Bridgeport, Pa. – (November 5, 2024) – The Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) released its weekly awards on Tuesday with Fordham's
Thomas Lercari (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) earning the league's Defensive Player of the Week honor, while
Luca Provenziani (Rome, Italy) was selected as Rookie of the Week. This is Lercari's third Defensive Player of the Week award this season, while being the fourth weekly award this year for Provenziani (Player – twice, Rookie – twice).
Lercari was excellent in goal for the Rams this past weekend, as the team improved to 24-0 overall, 10-0 in the MAWPC. In three matches, he registered 26 total saves, three assists, and five steals in just over nine quarters of work. Against #20 George Washington, he had ten saves in three-plus quarters to go with an assist and two steals, while having 12 saves, two steals, and an assist at Navy. Lercari ended the weekend with four saves, a steal, and an assist in two quarters against Johns Hopkins. He also hit a career milestone at the start of the George Washington match, recording his 800
th career save, becoming the third Ram to reach that plateau, joining Timmy Will (2005-08) and Noah LeBeau (2011-14).
Provenziani had a solid weekend as, he netted 10 goals, three assists, and three steals in three weekend road matches. He opened the weekend with four goals, an assist, a steal at #20 George Washington, while having three goals, two assists, and two steals at Navy. He then added a hat trick at Johns Hopkins on Sunday. To date, Provenziani is the Rams' leading scorer with 66 goals and 110 points, while being second in assists with 44.
Lercari, Provenziani, and the rest of the second ranked Rams having four matches this week, starting with a road match at Wagner on Friday, November 8
th, while hosting a tripleheader at the Messmore Aquatic Center on Saturday, November 9
th against Bucknell, Mercyhurst, and Mt. St. Mary's.
