No. 7 Long Beach State Hosts No. 10 UC San Diego in Conference Opener Before Road Double Header

Friday, October 9

Long Beach, Calif.

6 p.m.

Long Beach State University

No. 10 UC San Diego

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No. 7 Long Beach State Hosts No. 10 UC San Diego in Conference Opener Before Road Double Header

10/8/2026 11:15:00 AM | Men's Water Polo

Big West opener highlights busy weekend for men’s water polo.

By: James Hanson, Assistant Director, Athletic Communications

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The No. 7 Long Beach State men's water polo team opens Big West play with a home game against No. 10 UC San Diego on Friday before hitting the road to face Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday.

The Beach enter Big West play as the reigning regular season champions after going 5-0 in the regular season in 2025. Long Beach State enters the weekend with an 11-4 record following a perfect 2-0 weekend at the Gary Troyer Tournament on Saturday, October 3.

SCHEDULE
Friday, October 9

No. 7 Long Beach State (11-4) vs. No. 10 UC San Diego (11-4) | 6 p.m. | LIVE STATS | TICKETS

Saturday, October 10

No. 7 Long Beach State (11-4) at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (6-11) | 2 p.m. | LIVE STATS | WATCH (FloCollege)

Saturday, October 10

No. 7 Long Beach State (11-4) at Pomona-Pitzer (7-7) | 6 p.m. | LIVE STATS | WATCH (FloCollege)

SERIES HISTORY

Long Beach State is 65-18 all-time against UC San Diego. The Beach have won the last four contests against the Tritons, including a 17-16 sudden victory win in the fifth-place game at the MPSF Invite earlier this year.
The Beach are a perfect 14-0 all-time against both Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

UC San Diego enters the contest with an 11-4 record after also going 2-0 at the Gary Troyer Tournament, defeating Redlands 15-5 and Pomona-Pitzer 16-10.
The Tritons have three ranked wins this year, defeating Pepperdine twice and UC Irvine once this season.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is the third-ranked team in Division III, and the Stags hold a 6-11 record.
Pomona-Pitzer is the top-ranked team in Division III, and the Sagehens boast a 7-7 record.

RECORD BOOK WATCH

Marc Frigola Navarro has 224 career points and is just eight points away from becoming Long Beach State's all-time points leader.
Gabi Acosta has 157 career goals and ranks 15th on Long Beach State's all-time scoring list. He's 7 goals away from entering the top-10 in the record book.

RANKED VICTORIES

The Beach have collected six victories over top-20 teams during the 2026 campaign.
Long Beach State defeated No. 8 Pepperdine at the Triton Invitational and No. 9 UC San Diego at the MPSF Invitational.
Other top-20 victories include wins over No. 11 San Jose State, No. 14 UC Santa Barbara, No. 20 Saint Mary's and No. 20 Concordia Irvine.

BIG WEST LEADERS

Olivér Sudár leads the conference with 2.3 assists per game, ranks third in total assists with 34, and is also in the top 10 in points per game (3.5).
Federico Gulisano and Corbin Stanley are both second in the league in goals per game (2.7).
Stanley also ranks fourth in points per game (3.8) and is in the top-10 in goals (40) and points (57).
Gulisano ranks in the top-10 in goals (41), points (54) and points per game (3.6).
Marc Frigola is third in the Big West in assists per game (1.7) and in the top-10 in assists (26) and points per game (3.3).
William Whitstone is fifth in the league in saves (72).

BEACH LEADERS

Federico Gulisano leads the team with 41 goals and was named the Big West Player of the Week on September 23 after his 15 goals at the MPSF Invitational.
Olivér Sudár leads the team with 31 assists and has also netted 19 goals on a .655 shooting percentage.
Preseason All-Big West selection Corbin Stanley has added 40 goals and was named to the Cutino Award Watch List.
Nine total players have 10 or more goals this season.
William Whitstone leads the Beach with 68 saves, while Sergi Ramon has collected 54 saves.

AWARDS

The Beach have collected two Big West Player of the Week awards.
Corbin Stanley earned the honor after scoring 21 goals at the Triton Invitational during the opening weekend.
Federico Gulisano collected the award following his 15 goals at the MPSF Invitational.

LAST TIME OUT

Long Beach State Men's Water Polo earned two wins at the Gary Troyer Tournament at Clarmont-Mudd-Scripps' Axelrood Pool on Saturday, October 3.
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.

FAN INFO

Links to tickets and live stats for Long Beach State's home game against UC San Diego can be found on the men's water polo team's schedule page on longbeachstate.com. The game against the Tritons will not be streamed.
Links to live stats and streams for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer games can be found on the men's water polo team's schedule page on longbeachstate.com. Entrance to both road games will not be ticketed, and entrance is free to all fans on Saturday.

UP NEXT

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