No. 10 Beach Dispatch Panthers

Saturday, October 17

Long Beach, Calif.

Noon

Long Beach State University

15-5

Chapman

3-18

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Chapman	2	0	5	3	10
Long Beach State	6	7	7	4	24

10/17/2026 1:29:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

Box Score

10 Long Beach State players score as the Beach cruise past the Panthers.

By: James Hanson, Assistant Director, Athletic Communications

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The No. 10 Long Beach State men's water polo team cruised to a 24-10 win over Chapman at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center on Saturday afternoon.

Marc Frigola and Federico Gulisano led all scorers with four goals apiece. On the offensive side, Long Beach outshot Chapman 38-28, while the Beach posted a .632 shooting percentage and held the Panthers to a .357 clip.

Long Beach State (15-5, 1-1 Big West) fell behind 1-0, but Marc Frigola and Harper Stewart quickly netted goals to give the Beach a 2-1 lead. Chapman (3-18, 2-3 SCIAC) then tied the game 2-all before Zalán Nagy, Frigola, Keegan Moore and Charles Montano combined for a four-goal run to put the Beach in front 6-2 at the end of the first quarter.

Long Beach State continued its run as Sergi Ramon saved a penalty shot and posted a shutout in the second period. Ramon along with five other Beach players tallied goals in the second stanza as the Beach took a controlling 13-2 lead into the break.

The Beach scored the first four goals of the third quarter to make it 15-consecutive goals for the Beach before Chapman connected on a 6-on-5 to make it a 17-3 advantage for Long Beach State. The Panthers and Beach went back-and-forth for the rest of the period as Long Beach State found goals from Corbin Stanley and Gulisano to propel the Beach to a 20-7 lead with eight minutes to play.

Gulisano, Acosta, Shayan Rezvani and Montano all scored in the final period as the Beach cruised to a 24-10 win over Chapman at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.

OF NOTE

Long Beach State improved to a perfect 10-0 all-time against Chapman.
Sergi Ramon held the Panthers scoreless for over 15 consecutive minutes of game time (15:24).
Marc Frigola tabbed his fifth hat trick of the year.
Zalán Nagy earned his fifth hat trick of the season
Corbin Stanley posted his 10th hat trick this year.
Charles Montano collected his second hat trick of the year.
Gabi Acosta has 172 career goals and ranks 11th on Long Beach State's all-time scoring list. He's two goals away from entering the top-10 in the record book.
10 different Long Beach State players scored in the contest, while seven different Long Beach State players scored multiple goals.