2025 Third Place WWPA Men's Water Polo
12
Fresno Pacific FPU (5-20, 2-4 WWPA)
17
Winner Gannon GAN (14-10, 3-1 WWPA)
Fresno Pacific FPU
(5-20, 2-4 WWPA)
12
Final
17
Gannon GAN
(14-10, 3-1 WWPA)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Fresno Pacific FPU 2 2 2 6 12
Gannon GAN 4 4 4 5 17

Game Recap: Men's Water Polo | | Bob Shreve, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Gannon Defeats Fresno Pacific 17-12 to Capture Third Place at WWPA Men's Champiomship

Three Golden Knights named to All-Tournament Team

GENEVA, Ohio – For the second time in three years the Gannon men's water polo team captured third place at the WWPA Men's Championship. One day after dropping an 11-9 decision to Biola in the semifinals the Golden Knights started fast and held off Fresno Pacific for a 17-12 win. Gannon hosted the 2025 WWPA Men's Championship at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Head coach Zarko Sadikovic's team, the No. 1 seed from the East Region, struggled on the attack on Saturday but they came out fast against No. 3W Fresno Pacific. The Sunbirds scored the opening goal of the match two-and-a-half minutes in but Gannon ran off the next four goals and never led by fewer than two goals after leading 4-2 after one period. They expanded the advantage to 8-4 at the half and held a 12-6 lead after three periods.

Gannon finishes its third year in the WWPA with a third-place finish in 2023 and fourth place a year ago.
 
THREE GOLDEN KNIGHTS NAMED TO ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Three Golden Knights earned spots on the All-Tournament Team. Bator Mohacsi (Budapest, Hungary/) and Dillon Shaw (Salt Lake City, Utah/Skyline) earned first team honors while Rajmund Farsang (Eger, Hungary/) landed on the second team.
 
MOHACSI EXCELS AGAIN IN GOAL
Mohacsi turned in another outstanding effort in goal, particularly over the first three periods when Gannon took a 12-6 lead. A sophomore, the native of Hungary finished with 12 saves and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
 
FARSANG, LIANTZIRIS COMBINE FOR NINE GOALS
The sophomore tandem of Rajmund Farsang (Eger, Hungary/) and Nikiforos Liantziris (Athens, Greece/) combined for nine goals. Farsang led the Golden Knights with five goals and three assists for eight points while Liantziris added five points on four goals and an assist.
 
KOTSKAR WRAPS UP BRILLIANT CAREER
Alexandros Kotskar (Voula, Greece/Athinaiki Agogh) concluded his brilliant career on Sunday with two goals and an assist. The senior from Greece will depart as Gannon's career leader in goals (322) and points (427).
 
2025 WWPA MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – Concordia 9, Biola 5
THIRD PLACE GAME – GANNON 17, Biola 12
FIFTH PLACE GAME -- Salem 14, McKendree 13
 
2025 WWPA MEN'S ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
First Team
Pablo de Souza, Concordia -- MVP
Adam LaVoy, Biola
Joshua Dachuenhausen, Biola
Dimitris Koritsas, Concordia
Hugo Wouters, Concordia
Forrest Gray, Fresno Pacific
Bator Mohacsi (Budapest, Hungary/), Gannon
Dillon Shaw (Salt Lake City, Utah/Skyline), Gannon
 
Second Team
Gavin McKenzie, Biola
Harry Bentham, Concordia
Chase Hammes, Fresno Pacific
Rajmund Farsang (Eger, Hungary/), Gannon
Yannick Robertson, McKendree
Nander Voros, Salem
 
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