Long Beach State University Athletics
Friday, October 9
Long Beach, Calif.
6 p.m.
Long Beach State University
11-5, 0-1
12
vs
13
No. 10 UC San Diego
12-4, 1-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| Long Beach State | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
Long Beach State Stumbles in Big West Opener
10/9/2026 8:26:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
Long Beach State fell 13-12 to UC San Diego to open Big West play.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The No. 7 Long Beach State men's water polo team fell 13-12 to No. 10 UC San Diego to open Big West play at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center on Friday night.
Long Beach State (11-5, 0-1) got off to a great start as Corbin Stanley scored on the opening possession of the game to give the Beach an early lead. UC San Diego (12-4, 1-0) answered, but back-to-back scores from Marc Frigola Navarro put Long Beach State in front 3-1 halfway through the opening period.
After the teams went scoreless in the rest of the first, the Tritons opened the second quarter scoring on their first two possessions to tie the game 3-all. Zalán Nagy then put the Beach back in front before UC San Diego netted two-straight scores to take a 5-4 lead. Trailing for the first time in the game, Harper Stewart and Nagy scored back-to-back times for the Beach to give them a slight edge at the half, 6-5.
Olivér Sudár converted a power play to give the Beach a two-goal advantage, but the Tritons scored the contest's next three goals to take an 8-7 lead early on in the third. Nagy then tied the game for the sixth time as he earned his fourth hat trick of the year. However, UC San Diego scored twice in a row to propel them to an 11-10 lead with eight minutes left to play.
The Tritons scored the first goal of the fourth to go up 12-10 midway through the final frame. Looking to comeback, goals from Gabi Acosta and Sudár kept the Beach within one with 1:28 left in the fourth quarter, 13-12. After another key stop, Long Beach State drew an exclusion, but Sudár's game-tying attempt was knocked down by UC San Diego's goalie, and the Tritons won the contest 13-12 at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.
OF NOTE
UP NEXT
Long Beach State (11-5, 0-1) got off to a great start as Corbin Stanley scored on the opening possession of the game to give the Beach an early lead. UC San Diego (12-4, 1-0) answered, but back-to-back scores from Marc Frigola Navarro put Long Beach State in front 3-1 halfway through the opening period.
After the teams went scoreless in the rest of the first, the Tritons opened the second quarter scoring on their first two possessions to tie the game 3-all. Zalán Nagy then put the Beach back in front before UC San Diego netted two-straight scores to take a 5-4 lead. Trailing for the first time in the game, Harper Stewart and Nagy scored back-to-back times for the Beach to give them a slight edge at the half, 6-5.
Olivér Sudár converted a power play to give the Beach a two-goal advantage, but the Tritons scored the contest's next three goals to take an 8-7 lead early on in the third. Nagy then tied the game for the sixth time as he earned his fourth hat trick of the year. However, UC San Diego scored twice in a row to propel them to an 11-10 lead with eight minutes left to play.
The Tritons scored the first goal of the fourth to go up 12-10 midway through the final frame. Looking to comeback, goals from Gabi Acosta and Sudár kept the Beach within one with 1:28 left in the fourth quarter, 13-12. After another key stop, Long Beach State drew an exclusion, but Sudár's game-tying attempt was knocked down by UC San Diego's goalie, and the Tritons won the contest 13-12 at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.
OF NOTE
- Zalán Nagy earned his fourth hat trick of the year.
- Marc Frigola Navarro scored two goals and picked up an assist and now sits at 227 career points. He is just five points away from becoming Long Beach State's all-time points leader.
- Gabi Acosta has 159 career goals and ranks 15th on Long Beach State's all-time scoring list. He's 15 goals away from entering the top-10 in the record book.
- Long Beach State is now 65-19 all-time against UC San Diego.
UP NEXT
- Long Beach State heads to Claremont, California for a pair of games tomorrow. The Beach will face Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at 2 p.m. before taking on Pomona-Pitzer at 6 p.m.
- Links to live stats and streams can be found on the men's water polo team's schedule page on longbeachstate.com.
Players Mentioned
Center
/ Men's Water Polo
Utility
/ Men's Water Polo
Center
/ Men's Water Polo
Attacker
/ Men's Water PoloTeam Stats
UCSD
LBSU
Shots
25
25
Goals
13
12
Assists
11
9
Points
24
21
Exclusions
13
13
Steals
6
10
Sprints
1
3
1
Corbin Stanley
7:34
Landon Akerstrom
5:27
Marc Frigola
5:09
Marc Frigola
3:49
2
Bryan Shapirshteyn
7:18
Landon Akerstrom
6:31
Zalan Nagy
5:14
Grant Kurtz
4:57
Landon Akerstrom
3:16
Harper Stewart
2:48
Zalan Nagy
1:57
3
Oliver Sudar
7:19
Mason Presley
6:57
Finn Bugelli
6:18
Grant Kurtz
5:16
Zalan Nagy
4:48
Christian Hammonds
4:26
Jackson Boettner
3:45
Harper Stewart
3:22
Gabi Acosta
1:56
Mason Presley
0:37
4
Jackson Boettner
5:20
Gabi Acosta
2:47
Landon Akerstrom
2:38
Oliver Sudar
1:28
Game Leaders
Shots
5
Goals
0
Assists
2
Points
2
Shots
4
Goals
2
Assists
1
Points
3
Shots
4
Goals
2
Assists
0
Points
2
Shots
3
Goals
3
Assists
1
Points
4
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