No. 3 USC Men’s Water Polo Offense Leads The Way In Win Over No. 12 Pacific

Sunday, September 27

Los Angeles, Calif.

1:00 p.m.

USC

11-1

Pacific

4-5

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Pacific Men 2026	1	2	3	2	8
USC (M)	6	5	2	2	15

Photo by: Ahana Sur

No. 3 USC Men’s Water Polo Offense Leads The Way In Win Over No. 12 Pacific

September 27, 2026 | Men's Water Polo

Box Score

LOS ANGELES – The No. 3 USC Men's Water Polo earned a dominant victory over No. 12 Pacific at home Sunday afternoon. The Trojans earned over twice as many goals as the Tigers on their way to a 15-8 win for their ninth ranked win of the season.

#3 USC 15, #12 Pacific 8
Strahinja Krstic got the scoring started with a drawn exclusion to give the Trojans their first powerplay opportunity of the game. Krstic then scored the first goal on the six-on-five off the assist from Apostolos Georgaras. The Trojans shut out the Tigers' offense for over seven and a half minutes in the first frame. The Krstic goal sparked an offensive attacked as USC racked up five consecutive tallies.

An assist from Ante Jerkovic led to a goal from Krstic on the counterattack as USC capped off the first quarter with a 6-1 lead.

The USC dominance carried into the second frame. the Trojans outscored the Tigers 11-3 at the halftime break to hold an eight-goal advantage. Georgaras tallied three goals in the quarter to give him four total in the contest.

Four different players scored in the second half as USC kept a steady pace to cruise to a 15-8 victory over Pacific.

Scoring: Apostolos Georgaras (4), Gavin Conant (3), Strahinja Krstic (2), Efe Naipoglu, Ante Jerkovic, Adrian Senciac, Zach Bettino, Ben Mirisch, Tyler Anderson

Saves: Charles Mills (4), Nemo Pavoggi (2)

Notables

Apostolos Georgaras tied for the team high with six points. Georgaras matched his USC career high with four goals and added two assists. On defense, the sophomore driver tacked on three steals to the stat sheet.
USC moves to 57-12 all-time against Pacific with three consecutive wins over the Tigers.
The Trojans have led wire-to-wire for eight games this season.
This was the sixth straight game that USC has registered two or more field blocks.
Nine different field players found the back of the cage, with three players having multi-goal games.
This game marks the ninth ranked win for the season.
Efe Naipoglu tallied a new career high five assists.

Up Next
The Trojans will open MPSF play with two home games at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center. USC will host two rematches with the conference opener against the No. 4 California Bears on Saturday before a Sunday matchup against the No. 3 Stanford Cardinal. Both games are set for 1:00 p.m..