Bronx, N.Y. - The 2026 Fordham water polo squad, ranked fifth in the nation, continues its 2026 season this weekend by hosting four matches in the Messmore Aquatics Center.
The Rams open the weekend on Friday, October 9, with a MAWPC match against Wagner at 6:00 p.m. and then battle #6 Princeton on Saturday, October 10, at 10:30 a.m. and then MAWPC foes Navy on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. Fordham closed out the weekend with a conference match against George Washington at 10:00 a.m.
All matches will be streamed on the Fordham Athletics YouTube channel.
The Rams are 11-1 on the season and is coming off two wins and loss out on the west coast two weeks ago, defeating #5 Long Beach State and #15 Cal Baptist but falling to #1 UCLA.
SERIES HISTORIES
- Fordham and Wagner have met 24 times in the past with the Rams winning 20 of the 24 matches.
- It will be the 23rd meeting between the Rams and the Princeton with the Tigers leading the all-time series, 20-4, but Fordham has taken the past three meetings.
- This will be the 39th time Fordham and Navy have met with the Rams leading the series, 22-16.
- The Rams and George Washington have met 38 times in the past with the Rams leading the series, 21-17, with Fordham winning the last eleven meetings.
NEWS & NOTES
- The Rams are led by head coach Brian Bacharach, who has built the Rams into a national championship contender, collecting a 163-36 record since 2019, winning five MAWPC Championships, and making the national championship semifinals the last two years.
- Fordham returns its All-American duo of Andras Toth and Luca Provenziani for 2026. The junior duo has made an impact from day one at Rose Hill, as both have earned First Team All-American honors and set multiple single season records already. Toth scored a school record 134 goals in 2025 and was First Team All-American and the MAWPC Most Valuable Player, while Provenziani set the single season mark for assists with 103 in 2025 and was a Second Team All-American after earning First Team honors as a freshman.
- Fordham junior Andras Toth was one of 20 collegiate water polo student-athletes named to the 2026 Peter J. Cutino Award Watch List. The Peter J. Cutino Award, named in honor of the late Hall of Fame coach, recognizes the best player in men's and women's college water polo. This watch list was created in 2022 in an effort to help promote the collegiate game, awareness of the award, and the tremendous play of athletes across the country.
- Toth leads the Rams in scoring with 38 goals and 20 assists while freshman Diego Tresa has 21 goals and three assists.
- Fordham water polo freshman Karlo Dragosevic was named the MAWPC Rookie of the Week following Fordham's west coast trip. It was the second straight rookie of the week award for Dragosevic.
- The Rams have set a new bar becoming a "United Nations" team as the team has representatives from 10 countries – Hungary, Serbia, Malta, Germany, South Africa, Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Canada, and the United States.
- Fordham had six players represent their country at the 2026 U20 European Championship in mid-August with Karlo Dragosevic capturing gold with Croatia and Diego Tresa and Alessandro Salipante taking bronze with Italy. Viktor Savic and Vuk Kojic (Serbia) and Andras Toth (Hungary) were the other three Rams competing.
- Despite the team having the week off from competition, Fordham associate head water polo coach Ilija Duretic was still busy, leading Team USA to the gold medal at the U19 PanAm Games in Bauru, Brazil from Sept. 28-Oct. 4.
- The 2026 Eric Weber award recipient is sophomore Mark Dyck.
WHO'S NEXT
- After this weekend, the Rams host Iona University on Thursday, October 15, in the annual Judge Cup match.
- Fordham leads the all-time series with the Gaels, 24-21, and have taken the past 12 meetings.
