No. 7 Long Beach State Handles Redlands and No. 20 Concordia Irvine

Saturday, October 3

Claremont, Calif.

8:30 a.m.

Long Beach State University

10-4

Redlands

4-10

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Long Beach State	6	4	5	5	20
Redlands	2	2	2	2	8

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Concordia	3	4	1	4	12
Long Beach State	4	3	3	6	16

No. 7 Long Beach State Handles Redlands and No. 20 Concordia Irvine

10/3/2026 2:35:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

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Long Beach State cruised past Redlands and earned two wins at the Gary Troyer Tournament on Saturday.

By: James Hanson, Assistant Director, Athletic Communications

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Long Beach State Men's Water Polo earned two wins at the Gary Troyer Tournament at Clarmont-Mudd-Scripps' Axelrood Pool on Saturday.

The Beach first collected a 20-8 win over the No. 2 Division III team, Redlands, before their sixth ranked win of the year with a 16-12 victory over No. 20 Concordia Irvine.

Marc Frigola Navarro paced the Beach with six points and set a season-high as he matched his career-best with five goals against Redlands, while Artur Diaz also set a season-best and tied his career-high with four goals against the Bulldogs.

Against No. 20 CUI, Frigola led the way with five goals as Gabi Acosta netted four fourth quarter goals to seal the second win of the day for the Beach.

REDLANDS RECAP

Two goals from both Diaz and Corbin Stanley propelled the Beach (10-4) to a quick 6-2 lead over Redlands (4-10) after the opening quarter.

Diaz soon earned his fifth hat trick of the year before Frigola tabbed back-to-back tallies to collect his second hat trick of the season to put the Beach firmly in control 9-4 halfway through the second period. Harper Stewart then added another Long Beach State goal as the Beach took a 10-4 advantage into the break.

After Olivér Sudár added his name to the stat sheet, Diaz matched his career-high with his fourth score before Frigola netted back-to-back goals to tie his career-best with five goals as Long Beach State held a convincing 15-6 lead with eight minutes left to play.

In the final period, Dante D'sa led the way with a pair of goals while Charles Montano, Ivan Zivaljevic and Jovan Mandic also found the back of the net as the Beach cruised to a 20-8 victory in their first game of the day.

No. 20 CONCORDIA IRVINE RECAP

Starting right where he left off, Frigola opened the game with back-to-back goals to quickly put the Beach (11-4) in front 2-0. Concordia Irvine (12-9) responded with a goal of its own, but Frigola collected his second hat trick of the day with another score to put Long Beach State back in front by two, 3-1. The Golden Eagles and Beach traded scores as Federico Gulisano found the back of the net, and Long Beach State took a 4-3 advantage into the second quarter.

The second stanza proved similar to the first as CUI and Long Beach State continued to go back-and-forth with the Golden Eagles besting the Beach 4-3 in the period to tie the game 7-all at the midway mark.

Following three saves from Sergi Ramon, Zalán Nagy netted his second goal on a 6-on-5 to give the Beach an 8-7 edge halfway through the third period. The Golden Eagles tied the game once again, however Frigola connected on a penalty attempt before Sam Abbott scored on a power play to give Long Beach State a two-goal lead at the end of the third period, 10-8.

Concordia Irvine opened the final stanza scoring three of the first four goals as they tied the game 11-11. However, Gabi Acosta quickly responded with his second and third goals in the final frame to put the beach in front 13-11 with 3:58 left. CUI continued to fight with a goal at the 1:18 mark, but Acosta answered with his fourth goal of the period to put the Beach back up by two with less than a minute to play, 14-12. A steal and score from Federico Gulisano sealed the game as the Beach went on to defeat the Golden Eagles 16-12.

OF NOTE

Diaz and Frigola set season-highs and matched their career-highs with four and five goals against Redlands, respectively.
Diaz's four goals in the game were good for his fourth hat trick in 2026.
Frigola also tabbed five goals against No. 20 CUI and is now up to 224 career points. He is just eight points away from becoming Long Beach State's all-time points leader.
Frigola also earned his second and third hat tricks of the season.
Acosta tabbed four fourth quarter goals against No. 20 Concordia Irvine to collect his sixth hat trick this year.
Gulisano added three goals versus No. 20 CUI as he tabbed his eighth hat trick of the year.
11 players scored in Long Beach State's win over Redlands
Long Beach State stayed perfect against Redlands and is now 12-0 against the Bulldogs.
The Beach are now 6-1 all-time against the Golden Eagles and have won the last five matchups.
The Beach collected their sixth ranked win of the year on Saturday afternoon.