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Men's Water Polo Bob Shreve, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Men's Water Polo Tournament Preview: Golden Knights Return to Pool after Lengthy Layoff Hosting WWPA Erie Classic

GANNON GOLDEN KNIGHTS at WWPA ERIE CLASSIC
DATE/TIME: Fri., Oct. 25 to Sun., Oct. 27, 2024 | All Day
POOL/LOCATION: Hallman Aquatics Center l Erie, Pa.
LIVE STATS and LIVE VIDEO: Go to https://tinyurl.com/3vtaenxs
 
WWPA ERIE CLASSIC SCHEDULE
Friday, Oct. 25 
6:30 p.m. -- GANNON (9-3) vs. McKendree (0-12)        
 
Saturday, Oct. 26
10:00 a.m. -- Salem (12-3) vs McKendree
12:00 p.m. -- GANNON vs. Mercyhurst (4-18)
2:00 p.m. -- McKendree vs Penn St. Behrend (5-8)
3:30 p.m. -- Salem vs Mercyhurst
5:00 p.m. -- GANNON vs. Penn St. Behrend (Senior Night)
6:30 p.m. -- Gannon vs Mercyhurst (Women -- scrimmage)                         
 
Sunday, Oct. 27  
9:00 a.m. -- Mercyhurst vs Penn State Behrend
10:30 a.m. -- GANNON vs. Salem
12:00 p.m. -- Mercyhurst vs McKendree
1:30 p.m. -- Salem vs. Penn State Behrend

GANNON SCHEDULE
GANNON ROSTER

ERIE, Pa. – After an extended layoff the Gannon men's water polo team returns to action this weekend hosting the WWPA Erie Classic. The Golden Knights will begin conference plays with matches against McKendree and Salem along with facing local rivals Mercyhurst and Penn State Behrend over the three-day period. The tournament takes place at the Hallman Aquatics Center at Cathedral Prep.

The action gets underway on Friday, October 25 with Gannon hosting McKendree in the lone match of the day. Saturday has six matches scheduled including a scrimmage between the Gannon and Mercyhurst women's water polo teams to end the day. The Gannon men take to the pool at 12 noon against Mercyhurst before holding Senior Night festivities vs. Penn State Behrend at 5:00 p.m.

Three more matches are scheduled for Sunday with Gannon facing Salem in a WWPA game at 10:30 p.m.

Four Golden Knights will be recognized at Senior Night. They include Ben Fribourg (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore), Matthew Harkrader (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn), Jordan Kraus (Erie, Pa./McDowell), and Alvaro Marco (Madrid, Spain/IES Ortega y Gasset).
Head coach Zarko Sadikovic's team has not played since sweeping four matches in the Erie Invitational on September 21-22. The Golden Knights enter with a 9-3 record and are riding a four-match winning streak.

Petar Markovic (Belgrade, Serbia), a sophomore from Serbia, leads Gannon with 38 goals and nine assists for 47 points. Freshman Nikiforos Liantziris (Athens, Greece) adds 25 goals and a team-high 17 assists for 42 points, while junior Alexandros Kotskar (Voula, Greece/Athinaiki Agogh) comes in at 30 goals and nine assists for 39 points.

Fribourg enters the weekend needing four goals to reach the 100-goal club with 96 career goals. Marco has a 9.11 GAA and .500 save percentage.
 
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Players Mentioned

Ben Fribourg

#5 Ben Fribourg

A
6' 0"
Senior
Alexandros Kotskar

#10 Alexandros Kotskar

A
6' 0"
Junior
Alvaro Marco

#1 Alvaro Marco

GK
5' 10"
Senior
Matthew Harkrader

#20 Matthew Harkrader

D
6' 0"
Senior
Jordan Kraus

#14 Jordan Kraus

D
5' 10"
Senior
Petar Markovic

#6 Petar Markovic

C
6' 3"
Sophomore
Nikiforos Liantziris

#9 Nikiforos Liantziris

D
5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ben Fribourg

#5 Ben Fribourg

6' 0"
Senior
A
Alexandros Kotskar

#10 Alexandros Kotskar

6' 0"
Junior
A
Alvaro Marco

#1 Alvaro Marco

5' 10"
Senior
GK
Matthew Harkrader

#20 Matthew Harkrader

6' 0"
Senior
D
Jordan Kraus

#14 Jordan Kraus

5' 10"
Senior
D
Petar Markovic

#6 Petar Markovic

6' 3"
Sophomore
C
Nikiforos Liantziris

#9 Nikiforos Liantziris

5' 11"
Freshman
D