The Olympic Club Wins 2019 National League Championship

La Jolla, CA - May 19 - The 2019 National League Championship at the Fisher Cup wrapped up at UC San Diego with Olympic Club winning the National League crown for the second year in a row as they took down the New York Athletic Club. For complete Fisher Cup results, click here or see below. To watch full replays of all matches played at UC San Diego, click here. For more information on the National League, including final results, click here. Don't forget all game stats are provided via TheFOSH.net.
 
Fisher Cup Results
USA Collegiate 17 Newport WPF 8
Olympic Club 11 USA Academy 9
New York Athletic Club 17 Tritons 8
Stanford WPF 12 Mexico 4
Newport WPF 12 Long Beach Shore 9
USA Collegiate 13 Santa Barbara 9
Tritons 14 USA University 7
New York Athletic Club 12 Golden Bear 7
Santa Barbara 10 Long Beach Shore 8
S&S Bruin 15 Davis 9
Golden Bear 11 USA University 8
Alumni 17 Power Squad 6
USA Academy 14 Davis 11
Olympic Club 11 S&S Bruin 10
Mexico 12 Power Squad 10
Stanford WPF 15 Alumni 12
Long Beach Shore 11 USA University 10
Tritons 12 Newport WPF 9
Golden Bear 15 Santa Barbara 12
New York Athletic Club 12 USA Collegiate 8
Davis 19 Power Squad 8
USA Academy 14.5 Mexico 14.4
Alumni 7 S&S Bruin 5
Olympic Club 12 Stanford WPF 8
15^th: USA University 16 Power Squad 6
13^th: Davis 12 Long Beach Shore 8
11^th: Mexico 8 Newport WPF 6
9^th: USA Academy 11 Tritons 10
7^th: S&S Bruin 7 Santa Barbara 4
5^th: Alumni 9 Golden Bear 7
3^rd: Stanford WPF 12 USA Collegiate 11
1^st: Olympic Club 12 New York Athletic Club 9
 
2019 National League Championship Final Standings

1. Olympic Club
2. New York Athletic Club
3. Stanford Water Polo Foundation
4. USA Collegiate
5. Alumni
6. Golden Bear
7. S&S Bruin
8. Santa Barbara 
9. USA Academy
10. Tritons
11. Mexico
12. Newport Water Polo Foundation
13. Davis
14. Long Beach Shore Aquatics
15. USA University
16. Power Squad

Award Winners:
MVP: Paul Reynolds - Olympic Club
Top Scorer: Colin Mulcahy - Olympic Club
Top Goalkeeper: Lazar Andric - Olympic Club
Rookie of the Year: Tanner Pulice - USA Academy

Back-to-back Champions: Olympic Club returned to the top of the National League with a 12-9 victory over New York Athletic Club. Olympic Club started off the game quickly as they jumped out to a 3-0 lead early in the first quarter and built up a 6-2 advantage late in the second quarter off of great offense from Colin Mulcahy and Paul Reynolds and great goaltending by Lazar Andric. NYAC fought back as they responded with a 4-0 run of their own to tie the game 6-6 on a goal by Reed Cotterill midway through the third quarter. That was as close as it got as Olympic Club replied with a 4-0 run on the back of goals by Mulcahy and Peter Varellas to take a 10-6 advantage that they never relinquished as they went on to win 12-9.
 
Cardinal Comeback: Stanford WPF found themselves trailing USA Collegiate 5-1 at the end of the first quarter. However, they battled back by outscoring Collegiate 4-3 in the second quarter to cut their deficit to 8-5. Stanford continued firing on all cylinders in the third as they scored 5 goals to tie the game at 10-10. Alex Rossman would then put Stanford ahead for the first time and Dylan Woodhead would add another goal as they fought back for a 12-11 victory.
 
The Kids are Alright: USA Academy turned in a solid performance at the Fisher Cup as they finished in 9^thplace going 3-1 on the weekend. They battled hard against Olympic Club in their first game but couldn't hold on to the early lead as they lost 11-9 against the eventual champions. That didn't let them down as they responded by defeating Davis, taking down Mexico in a shootout and eventually defeating the hometown Tritons. Tanner Pulice of USA Academy was rewarded for his effort with Rookie of the Year honors.

Next Door Neighbors: Mexico made it's 2019 National League debut with an 11th place finish. Following an opening game defeat to Stanford WPF they responded by defeating fellow newcomers Power Squad 12-10. They then ended up in the 11th place game after losing a thrilling shootout to USA Academy. Mexico battled back from multiple two goal deficits in the 11th place game before going on a late run to take down Newport WPF 8-6.
 
Video Highlights: USA Water Polo TV was on site this weekend to live stream matches at UC San Diego. You can re-watch all the games at YouTube.com/USAWP. Also check out more National League information this #WaterPoloWednesday on the Counter Attack. The program is available at YouTube.com/USAWP. 
 
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