St. Francis Terriers - Water Polo - Men's

Men's

See also: NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

The St. Francis College Men's Water Polo club began its program in 1952. In the 1970s, St. Francis helped to form the association of East Coast schools that eventually became the Collegiate Water Polo Association. The Terriers have enjoyed much success in the past 10 years and is one of the better teams on the east coast. In consecutive years from 2004–2008, they've won the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships and the CWPA Northern Division Championships. The Terriers have finished between 1st and 4th in the Eastern Championships from 1999–2007. In 2005 they finished first and qualified for the NCAA National Championships and finished 4th at the Final Four.

The team was headed by coach Carl Quigley, whom in 1999 was the coach of the year for the CWPA Northern Division. Coach Quigley headed the Terriers for 34 years, 1974–2008, and for many years had compiled a successful and diverse team, composed of Americans, Serbians, Hungarians and Israelis. From 2005–2008 under coach Quigley, the Terriers had a combined 82–25 record with 4 ECAC Championships, 4 CWPA Northern Division Championships, 1 NCAA Final Four berth and have been ranked as high as 11th by the NCAA.

As of 2009, Igor Samardzija is the head coach; he finished his inaugural season at 12–6. At the end of the 2009 season, the Terriers were ranked in the NCAA Top 20 of the nation at #18. In 2010, the Terriers, under Igor Samardzija, finished the season having been ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation and made their second trip to the NCAA Final Four, finishing in fourth place. Also in 2010, the Terriers won the ECAC Championships, the Northern Division Championship tournament and the CWPA Eastern Championship. In the 2011 season, the Terriers won the CWPA Northern Division Championships, finished third in the Eastern Championships and ended the season ranked at 16th in the nation. For the third time in the programs history, the 2012 Terriers won the Eastern Championships and earned a NCAA final four birth. The Terriers also went on to defeat Air Force to win their first national tournament match for a third-place finish.

St. Francis College Terriers Statistics
Year Coach Record ECAC Championships CWPA Northern Division Championships Eastern Championships NCAA National Championships End of Year National Rank
1998 Carl Quigley 2nd place – – DNQ
1999 Carl Quigley 2nd place 2nd place 2nd place DNQ
2000 Carl Quigley 1st place 1st place 2nd place DNQ
2001 Carl Quigley 2nd place 2nd place 4th place DNQ
2002 Carl Quigley 5nd place 2th place 3rd place DNQ
2003 Carl Quigley 3nd place 2rd place 3rd place DNQ
2004 Carl Quigley 1st place 1st place 2nd place DNQ
2005 Carl Quigley 20–8 1st place 1st place 1st place 4th place (0–2)
2006 Carl Quigley 22–5 1st place 1st place 3rd place DNQ
2007 Carl Quigley 20–6 1st place 1st place 2nd place DNQ 12th
2008 Carl Quigley 20–6 1st place 1st place 3rd place DNQ 14th
2009 Igor Samardzija 12–6 – – – DNQ 18th
2010 Igor Samardzija 23–5 1st place 1st place 1st place 4th place (0–2) 10th
2011 Igor Samardzija 15–9 – 1st place 3rd place DNQ 16th
2012 Igor Samardzija 17–9 – 1st place 1st place 3rd place (1–1) 9th
2013 Igor Samardzija 0–0 – – – – –

See also: SFC Water Polo Accolades

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