Terrier Volume 75, Number 1 - Spring 2011 | Page 23

T e r r i e r Sp o r t s

MEN ’ S W A T ER P OLO

Men’s Water Polo Team Captures Eastern Championships to
Earn Trip to NCAA Final Four

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or the second time in six years, the
men’s water polo team brought home
the Collegiate Water Polo Association
(CWPA) Eastern Championship by defeating
U.S. Naval Academy 8-4 at Bucknell
University. The effort was led by Boris
Plavsic, a senior from Belgrade, Serbia/ETS
Rade Koncar, who was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
The victory earned the Terriers a trip to
the NCAA Final Four—their first trip was
in 2005—which was held at the University of
California, Berkeley
on Dec. 4-5. In a
competitive match
up, St. Francis lost
10-7 to USC, the
eventual champions,
in the semifinals.
They then lost 9-7 to
Loyola-Marymount
in the consolation
game.
To top off a
Nemanja Simonovic ’12
spectacular season,
is an Accounting major
two Terriers received
with a 3.92 GPA.

The starting squad in the semifinal match-up against USC. From L-R: Alexandar Pantic