STANFORD, Calif. – The Pac-12 Networks today released its 2015 schedule for men’s water polo and Stanford will have three regular-season games televised this fall as part of its typically challenging slate. The final two matches of the MPSF Tournament at USC on November 22 - third-place and championship - will also be carried live on the Pac-12 Networks.
The Cardinal’s home games against UCLA (October 17) and the Big Splash against California (November 15) will be televised as will the team’s MPSF opener on October 3 at USC. Times for all three are still to be determined. Stanford is 5-3 all-time in games broadcast on the Pac-12 Networks and has won its last four such matches at home.
In addition to its home TV contests, Stanford will also play UC Santa Barbara at Avery Aquatic Center on October 24. The Cardinal’s final four regular-season games will be at home against Pepperdine (November 6), UC Davis (November 8), Santa Clara (November 10) and the aforementioned Big Splash with the Golden Bears.
The weekend of September 19 and 20, the Cardinal will host the 16-team NorCal Invitational, an annual tournament that was last held on The Farm in 2012.
As Stanford heads into MPSF action in October it will play road league games at Pacific (October 18), Long Beach State (October 31) and UC Irvine (November 1). A non-conference road contest at San Jose State is also on the docket for October 25.
The Cardinal begins its 2015 campaign in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Harvard/Brown Invite the weekend of September 5 and 6. Following the NorCal Invitational Stanford will be at UC Davis for the Aggie Roundup on September 26 and 27 and it concludes the regular-season tournament portion of its schedule with the SoCal Tournament on October 10 and 11.
Stanford returns four ACWPC All-Americans this fall and is coming off a campaign in which it posted its highest win total since 1994 and also won its first MPSF Championship since 2004.