Stanford Hosts MPSF Championship Tournament

11/13/2021 11:30:57 AM

Photo: Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center (Courtesy: Stanford Athletics)

MPSF Men's Water Polo Weekly Release # 11 (PDF)

NIKOLAOS PAPANIKOLAOU OF CALIFORNIA
MPSF/KAP7 PLAYER OF THE WEEK

California junior Nikolaos Papanikolaou (Athens, Greece/49^th HS of Athens) filled up the stat sheet in a pair of wins last week, First, in a 22-7 victory over No. 20 Santa Clara (Nov. 10), Papanikolaou tallied four goals, two assists and a steal. Then in the 16-9 win over No. 3 UCLA (Nov. 13) to help give Cal the MPSF Tournament’s No. 1 seed, he had two goals, two assists, one steal, one field block and six drawn exclusions. In the two games, he totaled six goals, four assists, two steals, one field block and seven drawn exclusions. This is Papanikolaou’s fifth career MPSF weekly honor, including a conference-
high of three player of the week awards this year.

ROBERTO VALERA OF CALIFORNIA
MPSF/KAP7 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK

California freshman Roberto Valera (Martorell, Spain/IES Car Sant Cugat) totaled six goals, three assists and two field blocks across wins over No. 20 Santa Clara (Nov. 10) and No. 3 UCLA (Nov. 13). Valera scored a game-high four goals against the Bruins, which helped the Bears clinch the MPSF Tournament’s No. 1 seed. He put away the first two goals to break a 5-5 tie, giving Cal the lead for good. Valera earned an MPSF Men’s Water Polo record five weekly newcomer awards this year.

MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Host: Stanford University
Avery Aquatic Center; Stanford, Calif.
Friday, November 19-Sunday, November 21, 2021

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MPSF Quarterfinals: Friday, November 19
Austin College vs. Penn State Behrend (5/6 seed game)---9:00 am PT
Game 1: No. 3 seed UCLA vs. No. 6 seed---1:00 pm PT
Game 2: No. 4 seed Stanford vs. No. 5 seed---2:45 pm PT

MPSF Semifinals: Saturday, November 20
Game 3: No. 1 seed California vs. Game 2 Winner---9:30 am PT
Game 4: No. 2 seed USC vs. Game 1 Winner---11:15 am PT

MPSF Finals: Sunday, November 21
Game 5 (5th-Place): Losers Games 1 and 2---11:15 am PT
Game 6 (3rd-Place): Losers Games 3 and 4---1:00 pm PT
Game 7 (Championship): Winners Games 3 and 4---2:45 pm PT

RECENT RESULTS

Saturday, November 13
*at No. 1 California 16, No. 3 UCLA 9
No. 4 Stanford at No. 8 San Jose State—1 pm
Penn State Behrend at Mount St. Mary’s---4:30 pm

Wednesday, November 10
No. 2T California 22, at No. 20 Santa Clara 7

Saturday, November 6
*# at No. 2T USC 8, No. 1 UCLA 7
*# at No. 2T California 12, No. 4 Stanford 10 (OT)

SCHEDULE/RESULTS NOTES
*MPSF Conference Game
# TV: Pac-12 Networks
All Times Local to Site