In the latest Collegiate Water Polo Association Polls, the Cal Maritime Men's water polo team is currently ranked 12th in the country.  The Keelhaulers jumped off to an impressive start at Cunningham Pool, where the Keelhaulers sank UC Berkeley, currently ranked 10th, and Saint Mary's College in a round robin event.
 

The Keelhaulers then traveled north to the UC Davis Fall Water Polo Tournament.  CMA lost the opening game to UCLA by 1, dropping 5-4 after leading 4-3 going into the fourth quarter.  The Keelhaulers were able to get back on track with an impressive win over Texas A & M.  Every member of the Keelhauler squad saw action in the 9-5 win.  Next stop was with the reigning National champions Michigan St.  They showed why with an 11-4 victory.  The Keelhaulers mounted an attack but were repeatedly turned away by the goalie Ben Shantz.

 

The fourth game was with a fast University of Utah team.  Cal Maritime were faced with a 0-4 deficit before starting their comeback.  When the dust settled, the Keelhaulers walked away with a 10-9 win.  The last game of the tournament for the Keelhaulers was with a familiar Cal team and again Cal Maritime got off to a slow start.   The sluggish start was too much for the Keelhaulers to overcome as they fell to Cal 10-6.

 

The water polo team has a short break to prepare for an NAIA tournament at Claremont.  Then our conference season begins with two northern league tournaments, one hosted by UC Davis and one hosted by Cal Maritime at Cunningham Pool.  These tournaments will serve to to earn seeding rights for the conference championship at Cal Poly, SLO.