IRVINE, Calif. – The UC Irvine men's water polo team continues their home stand as they face No. 16/18 Brown on Sept. 17 with a 10 a.m. start.

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Week Three Notes
 
THIS WEEKEND
No. 9/11 UC Irvine vs. No. 16/18 Brown
Sunday, Sept. 17 | 10:00 a.m. | Anteater Aquatics Complex
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THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
>UC Irvine enters the week ranked ninth in the CWPA Preseason Poll, dropping one spot after various movements in the upper half of the polls
>UCI is slated 11th in the new Association of College Water Polo Coaches poll
>Redshirt sophomore Samuel Otta was named the Big West Player of the Week on Sept. 13 for his seven goals, seven assists, four drawn exclusions, nine steals, three field blocks, and two sprint wins in a 2-1 week for UC Irvine
>This is the program's first Big West weekly honor in their inaugural year in the league as well as the redshirt sophomore's first career honor
>The Anteaters will face No. 16/18 Brown on Sunday for the first time in nine years
>UCI has been victorious in the previous eight meetings with the Bears
>No. 16/18 Brown enters the weekend with a 3-2 record, picking up wins over Augustana (Ill.), Bucknell (12-6), and Fordham (18-13) while narrowly falling to Pacific (13-12)
>The Bears will first stop in Long Beach, taking on Biola and No. 8 Long Beach State on Sept. 16
>Brown is led by Gabe Chang and Ilias Stothart who both have 14 and 12 goals on the season respectively
>In the cage, Kole Newman has 25 saves in 13 minutes of action

NOTES
>UC Irvine went 2-0 at the Inland Empire with wins over Whittier (21-2) and Redlands (14-9)
>The Anteaters had their home opener against No. 3 USC, where they fell 12-10 in a thrilling match to the Trojans
> UCI outscored their opponents 45-23 over the weekend
>The 'Eaters also shot at a 0.500 clip (45-90) compared to their opponents 0.295 (23-78) shot percentage
>Freshman Gage Verdegaal had two hat-tricks on the weekend, the first against Whittier and then the next versus No. 3 USC
>Junior's Archer Sauer and Tyler Padua also notched hat-tricks over the weekend which is a season high in goals for both players
>Otta has extended his scoring streak to seven games while Stewart Campbell moves to five straight
>Luka Krstic leads the conference in sprint wins with 11
>Jacob Pyle recorded 17 saves in two games of action
>Garrett Selby earned his first win of the season over the weekend with a perfect save percentage (1.000, six saves)
>Junior Aidan Byrne made his first appearance of the year against Whittier and Nolan Cary made an appearance in the cage