Long Beach State University Athletics
Thursday, November 12
Los Angeles, Calif.
7 p.m.
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11/10/2026 1:41:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
The Beach travel to two WCC schools for their final two regular season games.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Long Beach State men's water polo team is set to finish the regular season with a pair of road contests against two West Coast Conference schools.
The Beach will first take on LMU on Thursday night before closing out the regular season with a contest at Pepperdine on Saturday evening.
Long Beach State enters the weekend with a 16-8 overall record following a 12-10 win over No. 9 UC Irvine on Senior Night.
SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 12
SERIES HISTORY
MILESTONES AND NCAA LEADERS
The Beach will first take on LMU on Thursday night before closing out the regular season with a contest at Pepperdine on Saturday evening.
Long Beach State enters the weekend with a 16-8 overall record following a 12-10 win over No. 9 UC Irvine on Senior Night.
SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 12
- No. 12 Long Beach State (16-8, 2-3 Big West) at No. 10 LMU (16-8, 6-1 WCC) | 7 p.m.| LIVE STATS | ESPN+ | Los Angeles, Calif.
- No. 12 Long Beach State (16-8, 2-3 Big West) at No. 16 Pepperdine (11-13, 4-3 WCC) | 5 p.m. | LIVE STATS | ESPN+ | TICKETS | Malibu, Calif.
SERIES HISTORY
- Long Beach State is 37-13 in the all-time series against LMU.
- The Beach have won the last four contests against the Lions.
- Long Beach State is 44-75 in the all-time series against Pepperdine.
- The Beach defeated the Waves 20-18 at the Triton Invite during the opening weekend this season.
- LMU enters the week ranked No. 10 with a 16-8 overall record and a 6-1 mark in WCC play.
- The Lions have collected eight wins over ranked opponents this season.
- LMU is coming off a 16-11 loss at UC Davis last weekend.
- Pepperdine enters the week ranked No. 16, while the Waves hold an 11-13 overall record and have gone 4-3 in WCC play.
- Pepperdine has six ranked wins this year and is coming off wins at No. 20 Saint Mary's and No. 13 Pacific last weekend.
MILESTONES AND NCAA LEADERS
- Olivér Sudár is 5th in the nation with 58 assists this season.
- Gabi Acosta has 180 career goals and is sixth on Long Beach State's all-time scoring list.
- Marc Frigola has 253 career points and is second on Long Beach State's all-time points list. Austin Stewart is the all-time points leader with 271 career points.
- The Beach have collected seven victories over top-20 teams during the 2026 campaign.
- Most recently, Long Beach State beat No. 9 UC Irvine 12-10 last Friday night on Senior Night.
- Additionally, 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.
- Federico Gulisano leads the team with 58 goals and 78 points and was named the Big West Player of the Week on September 23 after his 15 goals at the MPSF Invitational.
- Preseason All-Big West selection Corbin Stanley is second on the team with 56 goals and was named to the Cutino Award Watch List.
- Olivér Sudár paces the team with 58 assists and a .653 shooting percentage. *minimum 25 shots taken
- Gabi Acosta has tallied 48 goals and is scoring at a .649 clip.
- 13 total players have 10 or more goals this season.
- William Whitstone leads the Beach with 139 saves, while Sergi Ramon has collected 73 saves.
- Olivér Sudár is first in the Big West in assists per game (2.5) and second in assists (58). He also ranks in the top-10 in points (90) and points per game (3.9).
- Corbin Stanley is in the top-10 in the league in goals (56), points (81), goals per game (2.3) and points per game (3.4).
- Federico Gulisano is third in the league in goals per game (2.6), while also ranking in the top-10 in goals (58), points (80) and points per game (3.6).
- Marc Frigola is in the top-10 in the Big West in assists (39), field blocks (9), assists per game (1.6) and points per game (3.3).
- William Whitstone is fourth in the league in saves (139).
- 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.
- Long Beach State earned a 12-10 win over No. 9 UC Irvine at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center last Friday.
- Gabi Acosta paced the Beach as he led all scorers with four goals. Additionally, the Beach shot .375 from the field while holding the Anteaters to a .303 clip.
- Both contests will be streamed on ESPN+, and links to the streams as well as live stats can be found on the men's water polo team's schedule page on longbeachstate.com.
- Tickets for the Pepperdine game can be purchased here.
- The LMU game will not be ticketed, and entrance will be free to all fans.
- Long Beach State will open the Big West Championship against fifth-seeded UC Irvine on Friday, November 20 at 10 a.m.
- The Beach are hosting the 2026 Big West Championship at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.
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