Bronx, N.Y. – The 2026 Fordham water polo squad, ranked fifth in the nation, continues its 2026 season this weekend by traveling to Lewisburg, Pa., to compete in the Bucknell Invitational on Saturday, September 19. The Rams open play at 10:00 a.m. with a match against the host school followed by a 1:00 p.m. meeting with Mount St. Mary's, and ten a 4:00 p.m. contest with Mercyhurst. All matches will be MAWPC matches.
 
All games will be streamed by Bucknell Athletics.
 
The Rams are 6-0 on the season and is coming off wins against two nationally ranked teams last week, a 16-12 win over #9 Pepperdine and a 14-10 win over #11 San Jose State.

SERIES HISTORIES

• Fordham and Bucknell have met 34 times in the past with the Bison holding a 21-13 advantage but the Rams have taken the past eleven meetings.
• It will be the 13th meeting between the Rams and the Mount St. Mary's with Fordham winning the previous 12 matches.
• This will be the 30th all-time meeting between Fordham and Mercyhurst with the Rams holding a 26-3 series lead, taking the past 15 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.
• 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.
• In addition to a wealth of new, young talent, the Rams also added graduate transfer Laszlo Strasser from Wagner College, where he was a First Team All-MAWPC performer and ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American.
• Fordham junior Andras Toth and sophomore Diego Tresa were named the MAWPC Co-Player and Defensive Player of the Week, respectively, for the week of September 7-13.
• Toth, who earned his second MAWPC weekly honor, scored seven goals and four assists along with four steals on the week. He had five goals, two assists, and one steal vs. Pepperdine and followed that with two goals, two assists, and three steals vs. San Jose State.
• Tresa earns his first weekly award after holding two of the best centers in the country from Pepperdine in check in Fordham's 16-12 win. He scored one goal against Pepperdine and added four more in the win over San Jose State.

WHO'S NEXT

• After this weekend, the Rams head west for three matches, starting with a game at top-ranked UCLA on Friday, September 25, at 8:00 p.m. EST
• Fordham will also at #6 Long Beach State (Sunday at 3:00 p.m.) and #16 Cal Baptist (Monday at 2:00 p.m.) on the trip.