the third-ranked Division III team, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 21-7 before earning a convincing 15-8 victory over the top-ranked Division III team, Pomona-Pitzer.

Artur Diaz and Harper Stewart paced Long Beach State against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps as they both collected hat tricks. Then against Pomona-Pitzer, Gabi Acosta and Corbin Stanley each tallied five goals to lead the Beach to their second win of the day.

CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS RECAP

Behind a pair of goals from Marc Frigola Navarro and Harper Stewart, the Beach (12-5) blitzed the Stags (7-12) and held a 7-0 lead after the opening period.

Chase Krupitzer netted his second score to begin the second period as he finished Long Beach State's eight-goal run. CMS then got on the board with two-straight scores, but Artur Diaz and Zalán Nagy found the back of the cage as they helped the Beach hold a commanding lead at the half, 11-3.

The Stags cut into their deficit with the first two goals of the third quarter, however Long Beach State outscored Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5-1 in the rest of the stanza to take a decisive 16-6 edge into the final frame.

Five different Long Beach State players scored in the final frame as the Beach won the period 5-1 and defeated the Stags 21-7 at Axelrood Pool.

POMONA-PITZER RECAP

Long Beach State (13-5) took an early lead thanks to Corbin Stanley, but Pomona-Pitzer (9-8) quickly tied the contest with a goal on the next possession. Gabi Acosta, Artur Diaz and Zalán Nagy closed the quarter with a three-goal run for the Beach as they took a 4-1 edge into the second period.

Stanley and Olivér Sudár scored for the Beach, while William Whitstone held strong in goal and blanked the Sagehens in the second period as Long Beach State held a 6-1 lead at the break.

Pomona-Pitzer scored twice in the third, but Gabi Acosta matched the Sagehens' output, while Stanley added his third goal of the contest to propel Long Beach State to a 9-3 edge with eight minutes left to play.

Stanley and Acosta both tallied multiple goals in the fourth quarter, and they each finished with five goals to lead Long Beach State to a 15-8 win over Pomona-Pitzer at Haldeman pool.

OF NOTE

Harper Stewart collected his third hat trick of the year against CMS.
Artur Diaz earned his sixth hat trick of 2026 with three goals against the Stags.
Gabi Acosta earned his seventh hat trick of the year against the Sagehens.
Corbin Stanley collected his ninth hat trick of the year with his performance against Pomona-Pitzer.
Gabi Acosta now has 166 career goals and is 12th on Long Beach State's all-time scoring list.
The Beach are now a perfect 15-0 against both Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer.

UP NEXT

Long Beach State returns to the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center as the Beach return to Big West play against Cal State Fullerton on Friday, October 16 at 7 p.m.