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2009 Men's WWPA

2009 WWPA Standings:
Team W L Pct. vs. WWPA vs. T-20 Home Away Neutral
Loyola Marymount 19 9 0.679 14-0 15-9 6-1 2-2 11-6
Santa Clara 22 12 0.647 12-5 6-12 7-3 6-6 9-3
Whittier 19 14 0.576 12-10 1-11 4-2 4-5 11-7
Air Force 18 14 0.563 11-6 4-13 2-2 3-4 11-10
Redlands 18 18 0.500 13-7 0-16 7-4 4-2 7-12
UC San Diego 14 14 0.500 10-6 6-14 3-5 2-5 9-4
Pomona-Pitzer 16 17 0.485 8-9 2-11 9-3 3-1 4-13
UC Davis 15 16 0.484 10-8 5-16 0-3 5-5 10-8
Chapman 12 17 0.414 5-9 1-10 4-9 1-3 7-5
Claremont 12 17 0.414 5-10 0-10 6-7 3-3 3-7
Cal Lutheran 8 18 0.308 5-12 0-7 2-4 3-5 3-9
Occidental 8 18 0.308 3-12 0-4 3-3 2-7 3-8
La Verne 5 22 0.185 1-16 0-4 3-9 0-6 2-7

2009 WWPA Men's Water Polo Honors
Player of the Year:
Andy Stevens (RS Jr.) – GK – Loyola Marymount
Newcomer of the Year:
Cruz Smithson (Fr.) – Utl. – Air Force
Coach of the Year:
Jeff Ehrlich – Air Force

First-Team All-WWPA
Ikaika (Andrew) Aki (Jr., Utl) – LMU
Alex Churnside (Sr., Utl) – Air Force
Steven Donohoe (Sr., Utl) – UC San Diego
Ryan Floersch (Sr., Ctr) – Redlands
Carlos Martinez (Jr., Utl) – UC Davis
Andy Stevens (Jr., GK) – LMU
Jack Wall (Sr., Dr.) – Santa Clara

Second-Team All-WWPA
Edgaras Asajavicius (So., Dr.) – LMU
Tibor Forai (Jr., Utl) – LMU
Peter Gresham (Sr., 2MD) – UC San Diego
Ben Hadley (Jr., Utl) – Pomona-Pitzer
Jack Hines (Sr., 2MD) – Air Force
Cory Lyle (Jr., Att) – UC Davis
Alex Mule (Sr., Utl) - Chapman
Nick Poggetti (Jr., 2M) – Santa Clara
Casey Regher (Sr., GK) – Whittier

Honorable Mention All-WWPA
Brian Chong (So., Utl) – Claremont
Rilesh Desai (Jr., Att) – Whittier
Liam Farrell (Sr., Utl) – Santa Clara
Matt Heagy (Sr., 2MO) – Cal Lutheran
David Ostrom (Sr., GK) – Air Force

WWPA All-Freshman Team
Cruz Smithson (Utl) – Air Force
Colin Hicks (Att) – UC Davis
John Butler (Dr) – UC San Diego
Taylor Roszkos (GK) – Chapman
Mark Hudall (Dr) – Pomona-Pitzer
Brian Baier (Utl) – Claremont
Patrick Weiss (2MD) – Santa Clara

Western Water Polo Association
2009 Men's Water Polo Championship
Hosted by Chapman
November 20-22, 2009

2009 WWPA CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Friday, November 21 - Dark Caps vs. White Caps
Game 1 - #7 Whittier 10, #2 Air Force 9
Game 2 - #3 UCSD 14, #6 Redlands 13 (OT)
Game 3 - #1 LMU 13, #8 Chapman 3
Game 4 - #4 Santa Clara 8, #5 UC Davis 6

Saturday, November 21, 2009
Game 5 - #2 Air Force 15, #6 Redlands 12
Game 6 - #5 UC Davis 11, #8 Chapman 5
Game 7 - #1 LMU 12, #4 Santa Clara 7 (Semifinals)
Game 8 - #3 UC San Diego 16, #7 Whittier 3 (Semifinals)

Sunday, November 22, 2009
Game 9 - #6 Redlands 12, #8 Chapman 9 (7th Place)
Game 10 - #5 UC Davis 10, #2 Air Force 8 (5th Place)
Game 11 - #4 Santa Clara 17, #7 Whittier 9 (3rd Place)
Game 12 - #1 LMU 5, #3 UC San Diego 4 (WWPA Championship)

2009 WWPA All-Tournament Team
MVP: Andy Stevens (GK), LMU
Andrew Aki, LMU
Edgaras Asajavicius, LMU
Jack Wall, Santa Clara
Jim Breen, U.C. Davis
Sean Roberts, U.C. San Diego
Steven Donohoe, U.C. San Diego