University of the PACIFIC

Following a week hiatus Pacific men's water polo team returns to action this weekend at the Northern California Tournament, hosted by California.

With 16 teams participating in this year's NorCal Tournament, the two day event will be held at Spieker Aquatics Center in Berkeley, Calif., and Diablo Valley College (DVC) in Pleasant Hill, Calif. The Tigers open the tournament against No. 10 Long Beach State University (LBSU) at 9:20 a.m. at Diablo Valley College.

The last time Pacific took to the pool against LBSU, the Tigers upset the 49ers, 9-8, to earn the No. 8 seed in the 2009 MPSF tournament. The Tigers trailed 8-6 entering the final quarter when Tom Koning(Poway, Calif.), Joey Gullikson (Sonoma, Calif.) and Lance Morrison (Fairfield, Calif.) scored uninterrupted goals to secure the win for Pacific.

Depending on the outcome of the game against Long Beach, the Tigers will face off against No. 2 UCLA or No. 19 Air Force at 1:20 pm or 2:40 pm at DVC.

Pacific in the News
Sophomore Goran Tomasevic (Split, Croatia) earned his first MPSF Mikasa Player of the Week award on Tuesday, Sept. 7 following Pacific's 4-0 showing at the Triton Invitational. During the tournament Tomasevic tallied 10 goals, one assist, one steal and eight exclusions drawn in four games. Tomasevic was also featured on ESPNU's Capital One Impact Performance of the Week, which highlights outstanding athletic achievements by student-athletes in sports other than football and college basketball.

Head Coach James Graham also sat down with Trevor Freeman of NCAA.com, who writes weekly feature articles for the men's and women's water polo pages. Graham discussed his 2010 Tiger squad and what it takes for the Pacific to compete in the MPSF and for an NCAA at-large bid.

Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 10
In the latest poll released by the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA), Pacific's men's water polo team remained at No. 7 spot. Prior to this week's poll the Tigers jumped three spots to No. 7 in the Sept. 8 Poll, after defeating ranked opponents Loyola Marymount University, Air Force and UC San Diego at the Triton Invitational held Sept. 4-5.

CWPA Top 20 Poll

Rank	Team	Sept. 8 Poll	Points
1	University of California	1	100
2	University of California, Los Angeles	2	95
3	University of Southern California	4	89
4	Stanford University	3	87
5	University of California, Irvine	5	79
6	University of California, Santa Barbara	6	77
7	University of the Pacific	7	69
8	Loyola Marymount University	8	67
9	Pepperdine University	9	59
10	Long Beach State Unviersity	10	56
11	University of California, San Diego	11	50
12	Concordia University (Calif.)	12	41
13	St. Francis College (N.Y.)	16	38
14	California Baptist University	17	34
15	University of California, Davis	15	29
16	United States Naval Academy	14	23
17	Princeton University	18	21
18	Santa Clara University	13	20
19	United States Air Force Academy	19	20
20	Bucknell University	20	9
RV	Brown University	RV	2
RV	University of Redlands	RV	1