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2025 Men's Water Polo Roster

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8 Luca Silvestri

  • Position 2M Defense
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Napoli, Italy
  • Highschool Istituto Comprensivo Sacro Cuore (Westcliff)

Biography

Luca Silvestri2024: MAWPC Champion... Team tri-captain... Named MAWPC Player of the Week once... Earned a sport on the MAWPC All-Championship First Team... Played in 27 games and was one of six Rams to top the 40-goal plateau, finishing with 44... Also had 28 assists and 27 steals... Recorded eight hat tricks... Opened the season on fire, posting four hat tricks in the first five games against #20 Brown (9/7), #17 Cal Baptist (9/8), #11 UC San Diego (9/14), and #15 Harvard (9/15)... Netted a goal, two assists, and two steals in a win over #7 Princeton (9/27), while having two goals and four steals against #17 Navy (9/28)... Scored a hat trick against #4 Pacific (10/25)... Notched a goal and three assists at #20 George Washington (11/2)... Had two goals and two assists at Wagner (11/8)... Registered a season-high four goals in a win over Mt. St. Mary's (11/9)... Totaled five goals and five assists during the MAWPC Championship (11/22-24), including a four-goal effort in the championship match against Navy... Netted a hat trick in Fordham's first-ever NCAA win over Long Beach State (12/6)... Had a goal and an assist in the Rams' national semifinal overtime loss to #2 USC (12/7).

2023: MAWPC Champion... ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention... First Team All-MAWPC selection... Picked up three MAWPC weekly awards, receiving Player of the Week once and Defensive Player of the Week twice... Led the Rams in goals (67), steals (52), and blocks (17)... Dished out 32 assists and had 22 man-advantage goals... Opened the season with two goals against #11 Pepperdine (9/2)... Had a hat trick at Brown (9/3)... Posted a career day against Chapman with four goals and four assists (9/9)... Recorded two goals, two assists, and three steals versus #18 Harvard (9/10)... Notched three consecutive hat tricks against Johns Hopkins (9/16), Wagner (9/17), and Mt. St. Mary's (9/17)... Scored four goals to go with two assists and two blocks against George Washington (9/30)... Tied a career-high with five goals, while having two steals and three blocks versus Wagner (10/4)... Netted three goals and our steals at #2 Cal (10/19)... Had two goals, three assists, and three steals  against #13 Cal Baptist (10/21).... Registered four goals versus #4 Pepperdine (10/22)... Had two goals and four steals versus Iona (11/1)... Netted two goals and two assists at #20 Brown (11/11)... Named to the MAWPC All-Championship Second Team... Had two goals, two assists, and three steals in the semifinal against Wagner (11/18)... Netted a hat trick, an assist, and two steals in the championship match versus #18 Navy (11/19).

2022: MAWPC Champion... Named Honorable Mention All-MAWPC... Picked up three MAWPC weekly awards, receiving Player of the Week once and Rookie of the Week twice... Appeared in 24 games after missing the opening seven games of the season... Finished fourth on the team in goals (54) and fifth in points (75)... Added 21 assists, 29 steals, and seven blocks... Posted two goals and two assists at Bucknell (9/17)... Scored a hat trick against #5 USC (9/23) and #13 UC Irvine (9/24)... Notched three goals and three assists against Salem (10/8)... Netted a season-high five goals in a win over #19 George Washington (10/15)... Matched his season-high with five goal versus Bucknell (10/29)... Registered four-goal games against Mt. St. Mary's (10/29) and Iona (11/2)... Had two goals and three assist at John Hopkins (11/6)... Totaled three goals in the MAWPC Championship game against Bucknell (11/20)... Had two goals and an assist in Fordham's NCAA Tournament game at #9 Princeton (11/26). 

Before Fordham: Transfer from Westcliff University, where he spent one season with the Warriors... Played in 27 games in 2021, netting 102 goals to go with 57 steals... Prior to Westcliff, he played for Circolo Nautico Posillipo with current Fordham team member Jacopo Parrella... Three-year captain for the club squad, helping the team to the U15 and U20 National Championships... At the U20 Championship in 2019, he finished as the top scorer while leading his team to the National Championship... Consistent member of the Italian national team system... In 2019, his Italian U18 national team won gold at the European championship as well as a 5th place finish at the Youth World Championships.

Major: Business Administration.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 5, 3x, last vs. Wagner (10/4/23)
Assists: 4, vs. Chapman (9/9/23)
Points: 8, vs. Chapman (9/9/23)
Steals: 4, 3x, last vs. Iona (11/1/23)
Blocks: 3, vs. Wagner (10/4/23)
 
CAREER TOTALS
Year GP Goals Assists Points Steals Blocks
2022 24 54 21 75 29 7
2023 31 67 32 99 52 17
2024 27 44 28 72 27 5
Totals 82 165 81 246 108 29

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    2M Defense
    6'3"
    2
  • 8

    2023Junior

    2M Defense
    6'3"
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    2M Defense
    6'3"
    8
  • 8

    2025Graduate Student

    2M Defense
    6'3"
    8