Huntington Beach, CA - May 6 - The 2019 National League Regular Season wrapped up yesterday at Ocean View High School and Golden West College in Huntington Beach, CA with Olympic Club being named the regular season champion. For complete Week 3 results,
click here or see below. To watch full replays of all matches played at Ocean View High School, click here. For more information on the National League, including current standings,
click here. Don't forget all game stats are provided via
TheFOSH.net.
Week 3 Results
Alumni 14 Long Beach Shore 6
Pacific Coast Riptide 11 Commerce 6
Olympic Club 5 New York Athletic Club 4
Golden Bear 11 Los Angeles Athletic Club 4
Stanford WPF 14 Long Beach Shore 4
S&S Bruin 12 Pacific Coast Riptide 8
Alumni 9 USA Collegiate 9
New York Athletic Club 20 Commerce 1
Olympic Club 13 Golden Bear 9
Stanford WPF 13 S&S Bruin 6
Stanford WPF 11 Pacific Coast Riptide 9
USA Collegiate 11 Long Beach Shore 7
Olympic Club 17 Los Angeles Athletic Club 4
USA Academy 19 Commerce 6
New York Athletic Club 10 Alumni 8
Stanford WPF 11 USA Collegiate 6
Golden Bear 12 Pacific Coast Riptide 8
S&S Bruin 11 USA Academy 10*
USA Collegiate 19 Commerce 7
New York Athletic Club 13 Golden Bear 2
Stanford WPF 11 Alumni 7
Golden Bear 10 USA Academy 8*
S&S Bruin 12 Long Beach Shore 8
*USA Academy games are exhibition games and don't count towards standings
Final National League Regular Season Standings
- Olympic Club (9-1) 18 points
- USA Collegiate (8-1-1) 17 points
- New York Athletic Club (7-3) 14 points
- Los Angeles Athletic Club (6-4) 12 points
- Stanford WPF (5-0) 10 points
- USA University (5-2) 10 points
- Alumni (4-5-2) 10 points
- Golden Bear (4-5) 8 points
- Bruin (2-1) 4 points
- Pacific Coast Riptide (1-8-2) 4 points
- Long Beach Shore (1-8-1) 3 points
- Davis (1-5) 2 points
- Commerce (0-10) 0 points
- USA Academy (2-3) *exhibition only
High-flying Cardinal: Stanford made its 2019 National League debut in spectacular fashion as they went 5-0 while outscoring their opponents 60-32. Goalie Andrew Chun came up big between the posts as he recorded 56 saves in 4 starts including 17 saves as Stanford handed USA Collegiate its first loss of the season.
Breakthrough: National League newcomers Pacific Coast Riptide won their first ever National League game as they defeated fellow newcomers Commerce 11-8. Dalton Kenefick led the way with four goals in the victory with all of them coming in the final quarter.
Peak Performance: Goalie Samuel Krutonog of S&S Bruin snatched 16 saves in a 12-8 victory over Long Beach Shore. He averaged nearly 13 saves a game in the Bruin's first four games of the 2019 National League.
All-Time Classic: Long-time rivals Olympic Club and New York Athletic Club squared off for the first time this season. It was Olympic Club the defending National League Champions who came away with the 5-4 victory as Johnny Hooper scored the game winner with 12 seconds left in the game.
Up Next: The 2019 National League Championship tournament will take place May 18-19 at UC San Diego in La Jolla, CA during the annual Fisher Cup event. Stay tuned for schedule information.
Stat City: Once again The FOSH returns as the official stat program of the National League. In addition to live scoring during the matches, The FOSH provides box scores and league leaders. Get all the stats at
TheFOSH.net
Video Highlights: USA Water Polo TV was on site this weekend to live stream matches at Ocean View High School. You can re-watch all 18 games at YouTube.com/USAWP and Facebook.com/USAWP. Also check out more National League information this #WaterPoloWednesday on the Counter Attack. The program is available at YouTube.com/USAWP.
Social Media: The hashtag #USAWPNL is the official hashtag of the National League. Make sure when you are posting information on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram about the National League, be sure to add #USAWPNL. Get your voice involved in the National League conversation.
